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30 Days of BTG - Day 24: Mika Hakkinen’s double glory

F1: Beyond The Grid

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How Important Was It for You to Win That Second World Championship?

In 1988, we did have a mega car. We had a really amazing car. And the car, OK, car had some little balance issues, and little probability issues,. But they are the things that we were working on, and they weren't traumatic. In 99, the regulations did change a little bit - it was more difficult to drive. The teams want to make the car light as possible. So the materials get in thinner, and it brings certain risks. There's no way we can come out in this year, when I won the second world championship, not winning it. You think you're not... But I would have voted away there to be second."

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