With Ferrari's double retirement and Richards' first win, it means now that Richards is leading the championship! However, it might not last long, because the experts predict that Ferrari can win again.
Race Review:QUALIFYINGDuring qualifying, Williams' Adam Richards was help up by Jaguar's Eddie Irvine, meanwhile he was on a flying lap, and Irvine on his out-lap. Richards would actually qualify 11th and Irvine 9th. Michael Schumacher took pole position for the race, 0.089 tenths ahead of team-mate Rubens Barrichello.
RACEIn the race, Barrichello got a poor start as he was passed by both McLarens for 2nd, and Richards sufered a wheelspin at the start.
At Turn 8 on Lap 4, Barrichello made contact with Mika Häkkinen. They were both running 3rd and 2nd respectively, and with the collision they dropped 19th and 20th respectively.
On Lap 9, Michael Schumacher suffered a puncture, which put him out of the race just after a pole position and a fastest lap being set before the puncture. It made Jordan's Jarno Trulli lead the race. On Lap 13, Trulli went off at the Stowe corner, losing the lead to Adam Richards and Ralf Schumacher.
On Lap 18, everything came to a disaster for Ferrari, as Rubens Barrichello suffered a loose wheel. It later happened for Minardi's Marc Gené on the next lap. On Lap 20 Ralf Schumacher was the race leader until he pitted on lap 22, so David Coulthard became the race leader.
Jos Verstappen would retire from the race on lap 23 with a transmission failure, as it was because of Arrows' poor reliability.
On Lap 25, a moment with both Williams cars came with a shock. Adam Richards touched with teammate Ralf Schumacher on the straight when he was about to overtake, but both cars were lucky not to sustain serious damage.
10 laps later, McLaren's David Coulthard spun at high speed at the Becketts and Maggots corners. Trying to get back on track, he hits the wall instead "out of nowhere". He was not leading at the time, as Williams were "en route" to a comfortable 1-2 finish.
Further retirements came. BAR's Ricardo Zonta and Prost's Nick Heidfeld on their 26th lap, and Jordan's Jarno Trulli on his 32nd lap. They suffered a throttle, engine and transmission problem respectively.
On Lap 40, Richards was making his 2nd pit stop. But then after pitting, Benetton's Giancarlo Fisichella tried to overtake Richards, but fails and they make contact with eachother, luckily to stick their car onto the track without spinning.
Jacques Villeneuve suffers a loose wheel on Lap 42, and it becomes a double retirement for BAR in the British Grand Prix. Ralf Schumacher pitted on the same lap, and Adam Richards is leading the race. However, a disaster came in for Ralf Schumacher just after he makes his 2nd pitstop. He retires with a transmission problem, losing out Williams' comfortable 1-2 finish at their home race.
And then, the race winner eventually became Williams' Adam Richards. Mika Häkkinen came in second for McLaren and Benetton scores their first podium of the season, as Giancarlo Fisichella finished 3rd.
DRIVERS' STANDINGSAdam Richards leads the Drivers' Championship with 19 points after Ferrari's double retirement. Häkkinen gets 16 points ahead of Coulthard's 10. Fisichella is 6th with 7 points, and meanwhile, Wurz, Frentzen and Herbert score their first points of the season.
CONSTRUCTORS' STANDINGSMcLaren now have a 5 point gap to Ferrari. They have 29 and Ferrari 34. Benetton moves up to 4th with 10 points, putting BAR down to 5th.
The race-by-race results sheet is also with a new style. New team colours for Sauber, Benetton, Prost and Jaguar.
(ignore the mistake with Häkkinen's and McLaren's points, Häkkinen has 16 and McLaren 29)