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Hakkinen has struggled in 2001
Reuters
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BERLIN -- Former world champion Mika
Hakkinen will retire from Formula One racing at the end of the
season, a German motor sports publication said on Sunday.
Auto Bild said in an advance extract from its Tuesday
edition that Frenchman Olivier Panis would replace Hakkinen at
McLaren for the 2002 season.
However, Norbert Haug, sporting director of McLaren's engine
partner Mercedes, told the German sports news agency SID on
Sunday: "As ever in such cases it is all pure speculation."
Hakkinen, world champion in 1998 and 1999, has had a poor
season, collecting only nine points in the 10 races so far.
The 32-year-old Finn, who entered Formula One with Lotus in
1991, moved to McLaren in 1993 and won his first grand prix --
the European Grand Prix in Jerez, Spain -- in 1997.
He has won 18 grands prix in 155 Formula One races.
Panis, 35, was a test driver for McLaren last year and
drives for the British American Racing (BAR) team.
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