Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Michael Schumacher ya sake dawowa don samun nasara a Italiya, bayan da ya fara wuce Häkkinen, wanda ya ƙare ne kawai na huɗu bayan matsalolin birki ya tura shi cikin juyawa biyu. Gasar ta kasance daidai da tsere biyu da za a yi, tare da sakamakon kuma ya dawo da Ferrari cikin takaddama don Gasar Masu Gina Duniya, kasancewar maki goma ne kawai a baya. A tseren na gaba a Nürburgring, Häkkinen ya sami nasarar doke Schumacher a cikin yaƙi kai tsaye. An kammala kakar wasa a
Japan, inda Häkkinen ya ci nasara cikin sauƙi ba tare da wani ƙalubale daga Schumacher ba, wanda ya tsaya a kan grid kuma ya yi ritaya daga taya mai fashewa daga baya a tseren. Wannan ya ba Häkkinen lambar yabo ta farko ta duniya da McLaren ta takwas a gasar zakarun duniya. Williams, 1997 Constructors 'Champion, yana da wani lokacin takaici gaba ɗaya, tare da kawai biyu podium gama ga mulki Drivers 'Champion Jacques Villeneuve da kuma daya ga Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Koyaya, a Japan sun sami nasarar tabbatar da na uku a Gasar Masu Gina, a gaban Jordan da Benetton.