World Champions and Race Winners
To date nine Finnish drivers have taken part in a race weekend, with eight taking part in at least one race. Of those drivers three have won the World Drivers' Championship. The first Finnish champion was Keke Rosberg who won in 1982. Mika Häkkinen won the 1998 title and successfully defended it the following year. Kimi Räikkönen is the most recent Finnish world champion having won in 2007.
Heikki Kovalainen is the only Finnish race winner who has not won the world championship title. His single race win came at the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix as a driver with McLaren.
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