A Class Apart
The superiority of Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen at Silverstone last weekend evoked memories of the Schumacher/Hakkinen era. But as Richard Barnes explains, it was an unfathomable error by Ferrari that denied us what could have been a classic battle
During the height of their rivalry during the late 1990s, Michael Schumacher and Mika Hakkinen both possessed the ability to elevate their performances at key races.
It often gave the impression that the two rivals were in equal and dominant machinery, while their respective team-mates (Eddie Irvine and David Coulthard at the time) were saddled with completely different and much slower equipment.
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