1998 British Touring Car Championship Season - Drivers Championship

Drivers Championship

Points system
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole Position Lead a lap
in feature race
15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1
  • No driver may collect more than one "Lead a Lap" point per race no matter how many laps they lead.
Pos. Driver THR
 SIL
 DON
 BHI
 OUL
 DON
 CRO
 SNE
 THR
 KNO
 BHI
 OUL
 SIL
 Pts
1 Rickard Rydell 1 2* 5 Ret 3 7* 1 1* 2 2 2 Ret 4 1* 5 2* 3 3 Ret 3 3 1* 11 4 2 3 254
2 Anthony Reid 8 13 7 3 Ret 6 2 3 5 3* 1 Ret* 2 3 1 NC 1 6 1 7 1 2* 2 1* 5 1* 239
3 James Thompson 3 3 2 9* 2 4 9 2 Ret 5 Ret Ret 1 5 4 1* 4 5* 2 Ret 2 9 1 Ret 1 4* 203
4 Alain Menu 5 1* Ret Ret 4 2 3 4 1 4* Ret Ret 3 4 3 Ret 2 1* 3 4 5 3 3 Ret 9 Ret 187
5 Jason Plato 2 4 3 2* Ret 5 4 Ret 4 1* 9 Ret 8 6 2 3 Ret Ret Ret 5 7 4 6 2 4 6 163
6 David Leslie 7 12 1 Ret Ret 1* Ret 6 3 Ret Ret 2* Ret 2* 6 4 5 2 5 9 4 Ret 4 Ret 13 2* 148
7 Yvan Muller 9 Ret 10 8 6 10 5 15 10 10 7 4* 5 10 15 5 6 10 4 2 11 6 5 3 3 5 110
8 John Cleland 4 6 6 7 1 3* 6 9* 7 6* 5 1* 6 8 9 Ret 13 Ret 8 Ret 9 11 8 Ret 106
9 Derek Warwick 12 5 4 6* 13 8 11 13 11 Ret DSQ 3 9 12 10 Ret 7 Ret 9 1 Ret 14 10 5* 7 10 70
10 Will Hoy Ret 15 9 1* 8 16 7 Ret 8 7 3 Ret 13 9* 8 8 10 12 6 Ret Ret Ret 8 6 10 8 69
11 Gianni Morbidelli 6 11 8 5 12 Ret 13 10 6 9* 6 7 10 7 7 11 8 4 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 17 Ret 56
12 Peter Kox 10 7 Ret 11 7 Ret 14 7 Ret Ret 4 Ret 7 Ret 16 Ret 13 7 7 14 6 7 7 Ret Ret 7 52
13 Matt Neal Ret 10 Ret 16 5 9 Ret 5 Ret 14 Ret 6 12 15 NC 13 12 Ret 8 Ret 9 5 13 7 Ret Ret 35
14 Paul Radisich Ret 8 12 4 11 Ret 8 12 12 13 10 Ret 11 Ret 18 10 9 Ret 10 6 10 10 Ret Ret 6 14 31
15 John Bintcliffe 11 9 14 17 10 14 10 8 9 8* Ret 9 Ret 11 14 7 11 8 Ret 10 13 11 NC Ret 12 Ret 23
16 Tommy Rustad 16 Ret 15 13 17 12 12 14* 13 12 12 8 15 Ret 17 12 14 Ret 14 8 15 13 12 8 11 9 12
17 Tim Harvey 13 Ret 11 18 9 11 Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 18 12 Ret 15 9 15 11 14 8 14 10 Ret Ret 10
18 Nigel Mansell Ret 5* Ret Ret 14 11 7
19 Robb Gravett 17 16 13 12* 15 Ret 16 17 15 16 8 Ret Ret 14 13 9 16 Ret Ret 12 16 12 15 12 Ret DNS 7
20 Craig Baird 15 14 Ret 10 14 13 15 Ret 14 11 14 13 11 6 Ret DNS 12 13 6
21 Roger Möen 18 17 16 15 Ret 15 18 16 16 15 11 10 Ret 16 1
22 Flavio Figueiredo 17 11 0
23 Tiff Needell 12 15 0
24 Paula Cook 16 13 16 12 0
25 Mark Lemmer 14 Ret Ret 14 16 Ret 17 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 17 17 18 13 Ret 16 15 13 0
– Lee Brookes DNS DNS 0
Michelin Cup for Independents
1 Tommy Rustad 16 Ret 15 13 17 12 12 14 13 12 12 8 15 Ret 17 12 14 Ret 13 8 15 13 12 8 251
2 Robb Gravett 17 16 13 12 15 Ret 16 17 15 16 8 Ret Ret 14 13 9 16 Ret Ret 12 16 12 15 12 Ret DNS 212
3 Matt Neal Ret 10 Ret 16 5 9 Ret 5 Ret 14 Ret 6 12 15 NC 13 12 Ret 8 Ret 9 5 13 7 Ret Ret 211
4 Mark Lemmer 14 Ret Ret 14 16 Ret 17 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 17 17 18 13 Ret 16 15 13 95
5 Roger Möen 18 17 16 15 Ret 15 18 16 16 15 11 10 Ret 16 92
6 Paula Cook 16 13 16 12 27
– Lee Brookes DNS DNS 0
Pos. Driver THR
 SIL
 DON
 BHI
 OUL
 DON
 CRO
 SNE
 THR
 KNO
 BHI
 OUL
 SIL
 Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)
  • Note: bold signifies pole position (1 point awarded all races), italics signifies fastest lap

* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap (1 point given). Note: All bonus leading points may not be added due to them being added after seeing Season Review footage and some race reports.

Note: No points were awarded for leading in the feature race at Knockhill.

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