Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan shekaru hudu da suka ba da nasara kaɗan, Häkkinen ya ci nasararsa ta farko a Formula One a 1997. Ya ci gaba da lashe tsere takwas na kakar wasa ta 1998, yana tabbatar da gasar zakarun duniya a karshen kakar wasa
Gasar Grand Prix ta Japan; nasararsa ta kuma taimaka wa McLaren ya tabbatar da Gasar Zakarun Duniya. Ya maimaita nasarar da ya samu a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a shekarar 1999, inda ya ci nasara sau 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.