The 1998 British Grand Prix (formally the LI RAC British Grand Prix) was a Formula Onemotor 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to win the race before reaching his pit box, although the penalty, which was actually merely a time penalty, was later rescinded.
Mika Häkkinen took pole position by nearly half a second from championship rival Michael Schumacher. Jacques Villeneuve took third position whilst Häkkinen's team-mate David Coulthard qualified in fourth. Ralf Schumacher and Olivier Panis had their qualifying times deleted as they were not able to get out of their cars quick enough during an FIA safety drill, to practice evacuating the cockpit in case of fire. Ralf Schumacher had spun and stalled his engine early in qualifying and qualified in the spare car, which was set up for his team-mate Damon Hill.
RaceEdit
Heavy rain fell during the morning prior to the race. Although the rain stopped before the start, there was a mixture of wet and dry parts on the circuit and as a result all but two cars started on intermediate compound tyres. The two Stewart-Fords decided to start on dry weather tyres.[1] The first retirement came after 13 laps, when Damon Hill lost control on the damp track whilst battling with Villeneuve for 7th place. After 16 laps, it began to rain again, and many drivers switched to a full wet weather tyre. Johnny Herbert spun and regained the track, but had damaged his car and retired on reaching the pits.
David Coulthard, driving on intermediates, spun out on lap 38 whilst passing a backmarker. Jarno Trulli spun out on the same lap as Coulthard as Barrichello spun out and hit the wall at Club on lap 40. His McLaren-Mercedes team-mate Mika Häkkinen had built up a lead of 49 seconds over second place driver Michael Schumacher when four laps later he went off the track, did a complete 360 degrees turn before continuing. The incident damaged the front wing of his car and cost him 10 seconds of his lead but following numerous other spins caused by the worsening conditions the safety car was deployed which slowed the cars down, and removed Häkkinen's advantage over Schumacher altogether.[2]
The race restarted on lap 50 and it took only two laps for Häkkinen to make another mistake, which put Schumacher in the lead. The German quickly pulled away from his rival, who was now nursing his McLaren home.
However, two laps from the finish, Schumacher was issued with a 10-second time penalty for passing Alexander Wurz under the safety car on lap 43.[3] Unsure whether the handwritten notification declared that Schumacher would see 10 seconds being added to his race time or had to serve a 10-second stop-and-go penalty, his team decided to call in him into the pits out of precaution to serve a stop-and-go penalty at the end of the last lap of the race.[3] However, in doing so Schumacher crossed the finish line in the pit lane before reaching the Ferrari garage resulting in a dispute on whether he had actually served a stop and go penalty.[4]
Post-raceEdit
Following the race a dispute arose surrounding the circumstances of Michael Schumacher being issued with and serving his penalty. [3] His team argued that the penalty should have been issued within 25 minutes of the incident but instead they were informed after 31 minutes. They also argued that the hand-written notification was unclear as to which penalty was actually being issued: a stop-and-go, or a 10-second addition to Schumacher's race time, though the FIA's International Court of Appeal later clarified that it was the latter.[3] The stewards then decided to nevertheless apply the 10-second addition, post-race.[4] However, the added time penalty can only be used to punish an infraction in the last 12 laps of a Grand Prix, and so did not apply here.[3] The stewards eventually rescinded the penalty altogether.[4]
A protest was lodged by McLaren-Mercedes who felt Ferrari cheated by not having Schumacher serve the penalty, but this was rejected by the FIA.[3] At the hearing for the protest the International Court of Appeal confirmed that the stewards have made several mistakes in issuing a 10-second time penalty for an incident that happened outside of the last 12 laps of a race while exceeding the allowed time limit for the notification of a penalty having been issued.[3] As a result of their mistakes, the three stewards involved handed in their licenses at an extraordinary meeting of the FIA World Council.[5]
^ abcdefg"International Court of Appeal – Hearing of Monday, 27 July 1998" (PDF). International Court of Appeal of the FIA. 27 July 1998. (PDF) from the original on 14 April 2018.
^ abc"Scandal at Silverstone". Grandprix.com. Inside F1. 13 July 1998. from the original on 29 September 2007.
^"...but the stewards got the axe". Grandprix.com. Inside F1. 3 August 1999. from the original on 8 May 2009.
