Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard
Agreeing phrases with Mercedes after some engine-hopping, signing David Coulthard to companion Mika Hakkinen and including Adrian Newey to a gifted technical division all performed their half in McLaren’s subsequent – and to today most up-to-date – section as total champions.
With Newey’s first McLaren hitting the bottom working in 1998, Hakkinen and Coulthard got here out on prime towards Ferrari pairing Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine within the constructors’ battle – Hakkinen additionally successful the drivers’ title over Schumacher.
1999 ORAL HISTORY: Half 1 – McLaren vs Ferrari, Hakkinen vs Schumacher, and drama at Silverstone
Hakkinen would make it two drivers’ titles in two years on the finish of a dramatic 1999 season, which featured a leg-breaking crash for Schumacher, however the Scuderia prevented McLaren from taking back-to-back constructors’ crowns by simply 4 factors.
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri?
Some 16 years on from that ’98 title win, McLaren now discover themselves with a golden alternative so as to add to their championship haul – Norris and Piastri each turning into Grand Prix winners in 2024 and placing the staff 41 factors away from Crimson Bull with six rounds remaining. Can they see it by means of to the top? Solely time will inform…
