The flourishing of Jordan in 1998 and 1999, under the leadership of Damon Hill, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, and Ralf Schumacher (Michael's younger brother) proved to be a last hurrah of the privateer, not a sign of health in the sport.
Imen kot so bila Larrousse, Dallara, Simtek, Pacific in Forti ni bilo več mogoče videti na štartnih vrstah, nekako so preživela le moštva Jordan, Sauber, Arrows in seveda Minardi.