The British Grand Prix 1998 was the 9th round of the 1998 F1 season, and took place at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, UK, on July 12th.
Michael Schumacher won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Mika Häkkinen, who originally had the pole position, and Eddie Irvine completing the podium.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.
Strategy
Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..
Incidents
The reace did not end without incidents... 14 drivers out of the original 22 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.
These included, Jean Alesi, who suffered from electrical problems on lap 53, Pedro Diniz, Olivier Panis, Rubens Barrichello, David Coulthard, Jarno Trulli, Ricardo Rosset, Esteban Tuero, Johnny Herbert, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, and Damon Hill, all of whom lost control and spun off the track, Jos Verstappen, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 38, and Mika Salo, who had a throttle issue on lap 27.
Electrical
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Jean AlesiLap 53
Spun off
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Pedro DinizLap 45
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Olivier PanisLap 40
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Rubens BarrichelloLap 39
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David CoulthardLap 37
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Jarno TrulliLap 37
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Ricardo RossetLap 29
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Esteban TueroLap 29
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Johnny HerbertLap 27
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Heinz-Harald FrentzenLap 15
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Damon HillLap 13
Engine
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Jos VerstappenLap 38
Throttle
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Mika SaloLap 27
Qualifying
From 1996 to 2002 the grid order was decided in a single qualifying session which would last 1 hour. During this time each driver had a maximun of 12 laps to set their best time.
This time around, Mika Häkkinen managed to secure the pole position with a time of 1:23.271 seconds, 0.449 seconds faster than Michael Schumacher, who completed the first line of the grid.