Round 8 of the 1998 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was held at Hockenheim in Germany on 1 August 1998. Nick Heidfeld started on pole position and was the race winner. The race featured on the undercard of the 1998 German Grand Prix.
Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | Nick Heidfeld | Germany | West Competition Team | Avon | 31 | 1:12:57.599 | - | - | 2:01.464 | 173.941 |
| 2 | 3 | Jason Watt | Denmark | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 31 | 1:13:27.801 | +30.202 | +30.202 | 2:03.891 | 172.749 |
| 3 | 1 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Colombia | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 31 | 1:13:43.345 | +45.746 | +15.544 | 2:02.761 | 172.142 |
| 4 | 17 | Kevin McGarrity | Great Britain | Nordic Racing / MobilCom | Avon | 31 | 1:14:04.219 | +1:06.620 | +20.874 | 2:03.993 | 171.334 |
| 5 | 14 | Bruno Junqueira | Brazil | International Draco Racing | Avon | 31 | 1:14:16.979 | +1:19.380 | +12.760 | 2:02.662 | 170.843 |
| 6 | 4 | Gareth Rees | Great Britain | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 31 | 1:14:18.696 | +1:21.097 | +1.717 | 2:03.159 | 170.777 |
| 7 | 2 | Boris Derichebourg | France | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 31 | 1:14:21.855 | +1:24.256 | +3.159 | 2:04.378 | 170.657 |
| 8 | 6 | Werner Lupberger | South Africa | Edenbridge Racing | Avon | 31 | 1:14:22.300 | +1:24.701 | +0.445 | 2:03.583 | 170.639 |
| 9 | 19 | Oliver Tichy | Austria | Scuderia Coloni | Avon | 31 | 1:14:22.979 | +1:25.380 | +0.679 | 2:03.735 | 170.614 |
| 10 | 35 | Thomas Biagi | Italy | Prema Racing | Avon | 31 | 1:14:30.122 | +1:32.523 | +7.143 | 2:03.802 | 170.341 |
| 11 | 12 | Gonzalo Rodríguez | Uruguay | Team Astromega | Avon | 31 | 1:14:34.797 | +1:37.198 | +4.675 | 2:02.318 | 170.163 |
| 12 | 20 | Bertrand Godin | Canada | Durango Racing Team | Avon | 31 | 1:14:53.501 | +1:55.902 | +18.704 | 2:05.284 | 169.455 |
| 13 | 10 | Oliver Martini | Italy | Auto Sport Racing | Avon | 31 | 1:15:00.989 | +2:03.390 | +7.488 | 2:03.972 | 169.173 |
| 14 | 33 | Dominik Schwager | Germany | Oreca | Avon | 31 | 1:15:02.458 | +2:04.859 | +1.469 | 2:05.245 | 169.118 |
| 15 | 9 | Tomas Enge | Czech Republic | Auto Sport Racing | Avon | 31 | 1:15:13.540 | +2:15.941 | +11.082 | 2:03.885 | 168.702 |
| 16 | 7 | Jamie Davies | Great Britain | DAMS | Avon | 30 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 2:03.668 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Grégoire de Galzain | France | DAMS | Avon | 30 | 1 lap | 2:04.219 | |||
| 18 | 22 | Christian Horner | Great Britain | Arden International | Avon | 30 | 1 lap | 2:04.955 | |||
| 19 | 25 | Mark Shaw | Great Britain | Redman-Bright | Avon | 30 | 1 lap | 2:05.065 | |||
| 20 | 32 | Alex Müller | Germany | Oreca | Avon | 29 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 2:02.889 | ||
| 21 | 31 | Nicolas Minassian | France | West Competition Team | Avon | 29 | 2 laps | 2:02.914 | |||
| DNF | 5 | Max Wilson | Brazil | Edenbridge Racing | Avon | 4 | 2:28.357 | ||||
| DNF | 21 | Soheil Ayari | France | Durango Racing Team | Avon | 4 | 2:28.816 | ||||
| DNF | 23 | Kurt Mollekens | Belgium | KTR | Avon | ||||||
| DNF | 28 | Stéphane Sarrazin | France | Apomatox | Avon | ||||||
| DNF | 29 | Marcelo Battistuzzi | Brazil | Apomatox | Avon | ||||||
| DNF | 34 | André Couto | Portugal | Prema Racing | Avon | ||||||
| DNF | 36 | Cyrille Sauvage | France | GP Racing | Avon | ||||||
| DNF | 11 | Gaston Mazzacane | Argentina | Team Astromega | Avon | ||||||
| DNF | 15 | Giovanni Montanari | Italy | International Draco Racing | Avon | ||||||
| DNF | 16 | Fabrice Walfisch | France | Nordic Racing | Avon | ||||||
| DNF | 18 | Rui Águas | Portugal | Scuderia Coloni | Avon |