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===[[1998 Alternate Formula One season|1998]]-: [[McLaren]]=== | ===[[1998 Alternate Formula One season|1998]]-[[2001 Alternate Formula One season|2001]]: [[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. | ||
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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. | 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]]. | |||
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[[Category:Formula One World Champions]] | [[Category:Formula One World Champions]] | ||
Revision as of 19:13, 1 November 2017
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.
Formula One
1998-2001: McLaren
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.