12 July 2004	Monday	23 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425

SILVERSTONE, July 11: Michael Schumacher held off a late challenge from McLaren's resurgent Kimi Raikkonen to win the British Grand Prix for Ferrari on Sunday and celebrate his 10th victory in 11 races.

It was the 80th win of the German's career. But he had a late scare when the deployment of the safety car 15 laps from the end, after Italian Jarno Trulli's Renault piled into the tyre wall at speed, offered the young Finn a glimmer of hope.

The six-time champion, smooth and controlled as ever, quickly snuffed out the threat to take the chequered flag as Raikkonen finished 2.1 seconds behind. It was Schumacher's third success at Silverstone, the circuit where he broke his leg in 1999, as well as dominant Ferrari's third in a row there.

Raikkonen was second to revive McLaren with their first podium finish of the season, while Schumacher's Brazilian team mate Rubens Barrichello held off BAR's British hopeful Jenson Button for third place.

Schumacher has 100 points to Barrichello's 74. Button has 53. Ferrari lead the constructors's championship with 174 points to Renault's 79 with BAR on 67. Barrichello, second in the championship and last year's British winner, remained the only driver to have scored points in every race this season.

Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya was fifth for Williams, disappointing again in their home race, while Italian Giancarlo Fisichella was a strong sixth for Sauber. Briton David Coulthard was seventh for McLaren with Australian Mark Webber taking the final point for Jaguar.

Leading results: 1. Michael Schumacher (Germany) Ferrari 1:24.42.700; 2. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) McLaren 2.1 seconds behind; 3. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Ferrari 3.1; 4. Jenson Button (Britain) BAR 10.6; 5. Juan Pablo Montoya (Colombia) Williams 12.1; 6. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Sauber 12.8; 7. David Coulthard (Britain) McLaren 19.6; 8. Mark Webber (Australia) Jaguar 23.7; 9. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Sauber 24.0; 10. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault 24.8.

Fastest lap: Schumacher 1:18.739 (lap 14, Average speed 235.049 kph). -Reuters