Top 5 moments of Mika Hakkinen's career

Winning the 1998 title ahead of Schumacher

Mika Hakkinen, the Flying Finn

The 1998 season was all about the unbreakable resolve of Mika Hakkinen.

And in giving the Flying Finn his wings, there was a huge role played by his McLaren MP 4/13, clearly the better car in the end against Michael Schumacher's Ferrari.

In the 1998 F1 season, clinched by Hakkinen, one would see the Finnish driver earn an incredible 9 pole positions, 6 fastest laps, and ultimately, 8 race wins.

What was interesting about Hakkinen's imperious run in the season was that he'd win- throughout the entirety of the season - race wins in clusters, winning 2 back-to-back races each at Australia and Brazil, Spain and Monaco, Austria and Germany, and finally, at Luxembourg and Japan.