TREMAYNE: Remembering Hakkinen’s hurt and Jordan’s joy – 25 years on from a dramatic day at Monza


Formula 1 has bequeathed us so many dramatic images over its lengthy history. Some exultant, some poignant. Highs and lows. Winning – and losing.
The 1999 Italian Grand Prix was a race that presented both.
Who will ever forget the sights of a distraught Mika Hakkinen, captured by helicopter cameras weeping in bitter frustration after spinning out of the lead? And, as a consequence, the jubilation of Williams reject Heinz-Harald Frentzen and team owner Eddie Jordan as they celebrated a remarkable triumph?

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