Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Don 2000, Häkkinen ya sanya kansa sabon iyaka tare da shirye-shiryen jiki da na tunani don kakar wasa mai zuwa. Ya kuma yi imanin cewa shi tare da Schumacher da Coulthard za su kasance manyan direbobi na 2000. Ya jimre mummunan farawa: A zagaye na farko a Ostiraliya, motocin McLaren biyu sun yi ritaya tare da lalacewar injin bayan sun kammala kasa da rabin tseren tseren; kuma a tseren na gaba a Brazil
, An tilasta Häkkinen yin ritaya lokacin da matsin mai na motarsa ya zama matsala. Koyaya, wannan ya nuna wani juyi yayin da Häkkinen ya ɗauki matsayi na biyu a jere a zagaye biyu masu zuwa, kuma daga baya ya sami nasararsa ta farko a wannan kakar a Spain.