My Classic Belgian GP: 1998

Regular B/R readers might have heard me allude to the fact that I am, these days, primarily a Renault fan. It was not always thus. Back when I began watching F1, in the late-1990s, it was the Jordan team that was my favorite. It certainly helped that, in 1998, my first F1 hero Damon Hill moved to the team, but even before then I had admired Eddie Jordan and his gaggle of young talents, which included Rubens Barrichello, Ralf Schumacher, and Giancarlo Fisichella. So, when it comes to picking my classic Belgian Grand Prix, there is only one possible contender: 1998. Coming into the Grand Prix, the world championship race was being fought to the bitter end, primarily between McLaren's Mika Hakkinen and the Ferrari of Michael Schumacher. Hakkin...

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