Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 1998 ya tabbatar da matsayin Sauber a matsayin mai tseren tsakiya mai daraja wanda ba zai iya yin nasara na ƙarshe da ake buƙata don zama babbar ƙungiya ba. Kunshin ƙungiyar ya kasance mai sauri da abin dogaro, amma bai isa ya ci maki ba. Hakika, Alesi da Herbert sun gama a bayan maki, a cikin na bakwai, ba kasa da sau biyar ba. Babban abin da ya faru a wannan shekarar shi ne Alesi ya zama na uku a gasar Grand Prix ta Belgium ta 1998
don zira kwallaye na hudu na tawagar tun lokacin da suka fara F1 a 1993. Wannan ya kawo karshen wani yanayi mai karfafa gwiwa ga dan Faransa, wanda aka ci gaba da kasancewa a wata shekara. Herbert, duk da samun maki a tseren farko na kakar, ya rasa kwarin gwiwarsa bayan jerin rashin sa'a kuma ya rasa karin maki. Ya yanke shawarar komawa Stewart don 1999, kuma Pedro Diniz zai maye gurbinsa.