Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tare da Newey na iya cin gajiyar sabbin ka'idojin fasaha don, kuma tare da Williams sun rasa injunan Renault, McLaren sun sake samun damar kalubalanci gasar; Mujallar "F1 Racing" ta bayyana cewa hanya guda da za ta kara musu fatan lashe gasar ita ce ta dauki Michael Schumacher na Ferrari sau biyu. Häkkinen da Coulthard sun ci biyar daga cikin tsere shida na farko duk da haramcin tsarin "brake steer" na ƙungiyar, wanda ya ba da izinin yin amfani da birki na baya daban-daban don rage rashin ƙarfi, bayan zanga-zangar Ferrari a tseren na biyu a Brazil. Schumacher da Ferrari sun ba da babbar gasa, tsohon ya daidaita a maki tare da Häkkinen tare da tsere biyu da za a yi, amma ya lashe Häkkinen a Luxembourg da Japan
Grand Prix ya ba shi duka gasar zakarun direbobi da McLaren gasar zakarun masu kera. Häkkinen ya lashe gasar zakarun na biyu a kakar wasa ta gaba, amma saboda haɗuwa da kuskuren direba da gazawar inji, ƙungiyar ta rasa taken masu kerawa zuwa Ferrari.