 Complete the following phrase:  1998 confirmed Saubers position as a respectable midfield runner unable to make the final breakthrough needed to become a top team. The teams package was quick and reliable, but not quite enough to regularly score points. Indeed, Alesi and Herbert finished just outside the points, in seventh, no less than five times. The highlight of the year was Alesis run to third at the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix to score the teams fourth podium since their F1 début in 1993. This capped an encouraging season for the Frenchman, who was duly kept on for another year. Herbert, despite a points finish in the 