Summary

Michael Schumacher won today's race at Silverstone (England) today. Mika Hakkinen dominated the race but saw his lead vanish because of the safetycar. After the race restarted M. Schumacher took the lead and closed the championship gap.

Notes

• The rumour has it that Goodyear will stay in Formula One.
• Alesi starts in the T-car, because his race car is set-up for a wet race.
• Everybody starts on intermediate tyres except the Stewart team and Trulli.
• Diniz needs a new rear-wing.
• Hakkinen spins off but retains the lead.
• Safety car situation on lap 43.
• M. Schumacher gets a stop-and-go penalty. He comes in on the last lap and finishes in the pits.
  • Weather during race: Cloudy-Wet (18 Degrees C)

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M. Schumacher (Ferrari) G Hakkinen (McLaren-Mercedes) B Irvine (Ferrari) G Wurz (Benetton-Playlife) B Fisichella (Benetton-Playlife) B R. Schumacher (Jordan-Mugen) G Villeneuve (Winfield-Williams) G Nakano (Minardi-Ford) B Takagi (Tyrrell-Ford) G Not Classified Alesi (Sauber-Petronas) G Diniz (Arrows) B Panis (Prost-Peugeot) B Barrichello (Stewart-Ford) B Verstappen (Stewart-Ford) B Trulli (Prost-Peugeot) B Coulthard (McLaren-Mercedes) B Rosset (Tyrrell-Ford)B Tuero (Minardi-Ford) B Salo (Arrows) B Herbert (Sauber-Petronas) G Frentzen (Winfield-Williams) G Hill (Jordan-Mugen) G B: Bridgestone G: Goodyear

1h 47.02.450s + 0m 12.400s + 0m 19.100s 1 lap 1 lap 1 lap 1 lap 2 laps 4 laps   7 laps: mechanical 15 laps: spin 20 laps: spin 21 laps: spin 22 laps: mechanical 23 laps: spin 23 laps: spin 31 laps: spin 31 laps: spin 33 laps: spin 33 laps: spin/pits 45 laps: spin 47 laps: spin