1975 For the first time Mika won a karting race in Keimola, Finland

1978 Keimola Regional Karting Championship

1979 Regional Karting Championship

1980 Lapland Karting Championship: 4th

1981 Finnish Karting Championship: Champion (F-miniseries)

1982 Ronnie Peterson Memorial Championship: Champion, Finnish Karting Championship: Runner-Up (F-miniseries)

1983 Finnish Karting Championship: Champion (FN series)

1984 Finnish Karting Championship: Champion (FA series)

1985 Finnish Karting Championship: Champion (FA series)

1986 Finnish Karting Championship: Champion (FA series)

1987 Formula Ford 1600, Finnish, Swedish and Nordic Champion

1988 Opel Lotus Euroseries Champion, British GM Lotus Series runner-up

1989 British Formula 3 Championship: Finished 7th

1990 British Formula 3 Champion with West Surrey Racing, Macau F3 GP: Heat Winner (the series became known as the Mika-Mika-series, because Mika Häkkinen and Mika Salo won almost every race)

Formula One

1991 Mika drove his very first F1 Grand Prix in Phoenix, Arizona.

1991 Lotus-Judd: 2pts, 15th in the Drivers Championship

1992 Lotus-Ford: 11pts, 8th in the Drivers Championship

1993 McLaren-Ford: 3 races, 3rd in Japanese GP, 4pts, 15th in Driver Championship

1994 McLaren-Peugeot: Finished 2nd in Belgium, 3rd in San Marino, Britain, Italy, Portugal and Europe (Jerez), 26pts, 4th in the Drivers Championship

1995 McLaren-Mercedes: Finished 2nd in Italy and Japan, 7th in the Drivers Championship with 17pts. Mika had a very serious accident in Adelaine, Australia, the last GP of the season.

1996 McLaren-Mercedes: Finished 3rd in Britain, Belgium, Italy and Japan, 31 points, 5th in Drivers Championship, 4 podium finishes

1997 McLaren-Mercedes: Finished 1st in European GP, 3rd in Australia and Germany, 27 points, 6th in Driver's World Championship, 3 podium finishes.

1998 McLaren-Mercedes: Mika took 9 pole positions during the season and won 8 GPs. He won the races in Australia, Brazil, Spain, Monte Carlo, Austria, Germany, Luxembourg and Japan. As a result of this, Mika Häkkinen won the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship and West McLaren Mercedes took the constructor's championship title.

1999 McLaren-Mercedes: The McLaren Team's 1999 was a problemfilled year. Still Mika took 11 pole positions and won 5 races. Despite all the technical problems (and probably noone can forget when Coulthard [the clumpsy bastard] hit Mika or when one of Mika's tyres suddenly fell off during the race after a pit stop!!!) Mika still managed to keep his head clear, but he had to fight for his title until the very end, and by winning the last GP in Suzuka he did it again.Mika Häkkinen won the 1999 FIA Formula One World Championship