Mika to return in a Williams?

Mika to return in a Williams?

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mg511

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1,754 posts

242 months

Friday 16th July 2004
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What do you all make of Autosports lead story this week of Mika returning to F1, maybe to Williams, next season? This would surely scupper DCs chance of a decent seat for next year and maybe Mika/Webber would be a good line-up, but I'm not so sure you should ever go back...

jimmyc412t2

84 posts

238 months

Friday 16th July 2004
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My question is he was losing motivation during his final year at Mclaren, I can't see hoe racing a williams in its current from will be any better. He's going to be fightin Ferrari, Renault, BAR, AND Mclaren!

He's still young enough, but if it doesn't go to plan then it'll be a shame. He left with wins in his final year so it was a good feeling overall.

A bit like Mansell. If only he retired with that Victory at Adelaide '94 rather than the farce races of 1995.

Also it seemed dtrange of Nige in a mclaren after so long in a williams.

Mika in a williams, kind of the same thing if you ask me...

FourWheelDrift

88,560 posts

285 months

Friday 16th July 2004
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He was very nearly a Williams driver in 1993

Hakkinen.net said:

In 1993, Mika was supposed to drive for Williams with Alain Prost, but then some very strange things happened. First of all, Williams forgot to send an application to the FIA that confirmed that they intended to participate in the F1 World Championship in 1993. However, there is a rule that a team can be accepted to participate in a situation like that, if all the team managers from other teams sign a contract. But Lotus boss Peter Collins said he would only sign if Williams let go of Häkkinen. It was obvious that Williams had to let go of Mika so they could race next season. Eventually, they hired Damon Hill... Then Mika's options for 1993 were Ligier and McLaren. At Ligier, Mika would have been the number one race driver and at McLaren he would be the test-driver. Mika and Keke decided to gamble and chose McLaren.

OU812

11 posts

240 months

Friday 16th July 2004
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Well at least we might get to see a few more of his tantrums when it all goes wrong for him......

They were legendary!

murcielago

952 posts

253 months

Friday 16th July 2004
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Mika returning?

Another driver to try and beat Shumacher I suppose.