Ronda 9 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 1998-07-12
Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) firmó la pole del British Grand Prix de 1998 con un crono de 1:23.271.
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) completó la primera fila a 0.449s de la pole, con Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) tercero en parrilla. Giancarlo Fisichella (Benetton) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Alexander Wurz (Benetton) se quedó fuera por 0.106s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 2.383s — de la pole a P10 — con Giancarlo Fisichella (Benetton) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:23.271 | — | — | 1:23.271 |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:23.720 | — | — | +0.449 |
| 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:24.102 | — | — | +0.831 |
| 4 |
| McLaren |
| 1:24.310 |
| — |
| — |
| +1.039 |
| 5 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:24.436 | — | — | +1.165 |
| 6 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Williams | 1:24.442 | — | — | +1.171 |
| 7 | Damon Hill | Jordan | 1:24.542 | — | — | +1.271 |
| 8 | Jean Alesi | Sauber | 1:25.081 | — | — | +1.810 |
| 9 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:25.084 | — | — | +1.813 |
| 10 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Benetton | 1:25.654 | — | — | +2.383 |
| 11 | Alexander Wurz | Benetton | 1:25.760 | — | — | +2.489 |
| 12 | Pedro Diniz | Arrows | 1:26.376 | — | — | +3.105 |
| 13 | Mika Salo | Arrows | 1:26.487 | — | — | +3.216 |
| 14 | Jarno Trulli | Prost | 1:26.808 | — | — | +3.537 |
| 15 | Jos Verstappen | Stewart | 1:26.948 | — | — | +3.677 |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Stewart | 1:26.990 | — | — | +3.719 |
| 17 | Toranosuke Takagi | Tyrrell | 1:27.061 | — | — | +3.790 |
| 18 | Esteban Tuero | Minardi | 1:28.051 | — | — | +4.780 |
| 19 | Shinji Nakano | Minardi | 1:28.123 | — | — | +4.852 |
| 20 | Ricardo Rosset | Tyrrell | 1:28.608 | — | — | +5.337 |
| 21 | Ralf Schumacher | Jordan | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Olivier Panis | Prost | — | — | — | — |