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On this day: Hakkinen's final F1 win at Indianapolis

Original: RaceFans (@racefansdotnet): NEW: On This Day: Hakkinen shrugs off penalty to score final win at Indianapolis More: https

Motorsport outlet RaceFans marks the anniversary of Mika Hakkinen's final Formula 1 victory, scored at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway despite starting with a grid penalty. The Finnish driver overcame the sanction to take the win, which proved to be the last of his career. The retrospective has drawn attention from F1 fans revisiting the 2001 United States Grand Prix and Hakkinen's late-career turnaround that season.

Why now: The anniversary of the race prompted a nostalgic retrospective that fans are sharing.

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• RaceFans (@racefansdotnet): NEW: On This Day: Hakkinen shrugs off penalty to score final win at Indianapolis More: https:// t.co/8Iz2VUNRMfOn This Day: Hakkinen shrugs off penalty to score final win at IndianapolisHakkinen grabs final win despite a grid penalty at Indianapolis… · f1bot@mastodon.jeckyll.net

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