Hakkinen´s first win

[LicklagerMtl]

Sorry for the multiple posts, am new here.

[LicklagerMtl]

The best part was was the podium between Villeneuve and Hakkinen..as a Canadian...watching his dad..this was truly worthy of a box of Kleenex!!

[LicklagerMtl]

Yep...I'm Cdn...this was THE most beautiful race have ever seen...the fight between V & S and for Villeneuve to let Hakkinen pass and take the win was...well...that's just how us Canucks are...for all Villeneuve's trash talking...we have great respect!

[Insanaty]

williams, remember this. after this season you going down to nowwhere... after all these years of winning

[nixxxon18]

you can feel they have SO MUCH emotion, it was the first win from a finnish driver since Keke Rosberg, thats about 15 years

[naibalucian]

@nixxxon18 And to think that Keke was one of the commentators...incredible.

[xeenoon]

MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII­IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­

[teamracing07]

Small translate what they were saying: Mika has to do sacrifices do win this race. He has to put everything at risk. PUSH pUSH PUSH!!! :D

[JapFuxxerFam]

mika retired way to early from formula 1...

[OliverLarson]

I have to agree with aljepisto, I also remember Mika being ahead and then having his pit stop messed up. If so, then he was merely given back the position he should have had in the first place. And he looks clearly faster than everyone else, so I don't see anyone keeping him behind even if they had tried. I'd say he won fair and square.

[eddllllll]

In Australia 1998 McLaren were worried about reliability issues of their cars so the team agreed that who ever lead at the first corner will go on to win the race. They were heavily criticised for it, just like Ferrari last year.

[hullumies1982]

@melchizedekful He was not FORCED to give the victory to Häkkinen, it was his own choise and he decided to be a gentleman.

[Adam786Rs2]

funny how when certain teams do team orders nobody says nothing especially the british public when it comes to a british gay team this is why i'll never like mclaren or their drivers

[melchizedekful]

@Adam786Rs2 you are absolutely right man... not to mention the following race (next year in australia) where mclaren played the same game. coulthard was forced to give the victory to hakkinen.

[hamiltonfan4eva]

@melchizedekful and in australia mia and DC had an agreement that whoever was in front in the first corener woult be the firsrt McLaren to finish the race

[melchizedekful]

@melchizedekful DC still has a different opinion

[ajlepisto]

If I remember this right, they had DC let Mika pass because Mika was ahead and McLaren messed up the pit stop which cost him the position. Since they were teammates I think they asked DC to let him pass.

[jdecastro]

I hope everyone understands the move in question is not Mika on Jacques... its Mika on Coulthard... None of them where fighting for the world championship, so why on earth was coulthard instructed to let mika through? It is clear as coulthard lifted on the straight to let him by...

[GeriatricFan1963]

@jdecastro Because Mclaren thought it would be better for their image if Hakkinen won, seeing as Coulthard had already won some races earlier in the season... And DC had to let him through again due to an agreement in Australia '98. The team clearly liked Mika better than DC because they were endeared to him after his accident in Adelaide '95. This takes nothing away from Hakkinen, who was a great driver, and some of his sarcastic comments after the races were really funny. (Spain '99, I think.)

[majotnf]

the commentators were just hillarious lol ...am sure Mika thanked for that moment to David... a new era just started... Mika nr. 1 forever!!!

[gestapo81]

@MrIrishlogic Coulthard gived birth to a legend that day.No shame in that.

[JpNineteen82]

Jacques didnt put up any fight cos mika was charging - who is gunna risk the WDC if they collide when u will win it on points - though i doubt mika could have been stopped anyway lol

[InospeakAussie]

Talentless drivers always win from team orders.

[BADZENKO]

@InospeakAussie

If Mika is talentless, why he was much faster than Coulthard on the same car in 1998-2000?

[InospeakAussie]

@BADZENKO Team orders.

[InospeakAussie]

@BADZENKO Because Coulthard was talentless.

[flipsidedogchop]

@InospeakAussie thats such a retarded comment i can only assume your family was sent to the convict colony for being retarded!

