Gallery - Season 1998 

  
Melbourne

Formula 1 - 98 Melbourne - Michael Schumacher and his Ferrari F300 were seen in the Australian Grand Prix as "special guest stars" only for a very short time...
Formula 1 - 98 Melbourne - When Häkkinen came into the pits for the first time, his mechanics had not been ready due to some problems with the communicationFormula 1 - 98 Melbourne - Heinz-Harald Frentzen was satisfied by his performance although he had been lapped by the McLarens: He had beaten his teammate, world-champion Jacques Villeneuve, who eventually came in on fifth position. Formula 1 - 98 Melbourne - Eddie Irvine's luck was much better than Michael Schumacher's in this race: He drove his F300 s/n 181 to fourth just behind Heinz-Harald Frentzen, although the car had been the T-car.A noble gesture, David Coulthard did let his teammate Mika Häkkinen pass after the latter had lost his leading position to Coulthard due to an erroneous pit-stop caused by communication problems. Häkkinen was undoubtedly the faster driver, and so the team - which had been responsible for the error - informed Coulthard by radio about what had happened. Formula 1 - 98 Melbourne - do not let this photo fool you: Heinz-Harald Frentzen and his Williams came in on third position, but the gap between him and the winning McLarens was an entire lap! For Mika Häkkinen, the win at Melbourne was the second victory in a row after he had already come in 1st in the final race of the 1997 season at Jerez in Spain.notice the smile on Mika Häkkinen's face

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