RACING DRIVER

Mika Häkkinen

1968 - Today

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Mika Pauli Häkkinen (Finnish: [ˈmikɑ ˈhækːinen] ; born 28 September 1968), nicknamed "The Flying Finn", is a Finnish former racing driver. He won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1998 and 1999, both times driving for McLaren. Häkkinen is one of three Formula One drivers from Finland that have won the World Drivers' Championship, and the only one to have done so more than once. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mika Häkkinen has received more than 2,945,592 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Mika Häkkinen is the 38th most popular racing driver (down from 33rd in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Finland (down from 29th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Racing Driver.

Mika Häkkinen is most famous for being a Finnish racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Mika Häkkinen ranks 38 out of 1,080. Before him are Carlos Sainz, Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Fernando Alonso, Roland Ratzenberger, John Surtees, and Jody Scheckter. After him are Mike Hawthorn, Walter Röhrl, Denny Hulme, Jean Todt, Phil Hill, and Didier Pironi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Mika Häkkinen ranks 13. Before him are Didier Deschamps, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Hugh Jackman, Davor Šuker, Marine Le Pen, and Timothy McVeigh. After him are Brendan Fraser, Susan Wojcicki, Naomi Watts, Marcel Desailly, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and Gillian Anderson.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Mika Häkkinen ranks 34 out of 751. Before him are Kyösti Kallio (1873), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), George Gaynes (1917), Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881), Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), and Mauno Koivisto (1923). After him are Albert Edelfelt (1854), Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865), Hjalmar Siilasvuo (1892), Aino Aalto (1894), Tom of Finland (1920), and Ari Vatanen (1952).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Finland

Among racing drivers born in Finland, Mika Häkkinen ranks 1. After him are Ari Vatanen (1952), Hannu Mikkola (1942), Kimi Räikkönen (1979), Juha Kankkunen (1959), Henri Toivonen (1956), Jarno Saarinen (1945), Tommi Mäkinen (1964), Markku Alén (1951), Mika Salo (1966), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), and Timo Salonen (1951).

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