[martinh88]

@InospeakAussie Alonso.

[signalchef]

I forgot how much wider those cars opposed to the ones now...

[McLarenMercedes]

@shoeme69

horseshit

after leading in Silverstone and being forced to retire with a bad tire blowing up, leading in Zeltweg, and leading half the distance in Nurburgring before retiring with engine trouble, this win was WELL DESERVED

how was Villenueve going to hold somebody back with his damaged Williams?

did Schumacher deserve to win in Barcelona 2001?

[TheNoizeController]

Go häkkinen from finland :D

[felipinhogiro]

Mika, Mika, Mika...

[DOBERSTAFFIE]

He had to let Hakkinen By as he was losing time, problem with the car and Hakkinen's times were getting faster and faster, it is doubtful he could have held him off. He knew he needed the points so played safe. Hakkinen deserved the win. He is still the holder of the best move in formula 1 @ Spa on Shumacher and Zonta.

[villeneuve2fast4you]

jacques was playing safe,an let them trough,he was fair...end of story

[atheist0627]

I wouldn't like to win like this.

[GuessWhoIAm03101991]

why? well.....i didnt see it in 1997 i only saw this video , did Jacques had serious problems with car? anyways everything was fair i would do the same if i was Mika

[atheist0627]

I think Williams and McLaren made an agreement... But Coulthard certainly let Hakkinen through. I simply wouldn't like to remember my first win as a gift instead of an achievement. Hakkinen didn't need this gift to win, he was good enough. Just like Schumacher with Irvine, he didn't need it.

[Sekhurity]

I would.. It wasnt mikas fault..

[atheist0627]

No, certainly not his fault.. I would also take this win, I'm just saying I wouldn't LIKE to win like this. It's a present not a performance.

[McLarenMercedes]

@atheist0627

well, he won the title next year in commanding style, and that wasn't a gift

[MacGovernor]

Why not? Häkkinen deserved the victory after being retired three times from leading the race during 1997 season. Besides Villeneuve had to slow down because of the Schumi-accident and Coulthard obviously was slower than Mika so the team just did what was the best for WCC standings.

A well-earned first win. With your attiitude no one would ever win anything.

[atheist0627]

I'm not saying it wasn't earned. It certainly was after all the bad luck he had. What I'm saying, I repeat, is that I wouldn't like to remember my first victory as a gift...

"With your attitude no one would ever win anything." So every victory is a gift??

[MacGovernor]

Moron. It wasn't a gift. Coulthard and Villeneuve were both slower than Mika so he took advantage and overtook both of them. I don't know if Dennis radio to Coulthard Mika is going faster or something but it was a clear victory.

[atheist0627]

If you can't have a proper conversatoin without insulting, you are the moron. Frank Williams gave Villeuneuve the task to let both McLarens pass...

[McLarenMercedes]

@atheist0627

because Williams would win both titles regardless so why risk the drivers' title by trying some stupid blocking maneuvre?

Villeneuve only needed 1 point to bag the title since Schumacher was out

[jdecastro]

@atheist0627 I've heard rumours of that, but what was the reasoning behind that?

[atheist0627]

@jdecastro

Maybe, like McLarenMercedes says, for safety reasons. Or maybe just to show Ferrari and Schumacher that Williams and McLaren are friends, unlike McLaren and Ferrari or Wiliams and McLaren.

[paddy080585]

@MacGovernor Villeneuve was certainly not slower because of the incident with Schumacher. A part of his car was touched which you cannot damage so easily by just bumping into it with the front tire. His suspension was untouched. The car suffered an insidious problem during the race and became more and more obvious as the end was approaching.Therefore the incident with Schumacher was a pity for the latter, since even though his car also had a problem, he still would have overtaken him back later

[vjanik]

a victory is a victory. if someone is stupid enough to give it to you (or in this case scared to crash and lose the WDC) then so be it. its not like you will decline just so that your first win can be a hard faught battle. in F1 you take the chances as they come. (no, no I dont want to win that easily. i'll wait for a harder win so that I have something to talk about to my grandchildren when im old. oh please!)

