- He finished the 2000 Formula One season second overall in the drivers championship. Although he won four races and finished in second place seven times that season, he also retired from three races with a mechanical problem and eventually lost the title to Michael Schumacher, who won each of the three races.
- He raced in the Formula One championship between 1991 and 2001. He drove for the Lotus team in 1991 and 1992. He moved to the McLaren team for the 1993 season and drove for them until leaving Formula One at the end of the 2001 season. In a McLaren car, he recorded 20 Grand Prix victories and won the Formula One drivers championship in 1998 and 1999.
- In November 2004, more than two years after announcing his retirement from Formula One, he joined the Mercedes team in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM), a touring car championship based in Germany. He started to race in the DTM at the beginning of the 2005 season and spent three seasons in the series before announcing his retirement from competitive motor racing in November 2007.
- Son, Hugo Ronan (b. 2000). Daughter, Aina Julia (b. 2005).
- Suffered a serious accident in practice for the 1995 Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide when a tyre deflated, slamming his car into the wall at 120mph. His head struck his steering wheel resulting in a fractured skull; his life was saved by a track-side tracheotomy. He made a full recovery in time for the 1996 season.
- His hobbies are: skiing, swimming, tennis and diving
- His teammates in Formula One were: Julian Bailey, Michael Bartels, Johnny Herbert, Ayrton Senna, Martin Brundle, Mark Blundell, Nigel Mansell and David Coulthard.
- Häkkinen's third child, daughter Ella, was born on 30 November 2010 to his Czech girlfriend Markéta Remesová. Mika Hakkinen lives with his family in the Swiss Canton of Thurgau.
- Ex-Formula One racing driver, who raced for Lotus (1991 (15 GPs) -1992 (15 GPs)) and McLaren (1993) (3 GPs) -2001). Hakkinen started 161 Grands Prix, 20 Wins, 26 Pole Positions, 25 Fastest Laps, 51 Podiums and 420 Points.
- He was 1990 Formula 3 British champion.
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