Sport 01-11-1999 Hakkinen Wins Championship who: Mika Hakkinen what: where: Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka, Japan when: Yesterday snippet: "Mika Hakkinen has won the 1999 Formula One driver`s world championship after a flawless performance at Suzuka," reports the BBC. "Hakkinen and his team drove a magnificently strategic race, timing their two-stop strategy to perfection to thwart Ferrari hopeful Eddie Irvine, who led the Finn in the championship standings by four points at the start of the race." However, the victory at the Japanese Grand Prix was "overshadowed by the post-race argument" reports The Independent. Michael Schumacher launched an attack on Hakkinen`s McLaren team-mate, David Coulthard. Schumacher claims that Coulthard drove in an unsportsmanlike manner by deliberately obstructing him even though Coulthard had been lapped and was effectively out of the race. Coulthard was quick to respond. "If Michael doesn`t apologise, then I will sue him," he said. [... more]

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