[McLarenMercedes]

@atheist0627

winning is winning, whether you inherit it by the misfortune of somebody retiring in front of you at the first lap or happen to pit the right time when your team mate conspicuously crashes out like in Singapore 2008, it's still added to a tally of wins

[scottyburen]

david, david, let mika past please, we like him more than you, just tell the press no team orders and you both get the same chance. BULLSHIT ron utter BULLSHIT.

[barraigh1]

@scottyburen Couldn't have said it better myself

[FinnFoxx]

HYVÄ MIKA! HYVÄ SUOMI!

[wezku84]

Its finnish ;)

[albferraz]

Definitely... English is NOT a difficult language... portuguese, chinese and japanese are a lot harder...

[arhavlisj]

Go Mika!!!

[jamesnuutinen]

Hakkinen will always and forever be #1

[crazymxrider]

gooooosebumps!

[KOSTAS22R]

LOL they don't care Villeneuve just won the WDC, its just "MIIIIIKA! MIIIIIKA!!!!"

[MerrasMies]

well it was Mika's first win. And second finnish grand prix winner, and these are finnish commentator.

[dudikpal]

@KOSTAS22R Maybe they are finish?!? Poor thinking man...

[KOSTAS22R]

@dudikpal Well done Captain Obvious, have a gold star :)

[jaymepaololaciste]

Again... a commentator having his orgasm in national tv!!! hehehe

[uk1885]

jajajajajajajajaja

[rautavaari]

English is one of the easiest languages not one of the most complex :D

[quasiphatpaul]

actually you're wrong. English is one of the hardest languages to learn if you're past your twenties. There's a lot of little rules that make no sense. It's a lot of memorization and not a lot of consistent rules.

[wolfmother4eva]

a bit like nigel mansell, a small boost in self confidence and he was a match for schumacher... i should learn another language, as f1 is very international... i want to learn portuguese so i can understand what senna said in a few of his interviews... i also wanna learn spanish and italian...

how difficult is it to learn another language if you've only ever spoken english your whole life? i take it will be relatively easy as english is accepted as the most complex language...

[X379]

english is definitely not the most complex language, (finnish, icelandic, chinese are all more difficult) and to learn another language such as spanish or portugese you would have to live in one of their respective countries for around 5-10 years, depending on how much you studied in school. It's not something easily done, by the way. You need to devote a lot of time to learning it.

[madduck09]

it almost looked too easy

[Gatev]

first two Hakkinen wins were a gift from Coulthard. The Scot was a great teammate

[Sevoverkill]

imagine Mika doing a scandinavien flick on the corners!!!

[modribbb]

MIKA is a legend

[Colddeed]

If only JV had known that he'd never win again. I wonder if he still would have let Mika past

[viljo1212]

Mitä v****a ne huutaa päällekkäin! Karmeeta selostusta, hieno voitto Mikalta.

[wolfmother4eva]

"MIKA MIKA MIKA!!!!!!" i don't understand a thing the commentators are saying but i bet it's somthing good...

[LetsPlayDMods]

Lol, they're just happy that Mika won. They mostly said "Häkkinen is the winner" and all that stuff.

[Tuhkimotarina111]

huutaa "HÄKKINEN VOITTAA" ei ollu ees kisa loppu :DD

[skeba77]

Oi, Erkki!

[MisterBommi]

He was one of the Best!

[McLarenMercedes]

sadly he drove bad cars in the early parts of his career and was stuck in McLaren in their re-building period 1994-1996, when they were both slow, and very unreliable

In 1995 the McLaren car retired almost every race and in 1996 it was nowhere near the Williams or the Ferrari

[mackey12160204]

Ｔhis is Ｔhe Ｂest　Ｒace of Ｍika.

[peeses6]

Best moments of F-1. I remember this race when i saw it

[panooos]

david why accept already the team orders???

[gestapo81]

man,i remember this race like it was yesterday...Mika no. 1

[Rickko8]

cause vills car was damaged as a result of the cheating schumi...

