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==Personal life== Häkkinen has lived in [[Monaco]] since 1991. He also owns properties in France and Finland.<ref name="interviewhakkinen"/> On 18 May 2008, his newly completed mansion in France was burned down after a light in one of his trophy cabinets short circuited. No injuries were reported, although Häkkinen's collection of Formula One trophies was destroyed.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hakkinen loses his house|work=grandprix.com|publisher=Inside F1, Inc.|url=http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns20365.html|date=18 May 2008|access-date=3 October 2014|archive-date=7 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092546/http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns20365.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Häkkinen married Erja Honkanen, a former TV journalist, in 1998. The couple have one son and one daughter. They divorced in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|author=F1-Live.com|title=Hakkinen and wife Erja to divorce|work=CAPSIS International|url=http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/080209044240.shtml|access-date=29 June 2015|archive-date=24 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924192043/http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/080209044240.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Häkkinen also has two daughters and a son with his Czech second wife<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihde/a/201701142200053853|title=Mika Häkkinen ja Marketa juhlivat häitään Rovaniemellä|language=fi|publisher=[[Ilta-Sanomat]]|date=14 January 2017|access-date=6 October 2021|archive-date=6 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006123639/https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihde/a/201701142200053853|url-status=live}}</ref> Markéta Remešová.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iltasanomat.fi/viihde/T%C3%A4ss%C3%A4%20on%20Mika%20H%C3%A4kkisen%20ja%20Marketan%20Ella-vauva/art-1288361366443.html|title=Tässä on Mika Häkkisen ja Marketan Ella-vauva|language=fi|publisher=[[Ilta-Sanomat]]|date=10 January 2011|access-date=1 March 2011|archive-date=12 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112204945/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/viihde/T%C3%A4ss%C3%A4%20on%20Mika%20H%C3%A4kkisen%20ja%20Marketan%20Ella-vauva/art-1288361366443.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=HBL|title=Häkkinens tvillingar fick namn|url=http://gamla.hbl.fi/nyheter/2014-02-06/564636/hakkinens-tvillingar-fick-namn|trans-title=Häkkinen twins were named|language=sv|work=Hufvudstadsbladet|publisher=KSF Media|date=6 February 2014|access-date=2 November 2014|archive-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413164240/http://gamla.hbl.fi/nyheter/2014-02-06/564636/hakkinens-tvillingar-fick-namn|url-status=live}}</ref> Häkkinen joined [[Johnnie Walker]] as Global Responsible Drinking Ambassador for [[Diageo]] in September 2006, campaigning for the message of responsible drinking. He also led the organisation's Join the Pact campaign to spread consumer commitments for the prevention of drunk driving.<ref>{{cite web|title=Johnnie Walker extends its relationship with Mika Hakkinen as global responsible drinking ambassador for its F1 sponsorship programme|url=http://www.diageo.com/en-sc/newsmedia/pages/resource.aspx?resourceid=1350|work=Diageo|date=12 September 2012|access-date=4 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084505/http://www.diageo.com/en-sc/newsmedia/pages/resource.aspx?resourceid=1350|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is also brand ambassador for [[Mercedes-Benz]] and [[UBS]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Partners|url=https://www.ubs.com/microsites/formula1/en/more/partners.html|work=UBS|access-date=4 February 2016|archive-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905142231/https://www.ubs.com/microsites/formula1/en/more/partners.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, he became an official brand ambassador for [[Nokian Tyres]].<ref>{{cite web|title=F1 Champ Häkkinen to be Nokian 'ambassador'|date=17 February 2016|url=http://www.tirebusiness.com/article/20160217/NEWS/160219935/f1-champ-h-kkinen-to-be-nokian-ambassador|access-date=27 April 2016|archive-date=20 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420120913/https://www.tirebusiness.com/article/20160217/NEWS/160219935/f1-champ-hkkinen-to-be-nokian-ambassador|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Mika Hakkinen helmet 2017 Donington Grand Prix Collection.jpg|thumb|Häkkinen's 1998 helmet]]
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