Formula One Features — December 1998

Choosing 10 moments from the F1 season is not easy because as usual there were many significant and dramatic events. It would have been nice to include the moment at Monaco when Mika Hakkinen bounced his McLaren off the wall at Ste Devote and got away with the error; it would have been nice to include the moment when Benetton youngster Alexander Wurz stood up to a bullying Michael Schumacher at Monaco, showing that while this generation of drivers may be overawed by the German's skill, there are new men out there who intend to tip him from his pedestal. But with only 10 choices, these are what I think were the most significant moments of the year:

Formula1 is experiencing a sudden surge of interest by organisations, particularly motor manufacturers, to participate directly in the World Championship.