Whakaoti i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Na Prost i whakapumautia he hononga ki a Peugeot ka huri ki a raatau mai i te 1998 ki muri, i rapu a Mugen i tetahi hoa hou ka tutuki i te kirimana e rua tau me Jordan Grand Prix i hangaia e Mugen te miihini MF301HC. Ko te haurua tuatahi o te wa o te tau 1998 he tino kino; he kino rawa atu i te wa kotahi i tutaki ai nga rangatira o Mugen ki a Eddie Jordan me tana roopu i te 1998 Monaco Grand Prix kia mohio ai he aha i kore ai te roopu i eke ki te tohu toa o te Ao kotahi. I haere tonu te whanaungatanga i Silverstone i eke ai te kapa ki to raatau tohu tuatahi mo te whakataetae o te ao i te wa o te mutunga o te 6 o nga waahi mai i a Ralf Schumacher, i whai ake i nga tohu i nga whakataetae e toru e whai ake nei. Ehara i te mea tae noa ki
Spa-Francorchamps, i te wa i huri ai te waimarie o Horano ki te pai ake me nga taraiwa a Damon Hill me Ralf Schumacher i eke ki te mutunga 1-2 e whakarite ana i te wikitoria tuatahi a Horano mo te Formula Kotahi me to raatau mutunga 1-2 anake i roto i to raatau oranga i muri i te tiimata o te hinganga. Ka eke te kapa ki nga tohu i runga i nga wa e rua me Ralf e whakatutuki ana i te waahi tuatoru i te Italian Grand Prix. I muri mai ka whakaatu a Gary Anderson, i taua wa, kua piki ake te tari matua o Honda ki te whakawhanake i nga miihini e mau tonu ana i te waitohu Mugen.