Mika Häkkinen: 'To succeed you need to test your limits'
Watch Formula 1 champion Mika Häkkinen explain how to be a winner Image: REUTERS/Jason Reed
I don't want to sit down and just look back: 'Yeah, I won a World Championship a couple of times, that's enough.' I want to improve with my family, with my business ... I want to win more.
Former Formula 1 World Champion Mika Häkkinen talks about driving 350km an hour, trying to have fun and what it takes to be a true winner – in this interview filmed at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos earlier this year.
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