1998 British Grand Prix

1998 British Grand Prix
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Round	9 of 1998
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Race Details
Date	12 July, 1998
Official Name	LI RAC British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit Northamptonshire, England
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.140 km (3.194 mi)
Distance	60 laps, 308.4 km (191.631 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:23.271
Fastest Lap
Driver	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Time	1:35.704 on lap 12
Podium
First	Michael Schumacher
Second	Mika Häkkinen
Third	Eddie Irvine
Lap Leaders

Entry list

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Winfield Williams	Williams	FW20	Mecachrome	GC37-01 V10 3.0	G
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Winfield Williams	Williams	FW20	Mecachrome	GC37-01 V10 3.0	G
3	Michael Schumacher	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F300	Ferrari	047 V10 3.0	G
4	Eddie Irvine	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F300	Ferrari	047 V10 3.0	G
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton	B198	Playlife	GC37-01 V10 3.0	B
6	Alexander Wurz	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton	B198	Playlife	GC37-01 V10 3.0	B
7	David Coulthard	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4/13	Mercedes	FO 110G V10 3.0	B
8	Mika Häkkinen	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4/13	Mercedes	FO 110G V10 3.0	B
9	Damon Hill	Benson and Hedges Jordan	Jordan	198	Mugen-Honda	MF-301 HC V10 3.0	G
10	Ralf Schumacher	Benson and Hedges Jordan	Jordan	198	Mugen-Honda	MF-301 HC V10 3.0	G
11	Olivier Panis	Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost	AP01	Peugeot	A16 V10 3.0	B
12	Jarno Trulli	Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost	AP01	Peugeot	A16 V10 3.0	B
14	Jean Alesi	Red Bull Sauber Petronas	Sauber	C17	Petronas	SPE-01D V10 3.0	G
15	Johnny Herbert	Red Bull Sauber Petronas	Sauber	C17	Petronas	SPE-01D V10 3.0	G
16	Pedro Diniz	Danka Zepter Arrows	Arrows	A19	Arrows	T2-F1 V10 3.0	B
17	Mika Salo	Danka Zepter Arrows	Arrows	A19	Arrows	T2-F1 V10 3.0	B
18	Rubens Barrichello	HSBC Stewart Ford	Stewart	SF02	Ford Cosworth	VJ Zetec-R V10 3.0	B
19	Jos Verstappen	HSBC Stewart Ford	Stewart	SF02	Ford Cosworth	VJ Zetec-R V10 3.0	B
20	Ricardo Rosset	PIAA Tyrrell Ford	Tyrrell	026	Ford Cosworth	JD Zetec-R V10 3.0	G
21	Toranosuke Takagi	PIAA Tyrrell Ford	Tyrrell	026	Ford Cosworth	JD Zetec-R V10 3.0	G
22	Shinji Nakano	Fondmetal Minardi Team	Minardi	M198	Ford Cosworth	JD Zetec-R V10 3.0	B
23	Esteban Tuero	Fondmetal Minardi Team	Minardi	M198	Ford Cosworth	JD Zetec-R V10 3.0	B

Practice Overview

Practice Results

No.	Driver	Constructor	FP1		FP2		Warm-Up
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Mecachrome	1:26.114	4	1:24.791	6	1:42.133	11
2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen		1:26.107	3	1:25.187	8	1:41.620	8
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:26.884	7	1:24.260	3	1:40.296	5
4	Eddie Irvine		1:26.791	5	1:24.834	7	1:40.127	4
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	1:26.840	6	1:25.822	10	1:39.802	3
6	Alexander Wurz		1:27.121	8	1:25.904	11	1:40.917	6
7	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:25.640	1	1:24.233	2	1:37.910	1
8	Mika Häkkinen		1:25.764	2	1:23.639	1	1:37.921	2
9	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:27.667	10	1:24.683	5	1:43.797	19
10	Ralf Schumacher		1:27.460	9	1:24.296	4	1:43.738	18
11	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	1:29.193	17	1:26.881	14	1:41.762	9
12	Jarno Trulli		1:28.685	15	1:27.002	17	1:44.526	20
14	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	1:28.136	12	1:25.769	9	1:42.369	12
15	Johnny Herbert		1:27.978	11	1:25.949	12	1:42.908	16
16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:29.375	19	1:26.929	15	1:41.938	10
17	Mika Salo		1:29.262	18	1:26.947	16	1:41.582	7
18	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	1:28.339	14	1:27.323	18	1:42.530	14
19	Jos Verstappen		1:28.983	16	1:27.690	19	1:43.305	17
20	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell-Ford	1:29.664	20	1:28.650	22	1:48.865	22
21	Toranosuke Takagi		1:28.258	13	1:26.521	13	1:46.189	21
22	Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford	1:30.090	21	1:28.317	21	1:42.510	13
23	Esteban Tuero		1:30.266	22	1:28.224	20	1:42.779	15

