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'''Mika Pauli Häkkinen''' (born 28th September, 1968 in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish former [[Formula One]] driver who won the Drivers' Championship in [[1998 Alternate Formula One season|1998]]. Häkkinen is widely considered to be one of the greatest Formula One pilots of all time.
'''Mika Pauli Häkkinen''' (born 28th September, 1968 in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish former [[Formula One]] driver who won the Drivers' Championship in [[1998 Alternate Formula One season|1998]]. Häkkinen is widely considered to be one of the greatest Formula One pilots of all time.
[[File:Hakkinen1998.jpg|260px|thumb|Mika Häkkinen, pictured in 1998]]


[[File:Hakkinen1998.jpg|260px|thumb|Mika Häkkinen, pictured after winning the 1998 Japanese Grand Prix]]
==Formula One==
===[[1991_Alternate_Formula_One_season|1991]]-[[1992 Alternate Formula One season|1992]]: [[Lotus]]===
Häkkinen made his Formula One debut in [[1991_Alternate_Formula_One_season|1991]] alongside former [[Tyrrell]] and [[AGS]] driver [[Martin Brundle]]. The Lotus 102B was a fairly unremarkable package at this point but Häkkinen managed a first points score with an impressive fifth place in the wet at the [[French Grand Prix]].
 
Häkkinen benefited from the improved performance that the Lotus 107 provided in [[1992 Alternate Formula One season|1992]], managing to score a couple of points finishes - including a career first podium at an attritional [[Italian Grand Prix]], the team’s first in [[1989 Alternate Formula One season|three years]].
 
===[[1993 Alternate Formula One season|1993]]-[[2001 Alternate Formula One season|2001]]: [[McLaren]]===
Häkkinen was rewarded for his 1992 performances with a contract at [[McLaren]] for [[1993 Alternate Formula One season|1993]], becoming [[Gerhard Berger]]’s new teammate following [[Brendon Cassidy]]’s decision to leave Formula One.


==Formula One==
===[[1998 Alternate Formula One season|1998]]-: [[McLaren]]===
By 1998, Häkkinen was the undisputed team leader at [[McLaren|West McLaren Mercedes]] - being joined by tempered Brit [[James James Davies|James Davies]]. Häkkinen's season got off to a great start, taking wins in the first two races of the season - as well as taking pole in the opening five rounds.  
By 1998, Häkkinen was the undisputed team leader at [[McLaren|West McLaren Mercedes]] - being joined by tempered Brit [[James James Davies|James Davies]]. Häkkinen's season got off to a great start, taking wins in the first two races of the season - as well as taking pole in the opening five rounds.  


Wins in [[Spanish Grand Prix|Spain]], [[French Grand Prix|France]], [[German Grand Prix|Germany]] and [[Hungarian Grand Prix|Hungary]] set up Häkkinen as the dominant championship leader headed into the last four rounds, and as such he successfully clinched the title in Japan.
Wins in [[Spanish Grand Prix|Spain]], [[French Grand Prix|France]], [[German Grand Prix|Germany]] and [[Hungarian Grand Prix|Hungary]] set up Häkkinen as the dominant championship leader headed into the last four rounds, and as such he successfully clinched the title in Japan.


