phantomphreaq (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Schumacher said that Hakkinen was the only driver in F1 he was ever afraid of on track. And you can see why! Who else would have dared such a maneuver?Hakkinen had a house fire in his newley completed mansion in France in May. A faulty wireing system in his trophy room started the fire, taking ALL his trophies, most of the house (and his dog) with it!!. How gutting is that??

jelskiboy56 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

geweldig!!! great!

dude10 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

yup and after that it was schumacher and his championships haha!

b0eck (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Fabulous, Mika owns!

StephanieMcMahon74 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Great!

spyxter (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I presume you weren't replying to me :)

ridoxsupra (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

have you ever driven one? If you had any significant racing experience, or common sense, you'd know that the reason it looks easy is because, the drivers are very experienced and talented. If you tried to drive an F1, you wouldn't even get it down the pits, and that's before you're 30+ seconds off the pace, or smashed into the barriers.

dalebshelton (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Mika would have been world Champ that year if Mclaren would have just gave him a car that didn't break down in the last 3 races, Engine wise, i don't think either one was more powerful than the other, Can't remember tire choise myself but I did watch this race live, it came down to the fact that Hakk had less downforce that was why he was nowhere close in corners all the way around the track. Remember Hakk Spun while leading or all this may not have happened. But good point

dalebshelton (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

They were both V10. The last V12 in F1 was in 1995 Ferrari and it was Thirsty. The last 3.5 in 1994 had about 980HP. I am guessing that these 3.0 were riht around 900Hp but the last 3.0 Honda was right at 975hp or so. Its all relative as Tech goes up and HP goes up they will come up with a way to slow them down. If we were under 1994 regulation with F1 cars would have close to 1400hp. And that is just too dangerous. I think they are pushing close to 800HP now with the 2.6 liter V8

mavrick790 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I think this was when they were still using V12's, now their using V8's. They considerably took away some HP, so if they floored it back then, your sliding and loosing control.