News Details

Hakkinen saw shades of Lauda in Hamilton's Monaco drive

Mika Hakkinen says Lewis Hamilton's 77th Grand Prix win was achieved in true Lauda-style, the Mercedes driver pulling out all the stops in Monaco to defend his position against runner-up Max Verstappen. Following his victory in the Principality, Hamilton said he had been spurred on in the closing stages of the event by the spirit of Niki Lauda who passed away last week at the age of 70. Mercedes admits Hamilton one lap away from losing Monaco GP "His [Lauda's] last victory in Formula 1 came at the 1985 Dutch Grand Prix when he had to keep McLaren team-mate Alain Prost behind him by positioning the car to defend at each corner, and then making sure he was fast enough on the quick...
Full Story »
6y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Race Report: Hamilton wins Monaco for Lauda

After five 1, 2 finishes so far this season and a front row lockout from...
6y ago from TheParcFerme.com

Hamilton won Monaco 'in true Niki Lauda style'

Lewis Hamilton's Monaco Grand Prix victory was driven "in true Niki...
6y ago from GPFans.com

Wolff on Hamilton’s Monaco Win: “It was the driver...

Just days after the passing of Niki Lauda, Toto Wolff felt Lewis...

Häkkinen: Hamilton delivered a Niki lauda-style...

In his latest column for Unibet, double Formula 1 World Champion Mika...
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Linus Lundqvist on standby if Nolan Siegel cannot race...

Arrow McLaren announced on Monday that Linus Lundqvist will be with the...

Alex Palou opens ‘all the options’ in Ganassi’s...

Alex Palou won his seventh IndyCar race of the season on Sunday,...

Mixed Iowa fortunes eliminates Team Penske from...

Team Penske showed flashes of domination in the two races from Iowa...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Analysis: How Viktor Gyokeres could transform...

With Arsenal set to finally get their man in Viktor Gyokeres, Arsenal fans...
1h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Premier League 2026 Contenders? Can Ødegaard Anchor...

As Arsenal prepare for the 2025/26 Premier League season, the conversation...
1h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Arteta's Arsenal: Can the Gunners' Boss Deliver the...

The question hanging over North London is no longer one of progress, but...
1h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Report: Arsenal set to seal £15million deal as Andrea...

Arsenal are closing in on the signing of another first team addition on...
3h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.