Born
30th November 1966, Finland
Lives
London, England
Status
Married to Noriko
Interests
Guitar, snowboarding, mountain biking
Mika started his motor racing career at the age
of six, driving 50cc karts. By the age of nine he was contesting the 100cc Finnish
Championship and became Finnish Champion at the age of eleven. It was a title
he was to win a further four times. In 1986, Mika completed his National Service,
the eleven months he spent in the army precluded him from any serious racing.
Race Debut
1972 in Karting
1987 in Car Racing
1987
Formula Ford 1600, runner-up trophies in the
Finnish and Scandinavian Championships
1988
Formula Ford 1600, European, Scandinavian and
Finnish Champion
Won all 14 races, 10 pole positions,
lap record at every circuit
1989
British Formula 3 Championship, five fifth places
and one sixth
1990
British Formula 3 Championship, 6 wins, 5 2nds,
Vice Champion
Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix,
2nd place
1991
All-Japan F3000 Championship, one sixth place
1992
All-Japan F3000 Championship, fourth and fifth
places
1993
All-Japan F3000 Championship, one third and one
sixth place
1994
All-Japan F3000 Championship, one 3rd place
Formula 1 debut, Team Lotus,
10 place at Japanese GP
1995
Formula 1 with Tyrrell Yamaha, 12 race finishes,
five points
Rated by many as "best rookie"
of 1995
1996
Formula 1 with Tyrrell Yamaha, scored points
in Australia, Brazil and Monaco
1997
Formula 1 with Tyrrell Ford
1998
Formula 1 with Danka Arrows, 4th in Monaco, qualified
6th in Austria, 3 points
1999
Formula 1 reserve driver, 3 races with BAR, 6
races with Ferrari
2nd place at the German GP and
3rd at the Italian GP
2000
Formula 1 with Sauber, 5th place at Hockenheim
Mika has scored all the teams points in 2000 to date
2001
Toyota Test Driver - preparing for Toyota's entry
into F1 in 2002