Hakkinen In A Spin.

Championship leader Mika Hakkinen damaged his car during a spin in opening practice for the Belgian GP, but still believes that he can win Sunday's race.


The Finn, who appeared unconcerned about the incident, claims that he touched a kerb made slippery by overnight rain and simply lost the car. (It was a very normal type of spin that happens very often,) Hakkinen said, (but it should not happen. I went too much [over the kerb] and I lost the back end.)


(We made some good progress today, however,) he added, (We are working on the set-up to try and get as much as possible out of the car. At the moment it is a good situation.)