Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Oge mbụ nke asọmpi ahụ bụ na Australia ma ọ bụghị ihe ijuanya, McLaren abụọ nke Mika Häkkinen na David Coulthard malitere 1<unk>2 n'ihu Michael Schumacher nke Ferrari. Schumacher, n'ihi na nke abụọ consecutive agbụrụ (mgbe afọ gara aga
ikpeazụ agbụrụ), kwụsịrị na n'ihu lap na malitere na azụ. Ndị McLaren bụ ndị mbụ na nke abụọ n'akụkụ nke mbụ, wee wepụ ya ruo mgbe ha abụọ mebiri, Coulthard mgbe gearbox ya mebiri na Häkkinen nwere nsogbu eletrik. Nke a hapụrụ Eddie Irvine n'ụgbọala Ferrari nke abụọ iji nweta mmeri mbụ ya n'ọrụ ya n'ihu Heinz-Harald Frentzen nke Jordan na Ralf Schumacher na Williams.