When Mika talks, you sit down and listen!

That West livery was the most beautiful livery ever.

I was born in 2001, my parents named me after this legend. What an honour

this dude doesnt age at all

"failing is easy, but to do the things right, that is challenging" - so Finnish

I've always been a Schumacher fan, but i respect his talent, his passion to racing. I have to thank You also those great memories Mika, You were the best opponent to Michael, You really pushed him to the limit like no one else.

Video involving mika = instant upvote

The only driver that Schumacher admitted be afraid of... The Flying Finn

What a star Mika is

What a legend

I always liked Häkkinen. He was a talented driver, and at the same time he was not the "bling-bling" kind of guy, he was humble. However, he also had his funny moments. I remember he was often rearranging his hair during interviews because of the wind 😂😂😂 The funniest part was when after he managed to arrange his hair properly, suddenly the wind became so strong his hair was on his eyes 😂😂😂

I'm continously being surprised how Mika says more during these interviews than during his entire F1 career.

The guy that made me love McLaren, sorry Aryton, I wasn't born when you raced

I think Mika would be a good choice to lead McLaren. He knows from his glory days at this team how it should perform at all levels so I'm sure he is very much qualified to get McLaren back to form.

Mika is a true "good-old-days" F1 racer. Look what they've done to our F1 now. I admire Mika for those pure and glory racing days.

THe most likeable pilot ever, great human

Mika Hakkinen is such a class act. Note how he recognizes the importance of team work to success.

I miss seeing Mika and Michael battling each other on track... Hats off to you champion Schumacher and Ferrari fan

I came here as a HUGE Ferrari fan and after hearing Mika's story, I became teary. Sad Honda had to be with McLaren. Let's go McLaren!

Wow what an incredible interview

He was my hero when I was a kid, and he still is. He is the reason, why I love F1 so much, and why I love McLaren so much. West livery, getting up in the middle of the night just to watch FP, it was awesome. God bless you Mika.

When i was a little kid my father and I supported Schumacher's Ferrari. We were blind-eyed Ferrari's fans. As I grew up I realized Mika was the best driver at that time, and I (me and my father) failed to see that. Now I'm 25 and I love him. Apart from Senna, he's the best driver I have ever seen. Only admiration and respect to you, Mika. Please help bring back the old Mclaren winning feel

Mika Häkkinen is an absolute beast and one of my favourite drivers of all time. He was such a good and fair racing driver which is something that not a lot of drivers have nowadays. He is so talented and he is full of words of wisdom. When Häkkinen speaks... you listen 😊

An absolute gent. I reached out to him on Twitter to wish my older brother a happy birthday, and he did! We were such fans of the Mika and Schumi rivalry. Great years.

what an articulate, intelligent, thoughtful man. We could all learn so much just by sitting down, and quietly contemplating anything he has to say.

Mika is the best. My favourite driver in F1 of all time. I think the '98 car was nicest looking F1 car of all time.MP4 13

I'll support mclaren because Mika told me to

Hakkinen for president!

A real fighter.Thanks Mika for all beautiful moments!

3:12 a very interesting comment from a champion. He says a good year is learning how to succeed; he did not say succeeding.

great to see him again, my f1 hero back in the days.

The Flying Finn looking great at age 48!

We have supported, we support and we will support! Lets go MCLAREN!!!

The Michael.

RESPECT to mika from a schumi fan, i hated this guy when i watched him back then battling with schumi.. nice words of wisdom from one of the greats of F1..

Whenever Mika is interviewed I get this uncontrollable wave of nostalgia for that era of F1. Admittedly I was more of a Schumacher fan but Mika was great. It's kinda sad that at the moment McLaren are trading on their past successes at the moment but still it's always great to see Mika.

shame on me for not supporting Mika during the late 90s....didn't knew much back then!! guy pushed to the limit and beat The Michael! amazing salute you LEGEND 😎😎😎

Mika Häkkinen

Mika was my introduction to F1, and I still remember watching my first F1 race in '99 at six years old. I never really liked the colour red, and I loved the way Hakkinen drove, even then. I have sketches I did of the 2000 car as a 7-year-old, and I kept on drawing cars right through high-school - I always wanted to study Industrial Design at Uni, basically because of F1, but ended up in graphic design instead. F1 definitely changed my life, and it all started when I saw Hakkinen bringing it against Schumacher.

First it was Senna vs Prost. Then Hakkinen vs Schumacher. Then Kimi/Alonso vs Schumacher. Those were great rivalries. Great times and that's when F1 was way more interesting than it is today.

We were watching Formula One when choosing a name for our son. I'm so pleased we named him after this legend.

Class Act. Proud of him for Finland.

Mika is a gentleman and should receive the title of "Sir MIKA HAKKINEN.Always a lot gentle, educated and principally respectful. Ladies and gentleman, 'Sir. MIKA HAKKINEN'.

i have always been a mclaren fan and always will be. not just because of F1 but because of their incredible roadcars too. sometimes you run out of luck, like now with the failing engines, but that's temporarily and for the coming season i hope to see their cars making it to the chequered flag and their drivers (who ever it may be then) on the podium. greetings from a fan from germany.

mika - always a class act

i was his fan when i was a kid. best thing was visiting my father during the weekend and watch races with him. i wish i could go back in time when i could get allong with my father. so strange and sad now when i look back. but it was nice and will always be a great memory watching races and cheer for Mika with my father. after he left i was Schumi fan cuz there was no one close to this 2 legends. thank you Mika for all the great memories

Been watching and loving F1 for most of my life. I started watching regularly with my dad as a kid in 1986 when I was 8, and after over 30 years Mika is still one of my all time favourites. Still got that wonderful Finnish sisu, Mika! 🏁👍

Although I'm a Ferrari fan, but McLaren is a winning constructor team too. But Mika Hakkinnen is two things, the greatest driver, & the greatest champion. Mika "The Flying Finn" Hakkinnen, you are the greatest!

