Häkkinen driving his McLaren-Peugeot to third place at the 1994 British Grand Prix

Häkkinen driving for McLaren at the 1995 British Grand Prix.

In the British TV programme Top Gear, Mika Häkkinen explains sisu to James May as a driving trait particular to the Finnish people.

The race was won by Finnish driver, Mika Häkkinen driving a McLaren MP4 / 15.

The race was won by Finnish driver Mika Häkkinen driving a McLaren MP4 / 15 in Häkkinen's third victory of the season.

Mika Häkkinen driving the McLaren MP4 / 15 during qualifying.

Schumacher, driving for Ferrari, finished in second behind Häkkinen, while team-mate Rubens Barrichello gained the final spot on the podium.

Schumacher ( Michael ), rather predictably came out in 2nd ahead of his teammate but was some 30 + seconds behind Häkkinen driving a superb race.

This caused a safety car, which eliminated the lead of Mika Häkkinen, driving for McLaren Mercedes.

On Lap 21, Schumacher led ( although driving behind Larini ) on aggregate ahead of the Italian with Fittipaldi ( who pitted on lap 23 ) in third, Häkkinen, Frentzen ( who pitted a bit shorter as well ) and Wendlinger making up the top six.

Still driving for AMG, Schneider has won a record four championships ; in 2005, he was teammates with ( among others ) former F1 champion Mika Häkkinen, and in 2006 won his fifth championship title.

With a top notch driving squad of Johnny Herbert and a future double F1 World Champion Mika Häkkinen, the Lotus ' were able to bring in some good results: at several races the twin cars were able to run in formation on the tail of the leading pack, at least in the early parts of the races.

Häkkinen joined McLaren as a test driver in 1993 initally as a backup for Ayrton Senna and took on the responsibility of race driver after Michael Andretti was dismissed by the team after that year's Italian Grand prix.

Following a life-threatening injury during qualifying for the 1995 Australian Grand Prix, Häkkinen made a considerable improvement in 1996 and took his first victory at the 1997 European Grand Prix.

Häkkinen grew up with one sister, Nina, who ran a fan site for her brother until its closure in 1998.

When Häkkinen was five years old, his parents hired a go-kart for him to take to a track near their home.

Johnny Herbert joined Häkkinen for.

With Senna departing to Williams for, Häkkinen became the leading driver for McLaren with Martin Brundle as his teammate.

Before the season began, Häkkinen and team-mate Nigel Mansell had complained the new car had been too small for them to fit in and they suffered from their hands and elbows bashing on the sides of the cockpit.

This incident forged a strong bond between Häkkinen and team principal Ron Dennis, and also sent forth a new movement for extra safety in the sport.

The 1998 season was the turning point for Häkkinen.

Häkkinen and Schumacher arrived at Suzuka with the title still up for grabs though Häkkinen was clearly favored by the superiority of the Mclaren while the Ferrari had developed during the course of the championship.

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.

Michael Schumacher's win was his second of four straight to end the season as he overtook Mika Häkkinen for his third Championship.

Barrichello had a consistent debut season for Ferrari, finishing most races on the podium, but was outscored by the other three reliable drivers: Michael Schumacher, Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard.

Barrichello finished the season ranked fourth after supporting Schumacher as he battled and defeated Häkkinen for the drivers ' championship, and helping Ferrari win the constructors ' championship.

It saw Michael Schumacher return to the sport after his absence due to a broken leg sustained at that year's British Grand Prix, dominating the race and handing the victory to title-hopeful team-mate Eddie Irvine, only for both Ferraris to be disqualified due to a technical irregularity, handing the title — until the steward's decision was overruled — to Mika Häkkinen.

Mika Häkkinen took three victories and was on road for fourth in 2001 before his car failed on the last lap.

1998 saw Mika Häkkinen gain revenge for his engine failure at the previous race by taking victory at this one, with Michael Schumacher second despite qualifying on pole, and team-mate Coulthard third.

This role led to one race for the team while Mika Häkkinen was suspended.

Mika Häkkinen, Andrea Chiesa, Damon Hill and Eric van de Poele were the four drivers who failed to qualify for the race-for Häkkinen, it would prove to be the only race in the season where he failed to qualify.

Team Lotus also brought a second new 107 chassis for Mika Häkkinen at Monaco as only one 107 had been available for Herbert at San Marino.

Häkkinen was close to winning the 1990 Macau Grand Prix but missed out due to a controversial accident with Michael Schumacher, which resulted in his promotion to Formula One with Team Lotus.

After success in karting and a near win at the 1990 Macau Grand Prix, Häkkinen joined Lotus in 1991 where he remained until 1992.

Häkkinen joined Lotus in.

The Lotus drivers of Mika Häkkinen and Bailey took 5th and 6th, both scoring their first world championship points.

Fourth was Berger in the other McLaren followed by Schumacher in the Benetton, Herbert a very good 6th in the Lotus, Brundle in 7th, the two Ferraris of Alesi and Capelli in 8th and 9th and Häkkinen rounding out the top 10 in the Lotus.

Häkkinen was back in Belgium after the ban, Philippe Adams replaced Zanardi at Lotus and Philippe Alliot moved from McLaren duties to replace Beretta at Larrousse.

While the Ferraris pulled away ( Alesi pulling away from Berger ), Häkkinen passed Herbert ( in the spare Lotus, an older car ) who retired on lap 13 when his alternator failed.

McLaren signed Michael Andretti, a successful IndyCar driver and son of World Champion Mario Andretti, and Mika Häkkinen, who had impressed for Lotus in 1991 and 1992.

* Lotus retained Johnny Herbert and took on Alessandro Zanardi, who replaced Häkkinen.