Hakkinen’s Hockenheim triumph Julien Billiotte 02/08/2016 at 10:5702/08/2016 at 10:57 ©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 A Senna masterclass of astonishing skill and flairRelated posts A Governor, a Senator but first and foremost a RacerThe man who put the Netherlands on the F1 mapAlonso unveils £2m Aston Martin Valiant hypercar gem Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.