Iceman’s heart melted by pole dancer

Mika Hakkinen and his new WAG, stripper Marketa Kromotova, were papped on the beaches of Cote d’Azur, “romping like lovestruck teenagers”. Kromotova, 30, is a pole dancer at Cologne’s Pascha club.

Hakkinen told the Express, Cologne’s daily tabloid, of his new happiness, saying: “I have an exciting new life.”

Yeah, we can just imagine Mika saying that in his flat Finnish tones.

Three vids to make Felipe Massa feel better

1. 1982 Monaco Grand Prix
Poor Didier Pironi led on the final lap but his car broke down in the famous tunnel. Andrea de Cesaris then stopped on the approach to the casino complex, allowing Riccardo Patrese - who had already spun out - to trundle over the finishing line in his re-started Brabham.

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Some of our favourite images from Hockenheim

Lewis Hamilton in the spotlight after his stunning win.

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Finnish F1 legend loses priceless silverware in accident

We told you not long ago about the fire that razed Mika Hakkinen’s new French mansion. Now it’s been confirmed, by the great man himself, that his precious F1 trophies were indeed burnt to an unrecognisable cinder in the accidental blaze. “They were destroyed,” Haikkinen told German newspaper Express.

Not a great surprise, given that the fire reportedly started in his trophy cabinet (faulty wiring, apparently), but a great shame that he should lose a bunch of silverware that can never be properly replaced. Cowboy electricians, eh.

Finnish ex-world champ loses French mansion in fire

Mika Hakkinen, pictured here chilling out with Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton (it’s actually a still from a Mercedes advert), may be crying in the woods today after learning that his newly built French mansion burnt down at the weekend.

The blaze started at around four o’clock on Saturday morning and destroyed most of the building, which had only just been completed. There seems to be some doubt over whether or not Hakkinen was at home, although his girlfriend, who was definitely in, fled the building. The fire was reportedly caused by a short-circuit in the lighting system in one his trophy cabinets, making the Flying Finn a genuine victim of his own success.

Enjoy some of the ballsiest manoeuvres seen in Formula 1. Then tell us which ones we missed (or couldn’t find on YouTube)

1. Nigel Mansell on Nelson Piquet (Silverstone, 1987)

A classic dummy from Mansell, one of motorsport’s most fearless overtakers. Nige jinked left then powered through on Piquet’s right. The Silverstone crowd went wild.