
車手資料
Date of Birth: 28/09/68
Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
Nationality: Finnish
F1 Debut: US GP 1991
Grand Prix Starts: 145
Poles: 26
Wins: 18
Fastest Laps: 22
Championship Points: 383
World Championships: 2
2000 Car No 1
Career Highlights
1987 - Wins the Finnish, Swedish and Nordic Formula Ford 1600 titles.
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.
1991 - Makes his Grand Prix debut in the USA with Lotus, finishing 15th overall.
1992 - Finishes 8th with eleven points in his second season with Lotus.
1993 - After being hired as a test driver, he makes his debut for McLaren and races in the last three GPs of the season, finishing third in Japan.
1994 - One second place and five thirds win him 4th place overall.
1995 - Finishes second in Italy and Japan. Season is marred by a bad smash in qualifying at the Australian GP.
1996 - Finishes third in Britain, Belgium, Italy and Japan to come fifth overall.
1997 - Wins his first race in the European Grand Prix and finishes sixth in the Drivers' Championship with three podium finishes in the bag.
1998 - Wins drivers title with eight race wins, three other podium finishes and 100 championship points.
1999 - 2nd World Driver's Championship title with 76 points
2000 - West Mclaren Mercedes Car No.1 driver