Who won the 1998 F1 season?
Mika Häkkinen (pictured in 2006) won his first title with McLaren. Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher (pictured in 2005) finished as runner-up, 14 points behind Häkkinen. Häkkinen’s teammate, David Coulthard (pictured in 1999), finished the season ranked third. The Flying Finn, Mika Häkkinen, won his second and final Formula 1 Drivers’ World Championship at Suzuka in 1999. It was a flawless start to finish victory, which secured him consecutive titles.Villeneuve had to coax his damaged car to the finish and needed to finish third. He let Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard through, as part of a pre-race collusion agreement between Williams and McLaren, so Häkkinen claimed his first F1 win and Villeneuve became World Champion.On July 12, 1998, Michael Schumacher surprisingly won the British Grand Prix for Ferrari in the pit lane! The race began with Mika Häkkinen leading and seemingly headed for a certain victory, but the weather had other plans. A safety car erased his lead, allowing Schumacher to close in and snatch the lead.
Who was the tragic death of the legendary F1 driver?
On 1 May 1994, Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna was killed after his car crashed into a concrete barrier while he was leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at the Imola Circuit in Italy. Senna’s death was the capstone to one of the darkest weekends in Formula One history. Why didn’t Michael Schumacher attend Senna’s funeral? Schumacher was distraught after Senna’s death. His perspective of racing had changed and he was left questioning his future as a racing driver. Just a day before Senna’s crash, Roland Ratzenberger had passed away in yet another racing incident.