Häkkinen remained at McLaren for [[1999 Alternate Formula One season|1999]], with Davies partnering him for the upcoming season. Häkkinen's title defence did not go exactly to plan and with the emergence of [[Jordan]] as a contender for wins, he was only able to win three times on his way to fourth in the championship.
[[2000 Alternate Formula One season|The following year]], Häkkinen was joined by another young Briton in [[Jack Christopherson]]. He and his young teammates were regular visitors to the winner's circle in 2000 and would even clinch the Constructor's crown for McLaren - but were unable to stop the dominance of Schumacher's Ferrari.
By [[2001 Alternate Formula One season|2001]], Häkkinen had begun to slow in terms of pace and would only be able to muster sixth in the WDC. Late in the season, he announced that he would take a sabbatical in [[2002 Alternate Formula One season|2002]] but not before he would win in the last race of the season in [[Japanese Grand Prix|Japan]].
Häkkinen did not return to the grid in 2003.
==Personal Life==
Häkkinen was a leading figure in bringing Formula One racing to Finland and is a member of the [[Finnish Grand Prix]] executive committee.
==Career Results==
=== [[Alternate Formula One|Formula One World Championship]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Season
!Team
!Car
|rowspan=20|
!width=30px|<small>1</small>
!width=30px|<small>2</small>
!width=30px|<small>3</small>
!width=30px|<small>4</small>
!width=30px|<small>5</small>
!width=30px|<small>6</small>
!width=30px|<small>7</small>
!width=30px|<small>8</small>
!width=30px|<small>9</small>
!width=30px|<small>10</small>
!width=30px|<small>11</small>
!width=30px|<small>12</small>
!width=30px|<small>13</small>
!width=30px|<small>14</small>
!width=30px|<small>15</small>
!width=30px|<small>16</small>
!width=30px|<small>17</small>
!width=30px|<small>18</small>
|rowspan=20|
!width=30px|Pts
!width=30px|Pos
|-
! [[1991 Alternate Formula One season|1991]]
| {{GBR}} [[Lotus|Team Lotus]]
| [[Lotus]]-[[Judd]]
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| USA<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| BRA<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| PAC<br><small>11</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| SMR<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| MON<br><small>10</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| CAN<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| MEX<br><small>8</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfffdf"| FRA<br><small>5</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| GBR<br><small>12</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| GER<br><small>13</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| HUN<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| BEL<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| ITA<br><small>10</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfffdf"| POR<br><small>6</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfffdf"| ESP<br><small>6</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| JPN<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfffdf"| AUS‡<br><small>5</small>
|
! 5
! 14th
|-
! [[1992 Alternate Formula One season|1992]]
| {{GBR}} [[Lotus|Team Lotus]]
| [[Lotus]]-[[Ford]]
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| RSA<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| MEX<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfffdf"| BRA<br><small>6</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| PAC<br><small>9</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| ESP<br><small>11</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| SMR<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| MON<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| CAN<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| FRA<br><small>13</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| GBR<br><small>7</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| GER<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| HUN<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| ITA<br><small>9</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| BEL<br><small>3</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfffdf"| POR<br><small>4</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| JPN<br><small>12</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| AUS<br><small>Ret</small>
|
! 8
! 10th
|-
! [[1993 Alternate Formula One season|1993]]
| {{GBR}} [[McLaren|Marlboro McLaren Hart]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Hart]]
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| RSA<br><small>8†</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| BRA<br><small>7</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfffdf"| PAC<br><small>5</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| SMR<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| ESP<br><small>3</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| MON<br><small>3</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| '''''CAN<br><small>Ret'''''</small>
|align=center |FRA<br><small>INJ</small>
|align=center |GBR<br><small>INJ</small>
|align=center |GER<br><small>INJ</small>
|align=center |HUN<br><small>INJ</small>
|align=center |BEL<br><small>INJ</small>
|align=center |ITA<br><small>INJ</small>
|align=center |POR<br><small>INJ</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| JPN<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| AUS<br><small>Ret</small>
|colspan=2|
! 10
! 12th
|-
! [[1994 Alternate Formula One season|1994]]
| {{FRA}} [[Oreca|Footwork Team Oreca]]
| [[Oreca]]-[[Mugen-Honda]]
|align="center"|BRA<br>&nbsp;
|align="center"|PAC<br>&nbsp;
|bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"|SMR<br><small>ENT</small>
|bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"|MON<br><small>ENT</small>
|bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"|ESP<br><small>ENT</small>
|bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"|CAN<br><small>ENT</small>
|bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"|FRA<br><small>ENT</small>
|bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"|GBR<br><small>ENT</small>
|bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"|GER<br><small>ENT</small>
|bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"|HUN<br><small>ENT</small>
|bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"|BEL<br><small>ENT</small>
|bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"|ITA<br><small>ENT</small>
|bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"|PRT<br><small>ENT</small>
|bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"|EUR<br><small>ENT</small>
|align="center"|JPN<br>&nbsp;
|align="center"|AUS<br>&nbsp;
|colspan=2|
! *
! *
|-
|align=center colspan=25|''1995-1997 results TBC''
|-
! [[1998 Alternate Formula One season|1998]]
| {{GBR}} [[McLaren|West McLaren Mercedes]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes]]
|align=center bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''AUS<br><small>1'''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''''BRA<br><small>1'''''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| '''''ARG<br><small>Ret'''''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| '''''SMR<br><small>Ret'''''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''ESP<br><small>1'''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| MON<br><small>8†</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| CAN<br><small>3</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''''FRA<br><small>1'''''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| ''GBR<br><small>2''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| '''AUT<br><small>2'''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''GER<br><small>1'''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffffbf"| ''HUN<br><small>1''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| '''BEL<br><small>Ret'''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffffbf"| ITA<br><small>1</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| '''''JPN<br><small>2'''''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffffbf"| POR<br><small>1</small>
|colspan=2|
|align=center bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''102'''
|align=center bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''1st'''
|-
! [[1999 Alternate Formula One season|1999]]
| {{GBR}} [[McLaren|West McLaren Mercedes]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes]]
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| '''AUS<br><small>18†'''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| '''BRA<br><small>2'''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| '''SMR<br><small>7'''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| ESP<br><small>2</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| '''MON<br><small>Ret'''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| '''CAN<br><small>2'''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffffbf"| FRA<br><small>1</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| '''GBR<br><small>Ret'''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| AUT<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| '''GER<br><small>Ret'''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''''HUN<br><small>1'''''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''''BEL<br><small>1'''''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| ITA<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| '''JPN<br><small>3'''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfffdf"| MAL<br><small>4</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| ''POR<br><small>Ret''</small>
|colspan=2|
!55
!4th
|-
! [[2000 Alternate Formula One season|2000]]
| {{GBR}} [[McLaren|West McLaren Mercedes]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes]]
|align=center bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| AUS<br><small>2</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#000000" style="color:white"| '''BRA<br><small>DSQ'''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| '''SMR<br><small>Ret'''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| FRA<br><small>3</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| ESP<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| EUR<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| MON<br><small>3</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfffdf"| CAN<br><small>4</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffffbf"| '''''GBR<br><small>1'''''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| AUT<br><small>2</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffffbf"| GER<br><small>1</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| HUN<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| BEL<br><small>3</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| ITA<br><small>2</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| JPN<br><small>3</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfffdf"| MAL<br><small>4</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| ''USA<br><small>3''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| POR<br><small>3</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| '''68'''
|align=center bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| '''3rd'''
|-
! [[2001 Alternate Formula One season|2001]]
| {{GBR}} [[McLaren|West McLaren Mercedes]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes]]
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| AUS<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| MAL<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| BRA<br><small>2</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| SMR<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| ESP<br><small>9</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| AUT<br><small>2</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| MON<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| CAN<br><small>12†</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#cfcfff"| EUR<br><small>7</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfffdf"| ''FRA<br><small>5''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffffbf"| GBR<br><small>1</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| GER<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfffdf"| ''HUN<br><small>4''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfffdf"| BEL<br><small>6</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#efcfff"| ITA<br><small>Ret</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| ''USA<br><small>2''</small>
|align=center bgcolor="#ffffbf"| JPN<br><small>1</small>
|
! 44
! 6th
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none; border-top: 5px solid #78FF78; width: 500px; text-align: center;"
!colspan=3| Sporting Accolades
|-
| width="33%"| Preceded by:<br>'''[[Jacques Villeneuve]]'''
| width="34%"| '''[[Formula One]] World Champion'''<br>[[1998 Alternate Formula One season|1998]]
| width="33%"| Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Michael Schumacher]]'''
|}


