Earlier today I was coming home from a meeting and I stopped by this second hand store. A lot of boring books but then I saw one with Mika Häkkinen on the cover. He used to be my favorite driver.
The book is called "Ruutulippu" and if we translate it to english it means checkered flag. This book is in finnish obviously and it's from the year 2000. It cost me 4 euros.
I have said many times earlier that if you buy a Formula One related book in Finland there's always a Finn on the cover. Even though Michael Schumacher won his first world championship with Ferrari that year it doesn't matter. The only thing Finns are interested in is how Häkkinen drove in the year 2000.
In the upper corner there is a text "Mika Häkkisen kova taistelu mestaruudesta" which means Mika Häkkinen's hard fight for the championship. Again nothing about Schumacher.
The book is not only about Formula One but all motor racing. It's very strange that the other Finnish superstar Marcus Grönholm won the world championship in the world rally series that year, but he wasn't on the cover! Why not?! That's how much Finns love Formula One!
Oh wait.. Grönholm is on the back cover. A very small picture.
