MARCH 15, 2002
Hakkinen's future
The news that Mika Hakkinen and Keke Rosberg have ended their longtime management deal is perhaps the best indication yet that Hakkinen will not be returning to Formula 1 in 2003.
Hakkinen stood down at the end of last season, saying he was taking a sabbatical year, but all the major drives for 203 already seem to be filled and Hakkinen is unlikely to try his luck in the midfield. The fact that he no longer has Rosberg to help guide him suggests that we will not be seeing the Finnish star back in an F1 car.