Räikkönen, long linked to Sauber's engine supplier Ferrari, instead sufficiently impressed McLaren to earn a race seat in Ron Dennis's team for, taking the seat left vacant by double-world champion, mentor and fellow Finn Mika Häkkinen.

Unarguably the most famous Flying Finn of the past years has been Mika Häkkinen who won the F1 championship twice 1998-1999 and also raced in DTM between 2005 and 2007.

Mika Kallio, who finished second in the 125cc championship in 2005 and 2006, has also been nicknamed the Flying Finn.

Finn Mika Salo, who can communicate in Japanese, and Scotsman Allan McNish, who drove the GT-One during the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, were appointed as test drivers.

Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard then tangled going into the first corner, the Finn sliding in front of a group of cars into the wall on the outside of the circuit while the Scot continued to the pits to replace his front wing.

Ralf Schumacher cruised home to take his second win of the season with his brother Michael Schumacher coming home second, history was made, it was a first podium of the season for double world champion Mika Häkkinen who benefited from the high amount of retirements, it was still a subdued Flying Finn though.

The Adventurer ( UK title: Michael The Finn ; original title Mikael Karvajalka ) is a novel by Finnish author Mika Waltari, published in 1948.

Neil is the younger brother of Split Enz founding member Tim Finn, who joined Crowded House in 1990 on vocals, guitars and keyboards for the album Woodface.

Paul Hester joined The Finn Brothers on stage for three songs at their Palais Theatre show in Melbourne at the end of 2004.

Finn and Hester performed " Not the Girl You Think You Are " with Largest Living Things, before being joined by Seymour for " Sister Madly " and a version of Paul Kelly's " Leaps and Bounds ", which also featured Kelly on vocals.

" Following the news of Hester's death, Nick Seymour joined The Finn Brothers on stage at the Royal Albert Hall in London, where the three played in memory of Paul.

In January 2007, the group publicly announced their reformation and on 23 February, after 20 days of auditions, former Beck drummer Matt Sherrod joined Finn, Seymour and Mark Hart to complete the new line up.

On 14 March 2009 the band joined Neil's older son, Liam Finn, on stage for three songs at the Sound Relief concert in Melbourne.

In March 2009, Neil joined brother Tim on stage with son Liam Finn at Melbourne's charity Sound Relief concert at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in support of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires.

He was joined on the 2007 grid by fellow Finn Heikki Kovalainen and would win the title himself that season.

Appearing with Hunters & Collectors in Melbourne were, Augie March, Bliss N Eso with Paris Wells, Gabriella Cilmi, Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson with Troy Cassar-Daley, Jack Johnson, Jet, Kings Of Leon, Liam Finn ( joined on stage with Crowded House ), Midnight Oil, Paul Kelly, Split Enz and Wolfmother.

This edition was presented by Roger Finn, who had only recently joined the programme.

At this point Finn ( who may not have joined in the fight personally ) intervenes and offers to make a bargain with the survivors.

At various times, Mike Hall and Gerry Finn, who were both in Killer Dwarfs, joined Helix on the road, as did Darren Smith, the former Harem Scarem drummer, who had switched to guitar.

Finn Laudrup joined his brother-in-law Ebbe Skovdahl in the Brøndby team, and he brought his two young sons Brian and Michael Laudrup with him to the club.

Griggs joined Split Enz in 1977 at the same time Neil Finn did, at the recommendation of the current drummer and close friend of Griggs, Malcolm Green.

In 1989, Tim Finn joined them for " Parihaka " and, in 1992, Annie Crummer fronted the hit single " See What Love Can Do ".

By the late eighties, the band had renamed itself Jellystone Park, with Ade and Hartley joined by drummer Steve ' Captain ' Dougherty, who later went on to join Creation signings, One Lady Owner, and bassist Derek Finn, a local music teacher.

In the fall, Jason Finn joined, but left after eight months for personal reasons.

Channon joined Portsmouth and Finn Harps thereafter, before retiring from the game in 1986.

The " New Flying Finn " won three Scandinavian championships, then in 1988 the Opel Lotus Euroseries championship before winning the 1990 British Formula Three championship.

Finn Coren also created a different musical setting for the poem on his album The Blake Project: Spring.

Queen Elizabeth II bestowed an OBE on both Neil and Tim Finn, in June 1993, for their contribution to the music of New Zealand.

Seymour approached Finn during the after party for the Melbourne show and asked if he could audition for the new band.

As the band's primary songwriter, Neil Finn was under pressure to create a second album to match their debut and the band joked that one potential title for the new release was Mediocre Follow-Up.

Music journalist Ed Nimmervoll claimed that Seymour's temporary departure was because Finn blamed him for causing his writer's block, however Finn cited " artistic differences " as the reason.

Neil Finn and his brother Tim recorded songs they had co-written for their own album, Finn.

In June 1993 the New Zealand Government recommended that the Queen award an OBE to Neil and Tim Finn for their contribution to the music of New Zealand.

It was on Hessie's Shed that Finn, Hester and Seymour last shared a stage, on an episode filmed as part of Finn's promotion for his solo album Try Whistling This in 1998.

As the primary songwriter for the band, Neil Finn has always set the tone for the band's sound.

Allmusic said that Finn, " Has consistently proven his knack for crafting high-quality songs that combine irresistible melodies with meticulous lyrical detail.

* 1884 – Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time.

The harp is also used as the logo for League of Ireland football team Finn Harps, who are Donegal's senior soccer club.

The Heimskringla tells that her father Finn had been an adviser to Harald Hardraade and, after falling out with Harald, was then made an Earl by Sweyn Estridsson, King of Denmark, which may have been another recommendation for the match.

Political correctness often is satirized, for example in the Politically Correct Manifesto ( 1992 ), by Saul Jerushalmy and Rens Zbignieuw X, and Politically Correct Bedtime Stories ( 1994 ), by James Finn Garner, presenting fairy tales re-written from an exaggerated PC perspective.

Finn played drums for several bands, including Nevada Bachelors, The Fastbacks and Love Battery, his original band.

The term Finn is occasionally used locally for the Sámi people in Norway, whereas local Finnish speakers are called kvæn.

The inspiration for the classic rock-influenced band The Hold Steady came while members Craig Finn and Tad Kubler were watching The Last Waltz.