Complex sentence: Immediately after the race the two Ferrari's were disqualified due to an infringment on their barge-boards, meaning that Mika Häkkinen was handed the championship by default and Johnny Herbert almost scoring back to back wins.
Split into simpler sentences: Immediately after the race the two Ferrari's were disqualified due to an infringment on their barge-boards. This meant that Mika Häkkinen was handed the championship by default and Johnny Herbert almost scored back to back wins.