Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan shekaru hudu wanda ya ba da nasara kaɗan, Häkkinen ya ci nasararsa ta farko ta Formula One a 1997. Ya ci gaba da lashe tsere takwas na kakar wasa ta 1998, yana tabbatar da gasar zakarun duniya a gasar Grand Prix ta Japan
; Nasararsa kuma ta taimaka wa McLaren ya tabbatar da Gasar Masu Gina Duniya. Ya maimaita nasarar da ya samu a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a 1999, inda ya ci nasara biyar. Ya gama a matsayin mai tsere a gasar zakarun Turai a shekara ta 2000, a bayan Michael Schumacher kuma ya sami karin nasarori biyu a shekara ta 2001 kafin ya sanar da hutun hutu daga wasan, wanda ya zama cikakken ritaya a tsakiyar shekara ta 2002.