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Gentleman's agreement hands Hakkinen hollow win
©TheCahierArchive On this day in 1998, McLaren's Mika Hakkinen won a controversial Australian Grand Prix. The Finn was leading the race convincingly when he misinterpreted a call from the McLaren pitwall and pulled in, letting team mate David Coulthard into the lead. Just as everyone had resigned themselves to a DC win, the Scot slowed three laps from the checkered flag and waved Hakkinen through. It later emerged that the McLaren boys and team management had agreed that whoever made it to the first corner ahead should win the race! The cagey ploy was investigated by the World Motorsport Council which ruled that "any future act prejudicial to the interests of competition should be...
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