Kitos Mika Hakkinen

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I will miss Mika Hakkinen a lot, some people say he is boring but I think he was a dude. I mean, he never *****ed about the car or moaned when things went badly or said dodgy stuff about other drivers... I remember in 97 when he was leading race after race and then BOOM! the mercedes engine blew up but in the interview after he was always calm and said" Hey, thats racing"
he never criticised his team ever and seemed to have real respect for the other drivers, even TGF and TGF seemed to respect him more than the others also. Like at Monza when TGF started to cry, Mika put his arm around him and told the interviewer "to talk to Ralf or something"!!! Plus, he has been the only one in recent years to consistently challenge TGF like at Japan year after year those two guys were on another planet to the others and would finish a lap ahead almost of 3rd and 4th. Thank god Montoya has come along otherwise TGF would win every race until he retired...