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Mika Häkkinen

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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", Häkkinen won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1998 and 1999 with McLaren, and won 20 Grands Prix across 11 seasons. Born and raised in Vantaa, Häkkinen began his career in karting aged five, winning several regional and national championships before graduating to junior formulae in 1987. A protégé of 1982 World Drivers' Champion Keke Rosberg, Häkkinen won his first title in Nordic Formula Ford before winning the 1990 British Formula Three Championship with West Surrey Racing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mika Häkkinen is the 35th most popular racing driver (up from 38th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Finland (up from 34th 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 35 out of 1,080. Before him are Alfonso de Portago, Carroll Shelby, Fernando Alonso, Carlos Reutemann, John Surtees, and Gerhard Berger. After him are Mike Hawthorn, Jochen Mass, Carlos Sainz, Jody Scheckter, François Cevert, and Alfredo Ferrari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Mika Häkkinen ranks 20. Before him are Davor Šuker, Lisa Marie Presley, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Tito Vilanova, and Brendan Fraser. After him are Susan Wojcicki, Mohamed Atta, Kylie Minogue, Robert Rodriguez, Naomi Watts, and Fernando Hierro.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Mika Häkkinen ranks 33 out of 751. Before him are Helene Schjerfbeck (1862), Linus Torvalds (1969), Lars Ahlfors (1907), Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865), George Gaynes (1917), and Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881). After him are Wäinö Aaltonen (1894), Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), Hjalmar Siilasvuo (1892), Albert Edelfelt (1854), and Aleksis Kivi (1834).

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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), Kimi Räikkönen (1979), Hannu Mikkola (1942), Jarno Saarinen (1945), Juha Kankkunen (1959), Henri Toivonen (1956), Markku Alén (1951), Tommi Mäkinen (1964), Mika Salo (1966), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), and Timo Salonen (1951).

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