Mika Hakkinen claims he would’ve ‘won 10 F1 titles’ if McLaren had Michael Schumacher’s 'luxury' of private Fiorano track

However, Hakkinen’s McLaren couldn’t facilitate a special track for training and testing the challenger back then. Hence, the Former driver added that they didn’t have the luxury to do so. Apart from this, the 55-year-old pointed towards the Fiorano track and the test driver available for Maranello during the time.

But, since we didn't have this luxury, we didn't have the opportunity to solve problems so quickly. Ferrari obviously had Fiorano, a test driver, and unlimited time to test on the track 

Mika Hakkinen reveals how Michael Schumacher and Ferrari used Fiorano to fix car issues

Hakkinen continued his chain of thoughts by explaining how Ferrari simply turned to Fiorano to fix the car issues. However, McLaren had a test bench for testing the components which wasn’t equivalent to physically testing the car out on track. Additionally, Hakkinen believed that money wasn’t the issue as the team had enough money to carry out testing on a track.

When they had a difficulty, while competing on a track, they had another car that turned in Fiorano and solved the problems. We had the test bench for testing the components, but a test bench is not as precise as a test on the track. I don't think it was a question of money: there was money.

Mika Hakkinen added that there were enough people in the system to solve the problems. However, the elements needed to work well together to ensure a smooth sailing season for McLaren. Regardless, Fiorano for Ferrari helped the team much more than other teams could imagine down the season.

here were enough people in our system to solve the problems. But it is necessary to make these elements work and test them. You have to have a track and Ferrari had a test track in Fiorano.

Despite the issues during the time, Hakkinen overcame them and won the World Championships in 1998 and 1999. Hence, the driver was awarded with the title ‘The Flying Finn’ solely due to his performance in the seasons. As a result, the Finnish boasts a great history in F1 despite the issues faced by him back in the day.