Hakkinen: Incidents with a teammate are also part of racing.

      In the Up To Speed podcast, David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen reminisced about their time together at McLaren, particularly the incident in Austria '99, where they collided in the first corner...

      Mika Hakkinen: "Incidents with a teammate are also part of racing. An inevitable consequence of interaction. It's normal. For some reason, we both understood that we had a common future, and in that future, we could help the team and succeed together.

      Yes, the team management helped us a bit back then, but my car wasn't damaged by David's contact, and his car wasn't damaged either, so we both managed to continue the race. There was no point in harboring resentment towards each other. An incident happened – we needed to deal with it and move on."

      David Coulthard: "If you look at modern drivers, the closest example of our relationship as teammates might be the interaction between Lando and Oscar. Last year, there were several moments when they almost touched, and there were instances when the team had to manage their expectations, but they left that behind and moved on."