Gridpedia1998 British Grand Prix
- Date
- 12 Jul 1998
- Circuit
- Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, UK
- Round
- 9 of 16
- Winner
- Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
- Pole position
- Mika Häkkinen (1:23.271)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | MSCMichael Schumacher | Ferrari | 2 | 60 | 1:47:02.450 | 1:35.704 | 10 |
| 2 | 8 | HAKMika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1 | 60 | +22.465 | 6 | |
| 3 | 4 | IRVEddie Irvine | Ferrari | 5 | 60 | +29.199 | 4 | |
| 4 | 6 | WURAlexander Wurz | Benetton | 11 | 59 | +1 Lap | 3 | |
| 5 | 5 | FISGiancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 10 | 59 | +1 Lap | 2 | |
| 6 | 10 | SCHRalf Schumacher | Jordan | 21 | 59 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 1 | VILJacques Villeneuve | Williams | 3 | 59 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 8 | 22 | NAKShinji Nakano | Minardi | 19 | 58 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 9 | 21 | TAKToranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 17 | 56 | +4 Laps | 0 | |
| R | 14 | ALEJean Alesi | Sauber | 8 | 53 | Electrical | 0 | |
| R | 16 | DINPedro Diniz | Arrows | 12 | 45 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 11 | PANOlivier Panis | Prost | 22 | 40 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 18 | BARRubens Barrichello | Stewart | 16 | 39 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 19 | VERJos Verstappen | Stewart | 15 | 38 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 7 | COUDavid Coulthard | McLaren | 4 | 37 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 12 | TRUJarno Trulli | Prost | 14 | 37 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 20 | ROSRicardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 20 | 29 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 23 | TUEEsteban Tuero | Minardi | 18 | 29 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 15 | HERJohnny Herbert | Sauber | 9 | 27 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 17 | SALMika Salo | Arrows | 13 | 27 | Throttle | 0 | |
| R | 2 | FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 6 | 15 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 9 | HILDamon Hill | Jordan | 7 | 13 | Spun off | 0 |
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Lap chart
Race history: gap to the leader
How the race was won
- Winner
- Michael Schumacher: 2 stops (laps 19, 40), stints of 19, 21, 20 laps
- 2nd
- Mika Häkkinen: 2 stops (laps 23, 40), stints of 23, 17, 20 laps
- 3rd
- Eddie Irvine: 2 stops (laps 22, 39), stints of 22, 17, 21 laps
- Finishers
- 1 stop: 1 · 2 stops: 6 · 3 or more: 2
- First stops
- median lap 19 of 60
Pit stops
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSCMichael Schumacher | 2 | 19 (28.9 s), 40 (30.5 s) | 192120 |
| HAKMika Häkkinen | 2 | 23 (28.0 s), 40 (27.9 s) | 231720 |
| IRVEddie Irvine | 2 | 22 (26.5 s), 39 (30.4 s) | 221721 |
| WURAlexander Wurz | 2 | 19 (33.0 s), 40 (36.8 s) | 192119 |
| FISGiancarlo Fisichella | 2 | 18 (30.6 s), 43 (30.8 s) | 182516 |
| SCHRalf Schumacher | 3 | 13 (30.0 s), 35 (33.0 s), 40 (32.9 s) | 1322519 |
| VILJacques Villeneuve | 3 | 19 (31.5 s), 39 (32.6 s), 41 (33.1 s) | 192018 |
| NAKShinji Nakano | 1 | 29 (33.0 s) | 2929 |
| TAKToranosuke Takagi | 2 | 20 (34.0 s), 43 (31.9 s) | 202313 |
| ALEJean Alesi | 2 | 22 (29.1 s), 40 (33.8 s) | 221813 |
| DINPedro Diniz | 2 | 18 (31.5 s), 39 (259.2 s) | 18216 |
| PANOlivier Panis | 1 | 26 (32.6 s) | 2614 |
| BARRubens Barrichello | 1 | 17 (32.8 s) | 1722 |
| VERJos Verstappen | 1 | 16 (32.4 s) | 1622 |
| COUDavid Coulthard | 1 | 21 (28.4 s) | 2116 |
| TRUJarno Trulli | 1 | 23 (55.1 s) | 2314 |
| ROSRicardo Rosset | 1 | 18 (32.2 s) | 1811 |
| SALMika Salo | 1 | 20 (29.1 s) | 207 |
Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:23.271 | fastest Q1 | |||
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:23.720 | +0.449 Q1 | |||
| 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:24.102 | +0.831 Q1 | |||
| 4 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:24.310 | +1.039 Q1 | |||
| 5 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:24.436 | +1.165 Q1 | |||
| 6 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:24.442 | +1.171 Q1 | |||
| 7 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:24.542 | +1.271 Q1 | |||
| 8 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:25.081 | +1.810 Q1 | |||
| 9 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:25.084 | +1.813 Q1 | |||
| 10 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:25.654 | +2.383 Q1 | |||
| 11 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:25.760 | +2.489 Q1 | |||
| 12 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:26.376 | +3.105 Q1 | |||
| 13 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:26.487 | +3.216 Q1 | |||
| 14 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:26.808 | +3.537 Q1 | |||
| 15 | Jos Verstappen | Stewart | 1:26.948 | +3.677 Q1 | |||
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:26.990 | +3.719 Q1 | |||
| 17 | Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:27.061 | +3.790 Q1 | |||
| 18 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:28.051 | +4.780 Q1 | |||
| 19 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:28.123 | +4.852 Q1 | |||
| 20 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:28.608 | +5.337 Q1 | |||
| 21 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | |||||
| 22 | Olivier Panis | Prost |
Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.
Standings after this race
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 4 | 56 |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 4 | 54 |
| 3 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1 | 30 |
| 4 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 0 | 29 |
| 5 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 0 | 3 |