Mika seems very humble and honest, great to listen to!

Love this team, I was always a Williams guy until they ditched DC and McLaren picked him. I've been a McLaren fan ever since. They're really down at the moment, but I have no doubts of their capacity to climb back up to the top.

Mika personifies the perfect lap for me like almost no other driver. As Martin Brundle said at the time (late 90s, early 2000s), Mika more than anyone else at the time (and perhaps even before) used to be able to ring all the bells on his best qualifying laps: that is to say he would max all three sectors on his best lap. That is incredibly difficult to do when you're competing against an almost psychopath-level competitive guy like Michael. Their qualifying session at Suzuka 2000 remains my favorite qualifying session of all time - two masterful, yet very different racers, pushing each other to the absolute limit on one of the greatest tracks of all time, before it was butchered An underrated legend who had the absolute most beautiful driving style of all. To see what made Mika's style so special, just watch the qualifying sessions of the 1999 and 2000 Austrian Grand Prix at the A1 Ring. No one could touch Mika in that last corner. My favorite sportsman of all time, and I've obsessed over many different sports.

This man is always so in control, calculated, great charisma !

so, so glad it's starting to come together again for my favourite team

Always a pleasure to listen to the Mika.

The Driver who first developed car many years and then won Schumacher and also Senna in qualify. Best finnish f1 driver.

It’s good to se these legends lingering around the pit lane at their old garages

I began looking f1 in 99, instant fan of Mika, i miss those days

You know what Mika, I'll support McLaren and you. Because I've got a racing nickname, " The Flying Rocket" and one half of the name came from you since you are The Flying Finn. The other half is how when I play video games, ride in fast race cars, and drive fast on karts for years like a rocket. That's how I came up the name, "The Flying Rocket". Mika your actually one of my favorite race car drivers ever! From your friend at Indiana in the USA Nick Deluna.

Mika is the best

My hero! The best driver, and reason why I am watching formula 1 for 19 years..

100% humble gentleman. As always.

Mika is love, Mika is life...

I continue to love this guy ;-)

The best and most honorable rivalry in F1 ever was M Schumacher and M Hakkinen. They were so class and real gentleman one to another

Love Mika, really nice guy and quite verbose for the average Fin! (see Kimi:-)). A genuinely underrated driver in F1, he was quite exceptional.

An eloquent and compassionate champion

Nice, i always like watching Dave Mustaine interviews

Mika is even faster than time. Good to see a living legend ageing so barely.

Mika i miss you in F1. You are a great Guy!!

It's awesome to hear a World Champion speak like Mika

Mika is legend! Everyone should listen what he has to say. Everyone will learn something from him. He's like yoda of motor racing.

"All the cars were great.....except this piece of trash Alonso has to drive"

Joe Ramirez & Mikka. 2 of the nicest people in F1.

A great company man 👍 God bless him

I just wish for one last time I get to see Mika and Michel together driving and having fun

Nice words! "Let's win together!"

1993: outqualified The Senna 2000: overtook The Michael

MIKA, HOMÃO DA PORRA!

My favorite driver now, is max Verstappen. My big favorite is still Mika! The flying Fin

The legend himself.

Imagine mika and kimi had the chance to be team mates !

The coolest guy in formula 1.. he looks the same as i watched him 20 years ago competing with michael schumacher

My childhood hero.

Mika talks like a priest :D He's so likeable.

"Flat-out" - my favorite saying of his.

Such a great champion

When I think of McLaren in 1993, the first name that comes to mind is not Senna or Hakkinen, but Andretti. I've only recently read that Michael felt done over by McLaren, Ron Dennis specifically, and I've even read bits in which Marco Andretti slags off McLaren, for some reason, family loyalty I suppose. There may be some revisionism going on around McLaren in 1993, I don't know. What I _do_ know is how that season played out, with Williams a world ahead of its rivals in terms of technology, and Senna and Hakkinen (when his turn came) knuckling down and 'grinding out' as they say the best performances they could. Like Ayrton at Donington. All I remember of Michael Andretti's year is failure. A Formula One driver went to Indy, an Indy driver came to F1. The Indy driver failed in F1, the F1 driver won the Indy championship. That's the kind of stuff I remember.

Mika is a racer. We need a few more racers today!

0:13 Mika: Yes, and my car was much faster than what you have now.

the solution is to get rid of honda engine

What a guy!!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Usa gp in 2000 was the breaking point for mika and mclaren

Go go go ...make mclaren great again

I have never ever seen such a microphone haha. Hakkinen legend btw!

Mika and Nando in 2020-2021 would be savage

Such a nice guy he is

Go McLAREN RENAULT !

such a gentleman

I loved Hakkinen, the flying Finn! In Qualifying he was mega. I used to think as a kid how the hell os he that much faster than DC!

I miss Mika, he's a trip