- Liittynyt
- 11.1.2003
- Viestejä
- 45
Tossa vähän yksityiskohtaisemmin:
The controversy goes all the way back to the 1990 at the Macau Masters race. This is an annual F3 race where all the different international championships are put head to head, with only the best drivers from each championship involved. The race is run in two heats and the winner is the driver with the quickest aggregate time.
In the first heat Mika Hakkinen (British F3 champion) started from pole and held his lead all the way to the end, with 3 seconds to spare over, Michael Schumacher (German F3 Champion). Again in the second heat Hakkinen started in pole, but was past by Schumacher on the first turn.
Hakkinen wins the first heat
Throughout the race Hakkinen stayed right behind the German, and overall had an obvious speed advantage. Hakkinen only needed to finish within 3 seconds to Schumacher to win on aggregate time. Coming up to the final lap Schumacher made a mistake and Hakkinen was right on his gearbox as they entered the start/finish straight Hakkinen attempted to pass. Schumacher did not want this, as finishing second wasn't good enough for him. So the German swerved to block the Fin, but it was to late the two cars made contact Hakkinen span into the barrier. Schumacher cruised home to victory as his car was damaged from the smash.
Schumacher was Crowned F3 World Champion, and you could tell from Hakkinen's body language he was not happy.
In the press conference Schumacher blamed Hakkinen for trying to pass him!?
This incident was soon forgotten and Schumacher got a seat in F1. To Hakkinen's credit the Fin also got a seat in F1, just not as good as the Germans team.
