S CW Hamilton as well, but he does it in the opposite way. "Thanks to the fans who have been supporting me, thanks to the team, thanks to my family, my friends,... Oh and... Starts answering the question, but completely forgets to actually answer it, because through the amount of bullshit he says he seems to forget what the question was. However, in Czech you say "A stupid answer gets a stupid reply", so I kind of find it satisfactory.
Reporter: "Do you now think that you're the favorite for the championship?" Mika: "..., um, ..." Schumacher (quietly): "You gotta say yes" Mika: "..., (quietly) haha" You just gotta love that time
He also knows when questions are inappropriate, not only when they are ridiculous. He wrote Michael a letter published in Germany after the skiing accident of Schumacher. He has a great personality. What an honour to have watched the two live fighting for the win.
@Lo Value Example: See= Nähdä I see = Minä Näen You see = Sinä näet He/she sees = Hän näkee It sees = Se näkee We see = Me näemme You see = Te näette They see = He näkevät We have so many words for only one word and they have very different meanings.
My favorite F1 driver of all time. Some people said he was ignorant but he just didn't enjoy talking to the press with a film camera pointed at him. He's just a bit shy.
If the greeks wouldn't had invented laconism, he would've... Brilliant pieces. As an introvert finn myself, I'd say it's no fun to talk to strangers at all & preferring to keep it to him/herself without too much babble/ramble, unlike some other nations, mind you... .....
Some of these funny remarks can be explained by the 1995 accident which made him partly deaf. So many times he probably didn't hear the question properly.
Yep. I've also heard (take this with a grain of salt) that he was partially brain-damaged from that accident which affected his ability to communicate. If you watch the interviews of him before his accident, which were rare, he talked 'normally', as in his speech patterns flowed and didn't have long pauses and few words like we know him for from his title winning years.
Michael Schumacher said when they raced mika was the only driver he feared. What a thing to be proud of. Michael Schumacher fears losing against you more than anyone else.
"Mika, you had a great start, talk us through that" "Well I released the clutch quickly, went to gear 2, then 3, then 4 and then turned the car into turn 1...." 😂
Mika........how does it feel to know you're driving a car with clouds above you and wind blowing in your direction in certain situations but in others it is helping which may or may not improve on your lap time depending on the gravitational pull of the moon?
Why they couldn't just get him a translator? There are several head of states that don't speak fluent english and have translators. His job was to drive, right? 🤷♀️ How many native english speakers are fluent in any other language? 😅
If you watch any of his finnish interviews. He's actually really talkative,charming and funny. It was really their loss not giving him the opportunity to express himself 😕
This video has been in my "favorites" since I joined youtube I think. Never fails to amuse :D. You probably have to be a Finn to understand this. I've tried to explain this to my foreign work colleagues that its tough when someone begins a conversation with me: Other person: "Heey, how are you doing?". Me: "hmm.. well.. hmm.." ((thinking feverishly. hmm, how am I really doing?)) :D. I can really relate and hear that feeling in Häkkinen's speech when reporter is saying "you must feel very pleased".. xD
@@andreajimed89 No problem with words to describe but its that these kind of questions are taken way too seriously :) Basically as small talk or talking about feelings isn't really thrown around in Finland so when someone is asking (in finnish) that how are you doing? Or are you sad/happy etc? The other person thinks that the asker is genuinely wanting to hear about your emotional feeling. And one really has to THINK what to answer. :) Also bragging or overconfidence or traditionally even "feeling good publicly" is considered impolite so one usually avoids it. So when considering Mika's answers: When asked "do you think you're now favorite for the championship". He's clearly not wanting to say yes as he doesn't want to be impolite to Michael there and he really DOES NOT KNOW is he the favorite :P. When he could just say kind of "yes sure, whatever but its still a long way" And when asked "you must feel really pleased". He's thoughts are going like: "well I'm happy about the win, but on the other hand there's still races to go.. I also got this itch in my back.. dentist coming up next week.. so am I really pleased? What really does "pleased" mean anycase?".. xD. Its so funny but I can relate to Mika's anxiousness :D
Wish more drivers were like this....a lot of them just like to hear themselves talk. If you do some amazing driving do you really need to say anymore? lol
I never really liked him in 98/99 when coulthard made that deal who ever gets to the first corner of the first race the team back that driver to win , that was mika idea
Jonas Ben No... English isn't his first language so for him it isn't so easy to make small talk or answer right to all questions. In Finnish he always told and answered with many words.
I(t's touchy subject so i'm not sure at all would he mention it and it is very clear that he used to be more talkative and his english was more "natural"
He's soo socially akward! But what happens in the course is only thing that matters. The way he races is the way he talks/expresses himself, not in front of the media press.
O no I completely understand that. Im not a Fin but I feel the same way because, well frankly I dislike people haha. I must ask though, are social events in Finland super quiet and awkward?
