News Details

Hakkinen recalls his ‘challenging' 1995 crash

Arriving in Adelaide for the 1995 Australian GP, little did Mika Hakkinen know that by the time Friday's qualifying came around trackside medics would be performing an emergency procedure to save his life. Hakkinen arrived in Australia on the back of a runner-up result at the Japanese Grand Prix. The McLaren driver was one of the favourites to fight for the Adelaide win. Instead he fought for his life. Hakkinen's McLaren MP4/10C suffered a left rear puncture during the Friday qualifying session, causing the Finn to lose control. He hit a kerb, went airborne and crashed heavily into the tyre barrier at some 120mph. He hit his head in the impact, fracturing his skull with trackside medics...
Full Story »
5y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

You can't compare Hamilton's success to Schumacher's...

The extraordinary achievements of Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher...
5y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Abiteboul: Come 2022, fighting for podiums is the...

Renault should be fighting for podiums in the first season of Formula 1's...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Hamilton draws comparison to lockdown life and animal...

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has compared life in lockdown to...
5y ago from Crash.net

What to watch to fill the F1 void in your life

Formula 1 is on hiatus, and we don't know when it will be back. In the...
5y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marco Bezzecchi explained what ‘key moment' he...

Marco Bezzecchi explained his first lap was the "key moment"...

MotoGP to return to Buenos Aires from 2027 season

MotoGP has officially announced that the Grand Prix of Argentina will...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

O’Ward explains the multiple steps that came...

Pato O’Ward won Sunday’s IndyCar race from the streets of Toronto,...

Kyffin Simpson’s confidence ‘very high right...

When Kyffin Simpson crossed the finish line in Sunday’s Honda Indy...

IndyCar Toronto – Race Results

IndyCar completed its sole visit across the border this weekend, with a...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

How Arsenal player has just reacted to Romano transfer...

Arsenal are reportedly closing in on the capture of the Sporting CP...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Real Madrid want to sign Arsenal man alongside...

Arsenal are building a squad that is capable of challenging on all fronts,...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'He’s interested in that move' – Insider...

Arsenal have been very active in the transfer market this summer,...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'Conclusion imminent' – Arsenal to finally...

It's been a long few weeks, but Arsenal are finally about to complete the...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.