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McLaren's Tooned series is a very good animated series about Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button and their willy adventures at the McLaren Technology Centre with all sorts of characters. It has now reached episode 10. It is voiced by Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button themselves, episode 10 has Mika Hakkinen as well. Enjoy.

Rumours are swirling since Lewis Hamilton announced that Anthony will no longer be his manager and that he is looking for a replacement manager. The rumours are going round saying either Martin Brundle or Mika Hakkinen could take the role. Personally, I like both. Brundle is an ex F1 racer and has raced in various other categories and currently is a commentator on the BBC for Formula One. And a damn good one too. Mika Hakkinen needs no introduction of course. He is the 1998 and 1999 world champion and overall nice guy. Met him a couple of times, great guy to be around. If it was up to me, I'd have Mika manage Lewis.

Lewis is at it again. The last time he started by fighting with Alonso over who was better, at the hotel, on the road and almost everywhere else. They were both trumped by Mika in the end. Then Lewis tried it again with Steve McQueen. Now, he's arguing with Mika over whose idea it was to come out with the Johnny Walker Join The Pact. If you don't believe me, watch the video here . Picture courtesy of emercedes.com

Thursday 4th December 2008 Double World Champion Mika Hakkinen believes Lewis Hamilton has the talent and time to become the best grand prix driver Britain has ever produced. Hakkinen, who won his titles in 1998 and 1999, has been impressed with Hamilton's ability to cope under pressure despite making high-profile mistakes on his way to becoming the youngest ever F1 World Champion this year. The Finn said: "He can be the best England has seen because he is a young guy and he has plenty of time to make this his goal. "He is in a great team and has good commitment to it, so I don't see any problems there. "He has a fantastic fitness programme and will have the energy for many, many years to maximise his performance. So I don't see any reason why he can't be the most successful. "He is only in his second year of Formula One and it is a very high-pressure environment. It is normal that m...

Re-published from Planet F1. Tuesday 22nd July 2008 Mika Hakkinen believes Lewis Hamilton is on the road to delivering a more harmonious McLaren their first World Title for nine years. It was in 1999 Hakkinen won the last of McLaren's Formula One Drivers' Championships before Ferrari and Michael Schumacher began to dominate. Although Hakkinen retired two years later, he has remained close to the team, and occasionally still attends races as their guest. The Finn was on hand on Sunday to congratulate Hamilton following his latest glorious triumph at the German Grand Prix, giving the 23-year-old a big bear hug as he entered the McLaren brand centre. The two men have also built up a relationship of late as they are ambassadors for Johnnie Walker's 'Responsible Drinking' campaign, and regularly attend promotional functions together. Compared to last year when McLaren were riddled with problems on and o...

Saturday 24th May 2008 Double World Champion Mika Hakkinen believes Lewis Hamilton is a man under pressure inside McLaren. Hakkinen made his name and won his titles with McLaren, where he sees Hamilton as team leader ahead of Finnish compatriot Heikki Kovalainen following Fernando Alonso's exit. McLaren would dispute such a remark as they insist their drivers are treated equally, but Hakkinen's insight cannot be discounted due to the fact he spent nine years with the Woking-based marque. In many respects, Hakkinen was viewed as 'number one' at McLaren ahead of David Coulthard during his time with the team. With Alonso out of the picture, Hakkinen sees Hamilton as the main man, and with that comes the burden of responsibility. "Lewis has an interesting career in front of him at the moment, but he is living in a very extreme situation," remarked Hakkinen. "He started his career at McLaren ...