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	8	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:23.271
2	3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:23.720
3	1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Mecachrome	1:24.102
4	7	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:24.310
5	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:24.436
6	2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Mecachrome	1:24.442
7	9	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:24.542
8	14	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	1:25.081
9	15	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	1:25.084
10	5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	1:25.654
11	6	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	1:25.760
12	16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	1:26.376
13	17	Mika Salo	Arrows	1:26.487
14	12	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	1:26.808
15	19	Jos Verstappen	Stewart-Ford	1:26.948
16	18	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	1:26.990
17	21	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell-Ford	1:27.061
18	23	Esteban Tuero	Minardi-Ford	1:28.051
19	22	Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford	1:28.123
20	20	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell-Ford	1:28.608
21	10	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	times deleted
22	11	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	times deleted

Race

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	60	1:47.02.450	2	10
2	8	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	60	+22.465	1	6
3	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	60	+29.199	5	4
4	6	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	59	+1 lap	11	3
5	5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	59	+1 lap	10	2
6	10	Ralf Schumacher	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	59	+1 lap	21	1
7	1	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Mecachrome	59	+1 lap	3
8	22	Shinji Nakano	Minardi-Ford	58	+2 laps	19
9	21	Toranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell-Ford	56	+4 laps	17
Ret	14	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	53	Electrical	8
Ret	16	Pedro Diniz	Arrows	45	Spun off	12
Ret	11	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	40	Spun off	22
Ret	18	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	39	Accident	16
Ret	19	Jos Verstappen	Stewart-Ford	38	Engine	15
Ret	7	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	37	Spun off	4
Ret	12	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	37	Spun off	14
Ret	20	Ricardo Rosset	Tyrrell-Ford	29	Spun off	20
Ret	23	Esteban Tuero	Minardi-Ford	29	Spun off	18
Ret	15	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Petronas	27	Spun off	9
Ret	17	Mika Salo	Arrows	27	Throttle	13
Ret	2	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams-Mecachrome	15	Spun off	6
Ret	9	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	13	Hydraulics	7

Standings after race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Mika Häkkinen 56 2 Michael Schumacher 54 3 David Coulthard 30 4 Eddie Irvine 29 5 Alexander Wurz 17 6 Giancarlo Fisichella 15 7 Jacques Villeneuve 11 8 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 8 9 Rubens Barrichello 4 10 Mika Salo 3 11 Jean Alesi 3 12 Johnny Herbert 1 13 Ralf Schumacher 1 14 Pedro Diniz 1 15 Jan Magnussen 1 16 Shinji Nakano 0 17 Damon Hill 0 18 Ricardo Rosset 0 19 Esteban Tuero 0 20 Olivier Panis 0 21 Jarno Trulli 0 22 Toranosuke Takagi 0 23 Jos Verstappen 0

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Mercedes 86 2 Ferrari 83 3 Benetton-Playlife 32 4 Williams-Mecachrome 19 5 Stewart-Ford 5 6 Sauber-Petronas 4 7 Arrows 4 8 Jordan-Mugen-Honda 1 9 Minardi-Ford 0 10 Tyrrell-Ford 0 11 Prost-Peugeot 0

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