Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Michael Schumacher akadzoka kuzotora kukunda kushamisika muItaly, achangotanga kudarika Häkkinen, uyo akapedza ari wechina chete mushure mekunge matambudziko emabhureki amutumira mumaspin maviri. Mumakwikwi aya makanga mava kuenzana sezvo makwikwi maviri akanga asara kuti apedziswe, uye zvainge zvabuda zvaiitawo kuti Ferrari idzokere mumakwikwi eWorld Constructors' Championship, ichingova shure nemapoinzi gumi chete. Kumakwikwi akatevera paNürburgring, Häkkinen akakwanisa kukunda Schumacher mukurwa kwakatwasuka. Mwaka wakaguma muJapan
, uko Häkkinen akakunda nyore pasina dambudziko kubva kuna Schumacher, uyo akambomira pagiredhi uye akasiya basa kubva kune vhiri rakaputika gare gare munhangemutange. Izvi zvakapa Häkkinen mukombe wake wekutanga wepasi rose uye McLaren yavo yechisere Constructors 'Championship. Williams, 1997 Constructors' Champion, yakava nemwaka wakaodza mwoyo wose, ine zvigaro zviviri chete zvepodiyamu zveMutungamiri weVatyairi Jacques Villeneuve uye imwe yeHeinz-Harald Frentzen. Zvisinei, muJapan vakakwanisa kuwana nzvimbo yechitatu muConstructors' Championship, mberi kweJordan neBenetton.