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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 Hakkinen 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 1998 British Grand PrixRace 9 of 16 in the 1998 Formula One World ChampionshipSilverstone Circuit in its 1998 configurationRace detailsDate12 July 1998Official nameLI RAC British Grand PrixLocationSilverstone Circuit Silverstone Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire EnglandCoursePermanent racing facilityCourse length5 140 km 3 194 miles Distance60 laps 308 400 km 191 631 miles WeatherRain Wet TrackPole positionDriverMika HakkinenMcLaren MercedesTime1 23 271Fastest lapDriverMichael SchumacherFerrariTime1 35 704 on lap 12PodiumFirstMichael SchumacherFerrariSecondMika HakkinenMcLaren MercedesThirdEddie IrvineFerrariLap leaders Contents 1 Report 1 1 Qualifying 1 2 Race 1 3 Post race 2 Classification 2 1 Qualifying 2 2 Race 3 Championship standings after the race 4 FootnotesReport EditQualifying Edit Mika Hakkinen took pole position by nearly half a second from championship rival Michael Schumacher Jacques Villeneuve took third position whilst Hakkinen s team mate David Coulthard qualified in fourth Ralf Schumacher and Olivier Panis had their qualifying times deleted as they were not able to get out of their cars quick enough during an FIA safety drill to practice evacuating the cockpit in case of fire Ralf Schumacher had spun and stalled his engine early in qualifying and qualified in the spare car which was set up for his team mate Damon Hill Race Edit Heavy rain fell during the morning prior to the race Although the rain stopped before the start there was a mixture of wet and dry parts on the circuit and as a result all but two cars started on intermediate compound tyres The two Stewart Fords decided to start on dry weather tyres 1 The first retirement came after 13 laps when Damon Hill lost control on the damp track whilst battling with Villeneuve for 7th place After 16 laps it began to rain again and many drivers switched to a full wet weather tyre Johnny Herbert spun and regained the track but had damaged his car and retired on reaching the pits nbsp David Coulthard retires from the raceDavid Coulthard driving on intermediates spun out on lap 38 whilst passing a backmarker Jarno Trulli spun out on the same lap as Coulthard as Barrichello spun out and hit the wall at Club on lap 40 His McLaren Mercedes team mate Mika Hakkinen had built up a lead of 49 seconds over second place driver Michael Schumacher when four laps later he went off the track did a complete 360 degrees turn before continuing The incident damaged the front wing of his car and cost him 10 seconds of his lead but following numerous other spins caused by the worsening conditions the safety car was deployed which slowed the cars down and removed Hakkinen s advantage over Schumacher altogether 2 The race restarted on lap 50 and it took only two laps for Hakkinen to make another mistake which put Schumacher in the lead The German quickly pulled away from his rival who was now nursing his McLaren home nbsp Michael Schumacher and David Coulthard side by sideHowever two laps from the finish Schumacher was issued with a 10 second time penalty for passing Alexander Wurz under the safety car on lap 43 3 Unsure whether the handwritten notification declared that Schumacher would see 10 seconds being added to his race time or had to serve a 10 second stop and go penalty his team decided to call in him into the pits out of precaution to serve a stop and go penalty at the end of the last lap of the race 3 However in doing so Schumacher crossed the finish line in the pit lane before reaching the Ferrari garage resulting in a dispute on whether he had actually served a stop and go penalty 4 Post race Edit Following the race a dispute arose surrounding the circumstances of Michael Schumacher being issued with and serving his penalty 3 His team argued that the penalty should have been issued within 25 minutes of the incident but instead they were informed after 31 minutes They also argued that the hand written notification was unclear as to which penalty was actually being issued a stop and go or a 10 second addition to Schumacher s race time though the FIA s International Court of Appeal later clarified that it was the latter 3 The stewards then decided to nevertheless apply the 10 second addition post race 4 However the added time penalty can only be used to punish an infraction in the last 12 laps of a Grand Prix and so did not apply here 3 The stewards eventually rescinded the penalty altogether 4 A protest was lodged by McLaren Mercedes who felt Ferrari cheated by not having Schumacher serve the penalty but this was rejected by the