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Latest revision as of 08:34, 21 April 2022

Mika Pauli Häkkinen (born 28th September, 1968 in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish former Formula One driver who won the Drivers' Championship in 1998. Häkkinen is widely considered to be one of the greatest Formula One pilots of all time.

Mika Häkkinen, pictured in 1998

Formula One

1991-1992: Lotus

Häkkinen made his Formula One debut in 1991 alongside former Tyrrell and AGS driver Martin Brundle. The Lotus 102B was a fairly unremarkable package at this point but Häkkinen managed a first points score with an impressive fifth place in the wet at the French Grand Prix.

Häkkinen benefited from the improved performance that the Lotus 107 provided in 1992, managing to score a couple of points finishes - including a career first podium at an attritional Italian Grand Prix, the team’s first in three years.

1993-2001: McLaren

Häkkinen was rewarded for his 1992 performances with a contract at McLaren for 1993, becoming Gerhard Berger’s new teammate following Brendon Cassidy’s decision to leave Formula One.

By 1998, Häkkinen was the undisputed team leader at West McLaren Mercedes - being joined by tempered Brit James Davies. Häkkinen's season got off to a great start, taking wins in the first two races of the season - as well as taking pole in the opening five rounds.

Wins in Spain, France, Germany and Hungary set up Häkkinen as the dominant championship leader headed into the last four rounds, and as such he successfully clinched the title in Japan.

