<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UHäkkinen walandela lokhu ngokuthatha izindawo zokuhamba emidlalweni emibili elandelanayo emidlalweni emibili elandelayo - eyesi-3 eFrance neyesi-2 eBrithani. Uphumelele ukunqoba okwengeziwe emidlalweni emibili eyalandela, futhi walandela lokhu ngokuqeda indawo yesithupha eHungary. Ngo-August, kwamenyezelwa ukuthi uHäkkinen noCoulthard babezoqashwa ngo-1999. UHäkkinen washiya umjaho olandelayo owawuseBelgium  <response>: lapho umshayeli weFerrari uMichael Schumacher eshayisana nomshayeli waseFinland futhi naye eshayiswa umshayeli weSauber uJohnny Herbert. Kamuva wakwazi ukuthola isikhundla sesine e-Italy yize ehlushwa yizinkinga zamabhuleki ngenxa yokujikeleza. UHäkkinen waqeda isizini ngokuwina imiqhudelwano emibili yokugcina e-Luxembourg Grand Prix naseJapan Grand Prix, okwaqinisekisa ukuthi uthathe amaphuzu anele ukuwina i-1998 World Championship, ngamaphuzu ayi-100, ngaphambi komphikisi wakhe oseduze uSchumacher. UHäkkinen wanikezwa i-Autosport International Racing Driver Award ngo-1998. Wabuye wabizwa ngokuthi i-Finnish Sports Personality of the Year yizintatheli. I-Post Office yaseFinland yakhipha izitembu zokugubha i-World Championship kaHäkkinen ngoJanuwari 1999. 