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His Manager. Keke Rosberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden on 6 December 1948 and is now a Finnish citizen. He himself was a racing driver and won the Formula 1 World Championship title in 1982 with the Williams Ford team. In 1986 he retired from racing and a year later became Hakkinen’s manager. He also managed another Finnish driver J J Lehto.
- 28 September 1968
- Finnish
- Mika Pauli Hakkinen
- Vantaa, Finland
2001 Japanese Grand Prix. Mika Pauli Häkkinen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmikɑ ˈhækːinen]; born 28 September 1968) is a Finnish former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 2001. Nicknamed " The Flying Finn ", [a] Häkkinen won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1998 and 1999 with McLaren ...
Aug 28, 2022 · Mika Hakkinen, image via: celebritynetworth.com. His father’s faith in him paid off as he later won his first karting race in 1975 at the Keimola Motor Stadium where he raced in the regional karting championships in 1978 and 1979, winning the Keimola Club Championship in both years.
Dec 19, 2022 · Häkkinen duelled with Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher throughout the season, the Finn winning out in the titanic scrap at the Suzuka season finale when the German suffered a race-ending puncture. “Slowly I’m understanding, it’s still quite hard,” he said after achieving his life’s dream.
Oct 20, 2019 · 1999. 1998. Archive. This month marks 20 years since Mika Hakkinen won his second and final world title in Japan. Through the prism of that victory, and his similar title triumph at the same track 12 months earlier, David Tremayne - who witnessed every one of Hakkinen's 161 Grand Prix starts - reflects on the Flying Finn’s career and legacy….
Apr 21, 2015 · When Mika arrived, Father Christmas opened the box and there was this Lotus. It was a very special moment for Mika — and for Keke, who had been working hard with Peter Collins. Mika was an F3 driver, full of hope, full of energy, just looking at the world of Formula One and saying, ‘I’m going to win in F1 just like I did in F3.’”
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!
