1998 British Grand Prix

1998 British Grand Prix
Race 9 of 16 in the 1998 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Silverstone Circuit in its 1998 configuration
Race details
Date	12 July 1998
Official name	LI RAC British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.140 km (3.194 miles)
Distance	60 laps, 308.400 km (191.631 miles)
Weather	Rain, Wet Track
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	Ferrari
Second	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Third	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1998 British Grand Prix (formally the LI RAC British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit, England on 12 July 1998. It was the ninth race of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship. The 60-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher driving a Ferrari car after starting from second position. Mika Häkkinen, who started from pole position, finished second with Eddie Irvine third in the other Ferrari. Schumacher's victory was his fourth of the season, and his third consecutive victory having won both the preceding Canadian and French Grand Prix, but was under controversial circumstances: there was dispute whether he had avoided a stop-and-go penalty by entering the pit lane to serve it on the final lap, crossing the finish line in the pit lane to win the race before reaching his pit box, although the penalty, which was actually merely a time penalty, was later rescinded.