I doubt it. Whilst being linked to a number of seats, I don't know how serious the negotiations were. However, I don't if he'd moved to Ferrari he would have achieved much better results that Irvine; Benetton post Schumacher was not a competitive place to be; and at McLaren, Hakkinen would have been the preferred driver. Therefore, he might have scored an extra win or two, but probably not a championship title.
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