Häkkinen remained at McLaren for 1999, with Davies partnering him for the upcoming season. Häkkinen's title defence did not go exactly to plan and with the emergence of Jordan as a contender for wins, he was only able to win three times on his way to fourth in the championship.

The following year, Häkkinen was joined by another young Briton in Jack Christopherson. He and his young teammates were regular visitors to the winner's circle in 2000 and would even clinch the Constructor's crown for McLaren - but were unable to stop the dominance of Schumacher's Ferrari.

By 2001, Häkkinen had begun to slow in terms of pace and would only be able to muster sixth in the WDC. Late in the season, he announced that he would take a sabbatical in 2002 but not before he would win in the last race of the season in Japan.

Häkkinen did not return to the grid in 2003.

Personal Life

Häkkinen was a leading figure in bringing Formula One racing to Finland and is a member of the Finnish Grand Prix executive committee.

Career Results

Formula One World Championship

Season Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pts Pos
1991 Template:GBR Team Lotus Lotus-Judd USA
Ret 		BRA
Ret 		PAC
11 		SMR
Ret 		MON
10 		CAN
Ret 		MEX
8 		FRA
5 		GBR
12 		GER
13 		HUN
Ret 		BEL
Ret 		ITA
10 		POR
6 		ESP
6 		JPN
Ret 		AUS‡
5 		5 14th
1992 Template:GBR Team Lotus Lotus-Ford RSA
Ret 		MEX
Ret 		BRA
6 		PAC
9 		ESP
11 		SMR
Ret 		MON
Ret 		CAN
Ret 		FRA
13 		GBR
7 		GER
Ret 		HUN
Ret 		ITA
9 		BEL
3 		POR
4 		JPN
12 		AUS
Ret 		8 10th
1993 Template:GBR Marlboro McLaren Hart McLaren-Hart RSA
8† 		BRA
7 		PAC
5 		SMR
Ret 		ESP
3 		MON
3 		CAN
Ret 		FRA
INJ 		GBR
INJ 		GER
INJ 		HUN
INJ 		BEL
INJ 		ITA
INJ 		POR
INJ 		JPN
Ret 		AUS
Ret 		10 12th
1994 Template:FRA Footwork Team Oreca Oreca-Mugen-Honda BRA
  		PAC
  		SMR
ENT 		MON
ENT 		ESP
ENT 		CAN
ENT 		FRA
ENT 		GBR
ENT 		GER
ENT 		HUN
ENT 		BEL
ENT 		ITA
ENT 		PRT
ENT 		EUR
ENT 		JPN
  		AUS
  		* *
1995-1997 results TBC
1998 Template:GBR West McLaren Mercedes McLaren-Mercedes AUS
1 		BRA
1 		ARG
Ret 		SMR
Ret 		ESP
1 		MON
8† 		CAN
3 		FRA
1 		GBR
2 		AUT
2 		GER
1 		HUN
1 		BEL
Ret 		ITA
1 		JPN
2 		POR
1 		102 1st
1999 Template:GBR West McLaren Mercedes McLaren-Mercedes AUS
18† 		BRA
2 		SMR
7 		ESP
2 		MON
Ret 		CAN
2 		FRA
1 		GBR
Ret 		AUT
Ret 		GER
Ret 		HUN
1 		BEL
1 		ITA
Ret 		JPN
3 		MAL
4 		POR
Ret 		55 4th
2000 Template:GBR West McLaren Mercedes McLaren-Mercedes AUS
2 		BRA
DSQ 		SMR
Ret 		FRA
3 		ESP
Ret 		EUR
Ret 		MON
3 		CAN
4 		GBR
1 		AUT
2 		GER
1 		HUN
Ret 		BEL
3 		ITA
2 		JPN
3 		MAL
4 		USA
3 		POR
3 		68 3rd
2001 Template:GBR West McLaren Mercedes McLaren-Mercedes AUS
Ret 		MAL
Ret 		BRA
2 		SMR
Ret 		ESP
9 		AUT
2 		MON
Ret 		CAN
12† 		EUR
7 		FRA
5 		GBR
1 		GER
Ret 		HUN
4 		BEL
6 		ITA
Ret 		USA
2 		JPN
1 		44 6th
Sporting Accolades
Preceded by:
Jacques Villeneuve 		Formula One World Champion
1998 		Succeeded by:
Michael Schumacher
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