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Two decades since Hakkinen’s near-deadly accident
Two decades since Hakkinen nearly died Exactly 20 years have passed since Mika Hakkinen almost died in a horrifying qualifying crash ahead of the 1995 Australian grand prix. It was the last race of the season, and the last to ever take place on the popular streets of Adelaide. MTV, a Finnish broadcaster, said the then 27-year-old Finn suffered a tyre problem just before the fast Brewery Bend corner, hitting the wall sideways at 200kph. 'I remember sitting in the car and trying to move my hands, but I couldn't,' Hakkinen, who went on to win two world championships just a few years later, recalls. 'I tried again and again and so I knew that what had happened was bad.' Luckily for Hakkinen,...
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