 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Häkkinen akatanga mwaka uyu nekupedza ari pachinhanho chechina muBrazil, uye akazoenda pamudyandigere kuArgentina nekuda kwekurovera kwakapwanya tai rake rekumashure kuruboshwe rakatevera kutenderera. Akatora mamwe mapoinzi ekupedzisa ne5th nzvimbo muSan Marino, asati atambura nekurega basa kwakateedzana mumakwikwi matatu anotevera. Nokuda kweFrench Grand Prix, McLaren yakaunza shanduro yakagadziridzwa yemotokari yavo, iyo a hrefMcLaren20MP410BMcLaren MP410Ba. Izvi hazvina kumutsiridza hupfumi hwaHäkkinen sezvo asina kupedzisa munzvimbo dzekuwana mapoinzi, uye akazotambura kudzoka kwakateedzana mumakwikwi mana anotevera, asi akawana nzvimbo yechipiri kuItaly Grand Prix. Akamanikidzwa kupotsa Pacific Grand Prix nekuda kwekuvhiyiwa kweappendicitis uye akatsiviwa naJan Magnussen. Akadzokera kuJapan Grand Prix, aine nzvimbo yechipiri. 