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Mika Pauli Häkkinen (Finnish: [ˈmikɑ ˈhækːinen] ⓘ; born 28 September 1968), nicknamed "The Flying Finn", is a Finnish former racing driver. He won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1998 and 1999, both times driving for McLaren.Häkkinen is one of three Formula One drivers from Finland that have won the World Drivers' Championship, and the only one to have done so more than ...
Hakkinen at the wheel for McLaren during the 1998 Austrian Grand Prix. In truth, and in private, Mika was a sensitive man who thought deeply but spoke little about his inner feelings. "Brain fade," he said of his Monza miscue. "Formula One is a mind game, no question. You have to think so hard sometimes smoke comes out your ears!
Mika Pauli Häkkinen (s.28. syyskuuta 1968 Helsingin maalaiskunta, nykyinen Vantaan kaupunki) on suomalainen kilpa-autoilija, yksi Suomen kaikkien aikojen menestyneimpiä Formula 1-kuljettajia ja lajin kaksinkertainen maailmanmestari.Häkkinen kilpaili myös DTM-vakioautosarjassa 2005–2007.. Häkkisestä käytettiin F1-uransa aikana usein lempinimeä ”The Flying Finn” eli ”Lentävä ...
Jul 14, 2022 · Mika Hakkinen’s speed, skill and determination behind the wheel was such that the great Michael Schumacher named him as the most challenging rival he ever fa...
Oct 31, 2023 · He and Schumacher utterly dominated qualifying, Michael taking the pole, Mika just 0.178sec behind. Third and fourth were their team-mates, David Coulthard 1.025sec behind Häkkinen and Eddie Irvine 1.904sec behind Schumacher. The next day Michael and Mika shook hands on the grid, but the atmosphere was palpably tense.
Dec 19, 2022 · Mika Häkkinen. When Senna left Häkkinen became McLaren’s No1, scoring many podiums but lacking the machinery to claim a first win, before he was almost stopped in his tracks by a horrifying accident at Adelaide in ’95, a puncture launching him into the barriers and fracturing his skull.
Jan 27, 2023 · Mika Pauli Häkkinen came to Britain from Finland in 1988, where he’d won everything there was to win in karting and the lower formulae, and within two years was British Formula 3 champion. His prodigious natural talent, coupled with hard work and determination, was the constant bedrock of his success. He made his Formula 1 debut with Lotus in 1991, moving to McLaren as test driver in 1993.
Mika Häkkinen. Mika Hakkinen, two-time Formula One world champion, forged a successful career during his time at McLaren. Mika was a highly respected member of the McLaren family.
Aug 19, 2013 · Lap 40 and Hakkinen is closing down Schumacher for the lead. Mika heads Michael 64 points to 62 in the title hunt and both are chasing a rare prize: for Mika the prospect of a championship hat-trick; for Michael, the first Ferrari drivers’ world title since Jody Scheckter’s in 1979. Both are double world champions at the peak of their powers.
One of the few to beat Michael Schumacher in a straight fight, Hakkinen was twice crowned world champion at the end of the '90s for McLaren. But if it wasn't for the skills of trackside medics, who performed an emergency tracheotomy after a crash in practice at Adelaide in 1995, it would have been a very different story.
