MIKA HAKKINEN

Hakkinen’s departure from Mclaren at the end of 2001 was initially billed as a sabbatical because he needed rest to perform at his maximum with a return on the cards for ’03. But Hakkinen never returned to F1, save for a day testing for Mclaren in November ’06 when he was toying with the idea of a comeback. But he did race successfully in the DTM from 2005-07, winning three races.