[POZAIDS]

Matti Kyllonen > your mother

Mika Hakkinen > *

[CRUNKnBehindert]

commentary... and i dont understand a single word^^ (but hakkinen, fisicella etc)^^

[Ultrasstockholm]

Man that i call commentary.

[me35656]

Weren't Williams accused, then cleared, of fixing the result after this?

[GrungeGuy5506]

That was the funniest footage iv ever seen!

[irishblonde7]

i remember screaming my ass off when he won...after his 95 crash...it was great to see this.

[MintAs94]

How many times do we think the commentator said "Mika!!"?

[UiopasQwerty]

was dis @ Jerez?

[damyf1]

yes

in 1997

[MintAs94]

It says on the information. Yes.

[mittasahaaluta]

nyt villeneuve, 1,5kierrosta urku auki!! takasuora nyt mika OJOJO mika häkkinen !! kyllönen on äijä :D

[msbluejayway]

:D The reporter sounds like the Finnish Jack van Gelder.

Love Mika, he's the best!

[92NB]

Mä olin sillon 6v.

haha nice Matti going nuts there. =)

[Muggi4]

Really - I like you Fins, your country and your language... But I don't understand it! So could you please write in English?

[PohjoisPike]

I tried, but the sapce isin't enough for a comment

[PohjoisPike]

I tried wrote it in english, but the space isn't enough

[Reepe]

"Hienoin hetki koettiin Jerezissä 1997, kun Häkä voitti ensimmäisen GP:nsä. Silloin halattiin kopissa." - Matti Kyllönen. Varmaan tuossa 1:47 kohdassa tapahtanut tuo halaus :D.

[GustavoFrigotto]

no, vilueneve mistake in the overtaking cornor and after race he says: Mika was so fast. Couthard dont let he pass

[MasKi97]

Mä olin kaks ja meillä on video kun mä olin lippu kädessä telkkarin edessä ja kun Mika voitti mä lähin vetämään polkuautolla sisällä ympäri ämpäri ja aina kun sain kierroksen täyteen tuuletin niin vimmatusti ja huusin "Äkkinen oittaa! Äkkine oittaa! Miölötöntä!" "Erkki!"

[miseboy]

muista vuonna 97 olin 2 v mutta muistan kun pönötin sohvalla ja katsoin kun mika voitti :DD

[Takle04]

Minä olin melkeen 5 :D

[jaci77cz]

Mika 4ever ;)

[Chip92]

Mahtava juttu. Hyvä Mika, hyvä Suomi!

[Wildcat222]

Happy for Mika but Villeneuve obviously let him win this one (they had an agreement with Williams...)

[palmer0985]

oddly enough im canadian

[palmer0985]

that was probably the first race i ever watched i was about 8 years old and surprisingly enough i came away a schumacher fan lol

[sontaford]

that year i started watching f1 and i was always a fan of hakkinen i was very happy when he won . well done mika

[Saakutti]

Heh, good ol' Kyllönen. Watching F1 just isn't the same without him. Sure, he made glaring factual mistakes, but it's the atmosphere that counts. Häkkinen's days of glory were all the more emotional for Kyllönen's extatic rambling.

[hanhi]

No perkele! Tätä ei voi kukaan viedä meiltä pois!

[rOdo46]

damn!! im a great hakkinen fan i dont knowed that his fist f1 victory was overtaking villeneuve in the last lap n coulthard in the few laps to go

[LoudHoward]

Well, they both let him by, so it wasn't really overtaking...

[Elucca]

I remember this win forever. The best win ever for me. It was so suprising.

[lankku50]

Yes,but he doesn´t comment anymore for finnish tv.For obvious reasons.

[stanson1980]

I love the commentator. I'm from Poland and we have never had somebody who sounds so emmotional like Kyllonen (I guess that's the right spelling). It must be great to watch races with that kind of commentary!

[schuf1]

Great Mika, just great!

[YouthEnergy]

Check out Kyllönen (commentator) at about 01:51. No finnish commentator after him has ever sounded that happy over a win by Mika or Kimi. Kyllönen was the best.

[princeofpork]

Beautiful car, that McLaren. Far preferred the old, wider bodied cars to today's