12 August 2005

Hak to Kimi: "You're fast, but you're a dork."

Mika Hakkinen, the greatest sportsman of all time, had this to say about fellow Finn Kimi Raikkonen, the fastest man in F1 today:


"He doesn't need my advice....Kimi is so good that I think I have nothing to tell him about racing. Maybe off the track I can give him some tips."

To have a guy like Hakkinen say he has nothing to teach you about racing is perhaps the greatest honor that can be bestowed upon a human being. It brought tears of pride to my eyes on Kimi's behalf. That said, I think Mika was also subtly ribbing KR for marrying that bumpkin beauty queen when he could have been off gang-banging paddock hoes 5 at a time instead. And you know something? The King is absolutely right.

What am I saying? He's always right.

On a sadder note, Mika is stuck in 4th place in the 2005 DTM standings (though his team leads in the constructors cup). At least he's ahead of fellow ex-F1 drivers Jean Alesi, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, and Allan McNish. Taken together, they couldn't carry his fucking jock.

By the way: Mika, if you're reading this (and you probably are), please accept my sincere apologies for not sending you and Erja flowers and a Bob Marley onesie upon the birth of your lovely daughter in May. My congratulations to the family and to the nation of Finland. My guess is that Mika's daughter will be more than capable of putting Danica Patrick to the wall by age 7 at the very latest.

For those who hadn't heard the great news, here's a press clip:


DTM rookie Mika Häkkinen’s second child has seen the light of day. On Thursday morning, Häkkinen’s daughter Aina Julia was born in Monte Carlo. The little sister of Hugo Ronan Häkkinen (4) is 48 centimetres ‘tall’ and weighs 3,100g. Directly after the birth of his daughter, Häkkinen went by plane to Spa-Francorchamps to return behind the wheel of his AMG-Mercedes C-Class, this morning. [editor's note: he won at Spa]. The entire DTM sends congratulations to the Häkkinen Family!

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