Pit Lane F1
Round 9 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 1998-07-12
Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) took pole for the 1998 British Grand Prix with a 1:23.271 lap.
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.449s shy of pole, with Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) third on the grid. Giancarlo Fisichella (Benetton) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Alexander Wurz (Benetton) missed the cut by 0.106s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.383s — pole to P10 — with Giancarlo Fisichella (Benetton) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | David Coulthard |
| 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 | — | — | — | — |