Season 1 Race 11

==Quali==
It was a brilliant session for Arrows, just not the driver they all hoped for got the pole, instead it was his usually slower teammate and #2 driver, Mika Hakkinen. Alongside is Damon Hill who is still looking for his first victory. Row 2 is all Mars while Takagi does an impressive 5th place. Pole favourite Michael Schumacher appeared to have made a mistake on his only lap and starts from 6th.
Commentator's comments: Wow what a performance from Asia Pacific! That was absolutely unexpected. Also unexpected was Mercedes's suprisingly poor performance. A crazy race is ahead of us, and if it's any race that we'll be looking for a new race winner it's this one.
==Race==
It's yet another Arrows win, and yet again not the one everyone hoped for, as we had a new driver winning in Mika Hakkinen, aka the #2 driver. The Finn started from pole after properly having pace and consistency over teammate Michael Schumacher, and everything went his way in the race too. He profited from the pitstops to inters and monsoon tyres, he also profited from the safety car period, and after saving his tyres in the final stint cruised home just ahead of Alesi, who for once sees the flag and finished 2nd on his return. Magnussen finishes 3rd but crashes embarassingly on the parade lap. Coulthard is in 4th, after he too finishes a race, and Takagi finishes 5th as his engine blew up in parc ferme later. Hill also admitted he had loose wheel that worsened on the parade lap and he had to pull off and retire. Wurz has had a strategy masterpiece after the safety car, following the same thing Hakkinen did, just better. Had the problems ahead of him happened earlier he'd be 4th, however unfortunately he has to settle for 7th just outside the points. A notable part of the race was when Trulli and Schumacher collided causing the German's 2nd DNF of the season, again due to a backmarker collision, later calling Trulli "F**KING TRAIN IDIOT!!", and Trulli later said Michael can't drive. Both men walked away furiously from a points scoring chance gone.
Another notable mention goes to Ligier who should tighten their wheels up better - both cars had the loose wheel failure.
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Category:Season 1 Races