Mika Hakkinen archive
Button vs the best (F1 in numbers)
There’s a lot of discussion among F1 fans at the moment about how Brawn – and Jenson Button in particular – are dominating the championship.
So how far ahead are Button and Brawn? Are we set for the kind of one-sided seasons we’ve seen in the past? Let’s see how they measure up against F1’s greats. [...]
Domination: the 1998 Australian GP
A new season, a new generation of Formula 1 cars, and a routing of the opposition. This year’s Australian Grand Prix had much in common with the 1998 race. F1 Fanatic guest writer Andrew Tsvyk tells the story.
During the presentation of McLaren’s newest Formula 1 challenger on January 16th, Ron Dennis announced his retirement from [...]
Ron Dennis at McLaren, 1980-2009
Ron Dennis arrived at McLaren in September 1980. The team that scored 11 points that year won a race within 12 months of Dennis taking control.
Since then they’ve added seven constructors’ titles and ten drivers’ championships with a roster of F1’s greats like Niki Lauda, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna.
Now Dennis has announced he [...]
Lewis Hamilton and Mika Hakkinen drive taxis in drinking campaign (Video)
Lewis Hamilton and Mika Hakkinen drove taxis across Tower Bridge in London to promote a campaign to stop people drinking and driving today.
Here’s some video and pictures from the publicity stunt that took place this morning.
Which former Formula 1 driver would make a good permanent steward?
Following the recent spate of dubious penalty decisions involving Sebastien Bourdais, Lewis Hamilton (at Fuji and Spa) and Felipe Massa, many F1 drivers have voiced a desire to see a permanent stewards appointed.
Ideally they would like one with relevant, recent Grand Prix experience. So who could fit the bill? Here’s a few potential names.
Hamilton joins Senna, Prost, Schumacher and others who had F1 wins confiscated
Lewis Hamilton will have to hand over his Belgian Grand Prix winner’s trophy to Felipe Massa (appeal pending).
It will be small comfort to him that plenty of other drivers have had wins taken off them in the past. Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher and others have lost race wins after the chequered flag. More encouragingly for [...]
Mika Hakkinen: How good was he?
Mika Hakkinen was the last driver to deliver a world championship for McLaren, winning the 1998 and 1999 titles back-to-back along with 20 Grands Prix.
How do we now view his accomplishments, seven years after his retirement? Was he the radically quick racer who even Michael Schumacher had to give best to? Or a competent but [...]
100 F1 race winners part 9: 1993-2001
David Coulthard and Rubens Barrichello, who scored their first wins in 1995 and 2000 respectively, are the first active drivers in this series looking at F1’s 100 race winners.
Plus two famous one-hit wonder of the mid-90s: Jean Alesi and Olivier Panis.
Last-lap losers (p2/2)
Yesterday we looked at four races that ended with the leader losing the race on the last lap – this after Felipe Massa came within three laps of winning the Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend.
Here are four more tales of woe involving Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Mika Hakkinen and Kimi Raikkonen.
Spanish Grand Prix: memorable races
The response to my invitation for guest writers was fantastic and I’m very happy to share the first of these new articles today. Journeyer, a long-time contributor to the comments and Live Blogs on F1Fanatic, covers the history of the Spanish Grand Prix.
Formula 1 has been around for 58 years now. With it goes a [...]
