US EditionElla, Daughter of Two-Time F1 Champion Mika Hakkinen, Joins McLaren Driver Development Programme
Ella Hakkinen, 14, joins McLaren's Driver Development Programme as its youngest driver after strong karting results across Europe, preparing for single-seater racing in 2027.
- Next year, McLaren added Ella Hakkinen to its Driver Development Programme alongside British teenager Ella Stevens, joining Ella Lloyd to make three Ellas on its books.
- Hakkinen's karting results prompted McLaren, which said it supports Hakkinen’s performances and successes across Europe, to back the next generation of female drivers, CEO Zak Brown said.
- She will be the youngest driver on the programme and McLaren said Ella Hakkinen will test single-seaters ahead of 2027, while the team enters a second F1 Academy car run by Rodin Motorsport for Stevens.
- Zak Brown hailed the step while McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown said he is immensely proud of progress increasing female representation, and Mika Hakkinen suggested his daughter could become Formula One's first female driver since 1976.
- The family perspective and peer credentials suggest Stevens, 19 and the only woman to win Britain's premier karting class, highlights McLaren's junior intake, while Mika Hakkinen told Finnish paper Ilta-Sanomat last month he's speaking from experience as a former top driver.
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Formula One team McLaren announced on Monday that Ella, the daughter of two-time world champion Mika Häkkinen, has joined their young driver development program.
The name Häkkinen returns to the cosmos of McLaren. The British racing stable gives Mika's daughter a chance.
Legendary Finn Mika Häkkinen, a two-time Formula 1 world champion, believes that Ella Häkkinen will be the first woman to break into F1 this millennium.
Ella Häkkinen is preparing for the 2027 Formula One season at the driver academy.
McLaren signs 14-year-old Ella Häkkinen to driver development programme
Formula One champions McLaren have added Ella Hakkinen, 14-year-old daughter of Finland’s double world champion Mika, to their driver development programme along with British teenager Ella Stevens.
Ella, daughter of two-time F1 champion Mika Hakkinen, joins McLaren Driver Development Programme
Formula One constructors’ champion McLaren has added Ella Hakkinen, 14-year-old daughter of Finland’s double world champion Mika, to its Driver Development Programme, along with British teenager Ella Stevens.
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