Nationality: Finland
Date of Birth: 28 September 1968
Drivers championships:
1999,
1998
Grand Prix victories: 20
Races started: 161
Pole positions: 26
Teams:
McLaren 1993 - 2001,
Lotus 1991 - 1992
Mika Hakkinen career
Mika Hakkinen won back to back drivers championships with McLaren in 1998 and 1999 and constructors championships in 1997 and 1998. He had a career with 20 wins from 161 starts.
Previous seasons
2001
Team: McLaren
Position: 5
Points: 37
Race wins: 2
Pole positions: 0 His final season in F1 was more difficult with 6 retirements though he did win two races including his penultimate race.
2000
Team: McLaren
Position: 2
Points: 89
Race wins: 4
Pole positions: 5 This was another good season for him, but he just missed out on the championship to Michael Schumacher.
1999
Team: McLaren
Position: 1
Points: 76
Race wins: 5
Pole positions: 11 This was his second drivers championship.
1998
Team: McLaren
Position: 1
Points: 100
Race wins: 8
Pole positions: 9 This was his first championship win and his best season in F1 with 8 race victories.
1997
Team: McLaren
Position: 6
Points: 27
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 0 This season he had some good results and also a number of retirements. He won his first F1 GP in the final race of the season in Spain.
1996
Team: McLaren
Position: 5
Points: 31
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was a much more consistent season with Mikka Hakkinen scoring points in most races giving him 5th in the championship.
1995
Team: McLaren
Position: 17
Points: 7
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was a difficult season with 9 retirements but a best result of 2nd place in Japan. A high speed crash in practice for the final race in Australia was nearly fatal, but he recovered well.
1994
Team: McLaren
Position: 4
Points: 26
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 He was 2nd in Belgium and had five 3rd places as well as 7 retirements, but this was enough to give him 4th in the championship.
1993
Team: McLaren
Position: 15
Points: 4
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 He spent most of the season as test driver for McLaren but did compete in the final 3 races of the season. He achieved his first career podium with a 3rd place in Japan.
1992
Team: Lotus
Position: 8
Points: 11
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 His second season at Lotus had 6 points finishes and 6 retirements. After various contract disputes he signed for McLaren for the 1993 season.
1991
Team: Lotus
Position: 16
Points: 2
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 In his first season in F1 he scored his first points in F1 and his only points of the season in Brazil.