FIA 3 At the hearing for the protest the International Court of Appeal confirmed that the stewards have made several mistakes in issuing a 10 second time penalty for an incident that happened outside of the last 12 laps of a race while exceeding the allowed time limit for the notification of a penalty having been issued 3 As a result of their mistakes the three stewards involved handed in their licenses at an extraordinary meeting of the FIA World Council 5 Classification EditQualifying Edit Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap1 8 nbsp Mika Hakkinen McLaren Mercedes 1 23 271 2 3 nbsp Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1 23 720 0 4493 1 nbsp Jacques Villeneuve Williams Mecachrome 1 24 102 0 8314 7 nbsp David Coulthard McLaren Mercedes 1 24 310 1 0395 4 nbsp Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1 24 436 1 1656 2 nbsp Heinz Harald Frentzen Williams Mecachrome 1 24 442 1 1717 9 nbsp Damon Hill Jordan Mugen Honda 1 24 542 1 2718 14 nbsp Jean Alesi Sauber Petronas 1 25 081 1 8109 15 nbsp Johnny Herbert Sauber Petronas 1 25 084 1 81310 5 nbsp Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Playlife 1 25 654 2 38311 6 nbsp Alexander Wurz Benetton Playlife 1 25 760 2 48912 16 nbsp Pedro Diniz Arrows 1 26 376 3 10513 17 nbsp Mika Salo Arrows 1 26 487 3 21614 12 nbsp Jarno Trulli Prost Peugeot 1 26 808 3 53715 19 nbsp Jos Verstappen Stewart Ford 1 26 948 3 67716 18 nbsp Rubens Barrichello Stewart Ford 1 26 990 3 71917 21 nbsp Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell Ford 1 27 061 3 79018 23 nbsp Esteban Tuero Minardi Ford 1 28 051 4 78019 22 nbsp Shinji Nakano Minardi Ford 1 28 123 4 85220 20 nbsp Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell Ford 1 28 608 5 337107 time 1 29 10021 10 nbsp Ralf Schumacher Jordan Mugen Honda No Time1 22 11 nbsp Olivier Panis Prost Peugeot No Time1 Source 6 Notes Qualification times of Ralf Schumacher and Olivier Panis were disallowed because they failed an FIA safety drill Race Edit Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time Retired Grid Points1 3 nbsp Michael Schumacher Ferrari 60 1 47 02 450 2 102 8 nbsp Mika Hakkinen McLaren Mercedes 60 22 465 1 63 4 nbsp Eddie Irvine Ferrari 60 29 199 5 44 6 nbsp Alexander Wurz Benetton Playlife 59 1 Lap 11 35 5 nbsp Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton Playlife 59 1 Lap 10 26 10 nbsp Ralf Schumacher Jordan Mugen Honda 59 1 Lap 21 17 1 nbsp Jacques Villeneuve Williams Mecachrome 59 1 Lap 3 8 22 nbsp Shinji Nakano Minardi Ford 58 2 Laps 19 9 21 nbsp Toranosuke Takagi Tyrrell Ford 56 4 Laps 17 Ret 14 nbsp Jean Alesi Sauber Petronas 53 Electrical 8 Ret 16 nbsp Pedro Diniz Arrows 45 Spun off 12 Ret 11 nbsp Olivier Panis Prost Peugeot 40 Spun off 22 Ret 18 nbsp Rubens Barrichello Stewart Ford 39 Accident 16 Ret 19 nbsp Jos Verstappen Stewart Ford 38 Engine 15 Ret 7 nbsp David Coulthard McLaren Mercedes 37 Spun off 4 Ret 12 nbsp Jarno Trulli Prost Peugeot 37 Spun off 14 Ret 20 nbsp Ricardo Rosset Tyrrell Ford 29 Spun off 20 Ret 23 nbsp Esteban Tuero Minardi Ford 29 Spun off 18 Ret 15 nbsp Johnny Herbert Sauber Petronas 27 Spun off 9 Ret 17 nbsp Mika Salo Arrows 27 Throttle 13 Ret 2 nbsp Heinz Harald Frentzen Williams Mecachrome 15 Spun off 6 Ret 9 nbsp Damon Hill Jordan Mugen Honda 13 Spun off 7 Source 7 Championship standings after the race EditDrivers Championship standingsPos Driver Points1 nbsp Mika Hakkinen 562 nbsp Michael Schumacher 543 nbsp David Coulthard 304 nbsp Eddie Irvine 295 nbsp Alexander Wurz 17Source 8 Constructors Championship standingsPos Constructor Points1 nbsp McLaren Mercedes 862 nbsp Ferrari 833 nbsp Benetton Playlife 324 nbsp Williams Mecachrome 195 nbsp Stewart Ford 5Source 8 Note Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings Footnotes Edit Autosport com British Grand Prix Review BBC News Schumacher wins British GP a b c d e f g International Court of Appeal Hearing of Monday 27 July 1998 PDF International Court of Appeal of the FIA 27 July 1998 Archived PDF from the original on 14 April 2018 a b c Scandal at Silverstone Grandprix com Inside F1 13 July 1998 Archived from the original on 29 September 2007 but the stewards got the axe Grandprix com Inside F1 3 August 1999 Archived from the original on 8 May 2009 F1 STATS Britain 1998 Qualifications STATS F1 www statsf1 com Retrieved 19 October 2018 1998 British Grand Prix formula1 com Archived from the original on 5 December 2014 Retrieved 24 December 2015 a b Britain 1998 Championship STATS F1 www statsf1 com Retrieved 14 March 2019 Previous race 1998 French Grand Prix FIA Formula One World Championship 1998 season Next race 1998 Austrian Grand PrixPrevious race 1997 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