Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Häkkinen akaramba ari paMcLaren muna 1998, achibatsirana naCoulthard. Häkkinen aive nechivimbo chekuenda kunopokana neWorld Championship mumwaka, achidudza kubatanidzwa kwemutungamiriri wehunyanzvi Adrian Newey. Mwaka wakatanga nemakakatanwa muAustralia apo mumwe wake Coulthard akarega Häkkinen achipfuura kuti akunde mujaho. Pakutanga Häkkinen akanga adanwa kupinda mupit lane nomumwe injiniya netsaona. Coulthard akazozivisa chibvumirano chakatangira mujaho nechikwata kuti chero munhu anotungamira kupinda mukona yekutanga pakutenderera kwekutanga anobvumidzwa kuhwina mujaho. Pasinei neizvi, Häkkinen akatora kukunda kwakatevedzana nekukunda mujaho unotevera muBrazil. Akachengetedza chimiro chake chakanaka paArgentina Grand Prix kwaakapedza wechipiri, kunyange zvazvo akasiya basa kubva kuSan Marino Grand Prix apo gearbox yemotokari yake yakakundikana. Zvisinei, Häkkinen akakwanisa kukunda kwakatevedzana mumakwikwi maviri akatevera, ayo akateverwa nekurega kubva munhangemutange muCanada
sezvo motokari yake yakatambura kumwe kukundikana kwegiyabhokisi.