What car did Mika Hakkinen drive? Was Mika Hakkinen any good?

Mika Pauli Häkkinen, nicknamed “The Flying Finn”, is a Finnish former racing driver. He is one of three Formula One drivers from Finland to win the World Championship, and is the only Finnish driver to win it more than once.

What car did Mika Hakkinen drive? Hakkinen drove for McLaren.

Was Mika Hakkinen any good? Hakkinen was a very good driver and was the 1998 and 1999 Formula One World Champion.

Hakkinen secured his first Formula One victory in 1997 and went on to win eight races of the 1998 season, securing the World Drivers’ Championship at the season-ending Japanese Grand Prix.

Hakkinen’s success also helped McLaren secure the World Constructors’ Championship. He repeated his World Championship success in 1999, taking five victories.

He finished as runner-up in the Drivers’ Championship in 2000, behind Michael Schumacher and secured two more victories in 2001 before announcing a sabbatical from the sport, which became full-time retirement in mid-2002.

For 2005, Häkkinen moved to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) series, where he secured his first victory that year. His form faded during 2006 although he secured two more victories in 2007.

Hakkinen retired from top-level active motorsport at the end of 2007, and subsequently moved into driver management along with becoming a brand ambassador for Johnnie Walker and Mercedes-Benz AMG.