No 3 and No 4 did not conform with Article 3.12.1 of the 1999 FIA F1 Technical Regulations. It also shattered Irvine's hopes of a first world title in a season that saw him start as Schumacher's number two before bursting into contention in his own right. Irvine, who joins Jaguar next season, drove a measured race and was poised to become Ferrari's first champion since Jody Scheckter in 1979. Meanwhile in track temperatures which touched 50 degrees Celsius during the race and in humidity of more than 65 per cent, only 11 of the 22 starters finished the race. The non-finishers included Canadian Jacques Villeneuve who was the 1997 champion.
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