Can Schuey stir the Eau Rouge at Spa?:
with Murray Walker.
F1 Racing September 1998.

The championship lives! Right up to lap 45 of that incredible Hungarian Grand Prix I thought it didn't, as the seemingly
invicible McLaren double-act raced on to what looked like another brilliant one-two and enough points to virtually wrap up this year's drivers' and constructors' contests. But I reckoned without taking into account the genius of Michael Schumacher and a breathtakingly rewarding strategy by the strategists at Ferrari. I've said it before, but I'll say it again: Schumacher is worth every one of the millions of lire that Ferrari pay him - and so too is the team's wily technical director Ross Brawn.

So, four races to go, 104 points to be shared and only seven between Mika Hakkinen and Michael. Would you care to prophesy the outcome? Because I wouldn't! Consider this: the circus's next port of call, Spa, is where Schumacher shines like nowhere else; Goodyear are now clearly at least as good as Bridgestone and, even if Ferrari aren't quite a match for McLaren-Mercedes, the Maranello tactictians can mroe than make up the difference. Stir Michael (and Eddie Irvine) into the equation and even the men from Woking can be wrong-footed.

Superfast Monza could be a different plate of pasta, but the midnight oil will have to be burning by the bucketload at Ferrari to prevent another Hockenheim debacle. The much improved Williams and Jordan will be able to exploit their potential better there, too. Don't go away - it's getting better all the time!

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