Strongly
resembling the previous season's Ferrari 310B, albeit with a narrower
track and redesigned sidepods, the F300 was a competitive and reliable
car, however it was still aerodynamically inferior to the McLaren
MP4/13. Despite this, Michael Schumacher battled his way to second place
in the world championship behind Mika Hakkinen. Ferrari also finished
as runners-up in the Constructors' Championship. The car was an
excellent base for the dominance which Ferrari would achieve in the
following seasons. Schumacher battled back from a large deficit to be on
the same points amount as Häkkinen following his sixth win of the
season at Monza, but having been beaten narrowly by Häkkinen at
Nürburgring in the penultimate round the championship title was no
longer in Schumacher's own destiny. Having stalled the car on the grid
in the finale at Suzuka definitely made sure the title was lost,
compounded by a puncture following a fightback that might have landed a
podium. Even a podium would have been in vain as Häkkinen also won that
race. Häkkinen finished with 100 points compared with 86 for Schumacher.