The 1999 Formula 1 championship battle was one for the ages, with reigning champion Mika Hakkinen fending off an unlikely challenge from Ferrari’s Eddie Irvine – stepping up to the plate after teammate Michael Schumacher was injured – in a duel that went to the final round of the season...

McLaren will celebrate its 60th anniversary at the July 13-16 Goodwood Festival of Speed with a collection of its most successful cars set to run up the event's famed hillclimb.Among the cars in action will be the 1999 MP4/14A, which will be driven by Mika Hakkinen 24 years after he...

Tanner Foust and Travis Pastrana are the latest drivers to be confirmed for next month’s Race Of Champions at Pite Havsbad in Pitea, Sweden. The pair will compete in both the individual contest, as well as the Nations Cup representing the USA.Both are no strangers to the international all-star event,...

"It's mega-fast," two-time Formula 1 world champion Mika Hakkinen says of the title-winning 1985 McLaren MP4/2B turbo F1 machine.https://youtu.be/DyVoFaDm_qoThe Finn drove the car on Friday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca during the Velocity Invitational vintage racing event.Hakkinen rolling out on Laguna Seca's pitlane for his date with the boost gods....

Ride with Arrow McLaren SP's NTT IndyCar Series star Pato O'Ward as he turns his first two laps in a Formula 1 car, which also happens to be Mika Hakkinen's 1998 world championship-winning McLaren MP4-13A powered by a screaming 3.0-liter Mercedes-Benz V10.O'Ward's best lap, a 1m10.3s tour of the Velocity...

Jeff Bloxham/Motorsport ImagesOriginally reported on Racer.com by Chris MedlandFormula 1 commentary legend Murray Walker has passed away at the age of 97.The Englishman started out in commentating in the 1940s and his first grand prix commentary was the 1949 British Grand Prix. He worked more regularly in motorcycle racing before...

Formula 1 commentary legend Murray Walker has passed away at the age of 97.The Englishman started out in commentating in the 1940s and his first grand prix commentary was the 1949 British Grand Prix. He worked more regularly in motorcycle racing before becoming the BBC’s full-time F1 commentator in 1978....

20 years after earning his second consecutive Formula 1 drivers’ championship, Mika Hakkinen will take the wheel of the 1970 McLaren M8D/3 “Batmobile” at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion on August 15-18 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.American racing legend Dan Gurney and British F1 driver Peter Gethin each raced the...

Ride inside the 1995 Le Mans-winning McLaren F1 GTR driven by double Formula 1 world champion Mika Hakkinen at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The sounds of the screaming BMW V12 is a delight of its own.

Two-time Formula 1 world champion Mika Hakkinen has launched his own start-up social media company designed to offer additional access to high profile figures.Hakkinen - who won his world championships driving for McLaren in 1998 and 1999 - has co-founded the iNZDR App, which introduces a "premium tier" to social...