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British Grand Prix

1998 RAC British Grand Prix

Round 9 of 16Silverstone Circuit, SilverstoneJul 12 199860 laps

Podium

HAKMcLaren

MSCFerrari

IRVFerrari

Key facts

WinnerMSC1:47:02.450 from P2

PoleHAK1:23.271

Fastest lapMSC1:35.704 on lap 12

Pit stops30recorded stops

Finishers9 / 22classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	2	▲1	60	1:47:02.450	10	1:35.704	2
2	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1	▼1	60	+22.465s	6	1:35.961	2
3	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	5	▲2	60	+29.199s	4	1:36.530	2
4	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	11	▲7	59	+1 lap	3	1:37.982	2
5	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	10	▲5	59	+1 lap	2	1:38.424	2
6	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	21	▲15	59	+1 lap	1	1:37.389	3
7	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	3	▼4	59	+1 lap		1:37.199	3
8	NAKShinji Nakano	Minardi	19	▲11	58	+2 laps		1:43.755	1
9	TAKToranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	17	▲8	56	+4 laps		1:41.629	2
DNF	ALEJean Alesi	Sauber	8		53	Electrical		1:37.202	2
DNF	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	12		45	Spun off		1:37.887	2
DNF	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	22		40	Spun off		1:42.346	1
DNF	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	16		39	Accident		1:40.097	1
DNF	VERJos Verstappen	Stewart	15		38	Engine		1:41.114	1
DNF	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	4		37	Spun off		1:36.120	1
DNF	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	14		37	Spun off		1:44.083	1
DNF	ROSRicardo Rosset	Tyrrell	20		29	Spun off		1:40.948	1
DNF	TUEEsteban Tuero	Minardi	18		29	Spun off		1:44.700
DNF	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	9		27	Spun off		1:37.343
DNF	SALMika Salo	Arrows	13		27	Throttle		1:38.160	1
DNF	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	6		15	Spun off		1:36.884
DNF	HILDamon Hill	Jordan	7		13	Spun off		1:37.223

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	IRV	22	26.5s
2	HAK	40	27.9s
3	HAK	23	28.0s
4	COU	21	28.4s
5	MSC	19	28.9s
6	SAL	20	29.1s
7	ALE	22	29.1s
8	RSC	13	30.0s
9	IRV	39	30.4s
10	MSC	40	30.5s
11	FIS	18	30.6s
12	FIS	43	30.8s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 30 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	HAKMika Häkkinen	McLaren	1:23.271
2	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:23.720	+0.449s
3	VILJacques Villeneuve	Williams	1:24.102	+0.831s
4	COUDavid Coulthard	McLaren	1:24.310	+1.039s
5	IRVEddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:24.436	+1.165s
6	FREHeinz-Harald Frentzen	Williams	1:24.442	+1.171s
7	HILDamon Hill	Jordan	1:24.542	+1.271s
8	ALEJean Alesi	Sauber	1:25.081	+1.810s
9	HERJohnny Herbert	Sauber	1:25.084	+1.813s
10	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Benetton	1:25.654	+2.383s
11	WURAlexander Wurz	Benetton	1:25.760	+2.489s
12	DINPedro Diniz	Arrows	1:26.376	+3.105s
13	SALMika Salo	Arrows	1:26.487	+3.216s
14	TRUJarno Trulli	Prost	1:26.808	+3.537s
15	VERJos Verstappen	Stewart	1:26.948	+3.677s
16	BARRubens Barrichello	Stewart	1:26.990	+3.719s
17	TAKToranosuke Takagi	Tyrrell	1:27.061	+3.790s
18	TUEEsteban Tuero	Minardi	1:28.051	+4.780s
19	NAKShinji Nakano	Minardi	1:28.123	+4.852s
20	ROSRicardo Rosset	Tyrrell	1:28.608	+5.337s
21	RSCRalf Schumacher	Jordan	–
22	PANOlivier Panis	Prost	–

Silverstone Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1998. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1997	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams
1996	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams
1995	Johnny Herbert	Benetton
1994	Damon Hill	Williams
1993	Alain Prost	Williams
1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1991	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1990	Alain Prost	Ferrari
1989	Alain Prost	McLaren
1988	Ayrton Senna	McLaren

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