Mika Hakkinen won the Japanese GP in Suzuka on this day in 1999 and won his second consecutive world championship at the same track where he won his first title one year earlier.

Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine celebrated 1-2 victory for Ferrari in Monza 1998. and the German driver was tied with Hakkinen in championship race, two races before the end of the season

On today's day in 1999, Eddie Irvine won his second race of the season after David Coulthard spun his teammate Mika Hakkinen in the second corner of the first lap.

Malaysian Grand Prix was the penultimate, 15th race of the 1999. F1 championship and Hakkinen was leading Irvine for two points. McLaren was leading the constructors' championship with 110 points, eight more than Ferrari