Sausageman
Active Member
Hakkinen is a 2 time WDC, and would have been a 3 time if it wasn't for the crap reliability of the Mclaren in 2000. Ron Dennis has been very close to Mika since that tire puncture which almost took Mika's life back in 1995. If Mika wants to test again, he should be allowed to considering all he's done for Mclaren. I'll be rooting for him in the DTM this year.
McLaren are fighting a close battle with Ferrari. They cannot afford to let just anyone, even Mika Hakkinen, to use up their precious testing time just because he wants to. Mika has been away from F1 for a long time and is off the pace. Even if there is some valuable feedback he could give to the team, it's nothing that Alonso, Hamilton or McLaren's other test drivers can't do.