Hakkinen’s Hockenheim triumph Julien Billiotte 02/08/2016 at 10:5702/08/2016 at 10:57 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. ©Wri2Mika Hakkinen won the 1998 German Grand Prix on this date 18 years ago. The Finn led McLaren-Mercedes team-mate David Coulthard home and further extended his championship lead as title rival Michael Schumacher could only manage fifth on home soil. Previous postF1’s summer break has begun Next postThe best driver never to win a Grand Prix Trending post No April Fools prank by Montoya on SchumacherA milestone 15th career win for Hill in BrazilRelated posts A legend reborn: Lola Cars revives iconic T70 for road and trackOnce F1's youngest charger, whose career never took offPalou leaves rivals chasing shadows in Alabama... again Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.