Season 1 Race 17

==Quali==
==Race==
It was suppose to be a race of many retirements. At the start Hakkinen had fallen back behind Coulthard, while Ralf got up to 7th place from a poor grid slot! Coulthard also had an amazing start. However, at the front Hartmann kept his lead. Not long into the race and teammates collided, at Cider, bringing Rosset's race to an early end, while Salo needed to pit. Shortly after, Wurz's engine expired, his car burst in a ball of flames, while the other Cider retired with a burnt clutch, just after the switch to intermediate tyres. It was at this point that Ralf got taken out by Frentzen, and lost his, what was then 8th place. Nakano had a small failure however costly, it brought his DNF. Around the first switch to dry tyres, Panis decided to go Maldonado mode again and take out Herbert. But both men could get away with only pitting, Panis with a penalty too. The rest of the race was all retirements, and Schumacher battling with Hartmann. Schumacher felt like Hartmann was getting an advantage from the slipstram so decided to pull in for an undercut. It worked, the German built a stunning 7 second lead, while everyone followed into the pitlane. Hartmann though felt there was something wrong on the car, but he wasn't losing any pace at all. Coulthard was looking good for 3rd place until Hakkinen overtook him late in the race. To the finish, Schumacher wins the championship and Arrows wins the teams' championship (and yes, immidiately after Schumacher crossed the line), Hartmann takes a close 2nd while Hakkinen is a distant 3rd. There was controvercy over Alesi's car, which was suppose to fail on the penultimate lap but it didn't, but we coult what is seen on the track therefore Alesi will be handed 5th place after all.
==FL==
==Standings==
(both championships done and dusted)
Category:Races
Category:Season 1 Races
Category:M. Schumacher Wins