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So, the order was Mika Hakkinen, Mika Salo, Coulthard, Frentzen, Barrichello, and Irvine. Barrichello passed Frentzen at Agip corner on lap 2 and started to pressure Coulthard, only to see his engine blow up on lap 6. Coulthard closed in on Mika Salo and dove for a maneuver at Ost Kurve on lap 9, but lost a winglet and had to pit.
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 , and won 20 Grands Prix ...
During the 2000 and 2001 seasons, after joining Ferrari back in 1996 to revive the team's fortunes, Michael Schumacher, driving the Ferrari F2000 and F2001, achieved a remarkable resurgence by securing his third and fourth World Championship titles, successfully overcoming Mika Häkkinen in the McLaren MP4-16 amid a highly competitive rivalry.
Michael Schumacher won after Mika Hakkinen had tried to overtake but Schumacher deliberately blocked the move and Hakkinen crashed from behind. [1] This started a rivalry between the two that would last until Mika's retirement in 2001. [2]
This caused him to lose control, become airborne and crash heavily into a tyre barrier at 120 mph. The impact caused his helmet to strike the steering wheel, fracturing his skull. Within seconds he was attended by two doctors who were stationed at the corner, who found Hakkinen unresponsive and with a blocked airway.
His McLaren-Mercedes team-mate Mika Häkkinen had built up a lead of 49 seconds over second place driver Michael Schumacher when four laps later he went off the track, did a complete 360 degrees turn before continuing. The incident damaged the front wing of his car and cost him 10 seconds of his lead but following numerous other spins caused by ...
The debris from the accident was hit by Michael Schumacher, leading him to retire and Mika Hakkinen won the title. [10] [11] The highlight of the M198 was Nakano's 7th place finish at the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix. This led Minardi to finish ahead of Tyrrell in the 1998 Constructors' Championship, despite both teams failing to score any points.
The 1997 European Grand Prix (formally the XLII European Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 26 October 1997 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Spain.. Originally scheduled as the Portuguese Grand Prix at the Estoril circuit, it was moved when Estoril's management had financial diff