 This marked the start of a decline in form as Ferrari cemented their position at the head of Formula One.In , Häkkinen was outscored by Coulthard for the first time since 1997 and retired (ending Formula One's longest ever driver partnership), his place taken by Kimi Räikkönen, then in , Coulthard took their solitary win at Monaco while Ferrari repeated McLaren's 1988 feat of 15 wins in a season.The year started very promisingly, with one win each for Coulthard and Räikkönen at the first two Grands Prix.