---
title: "Watch Nico Rosberg Pilot Mika Hakkinen’s McLaren P1 Around Monaco"
description: "Two of Formula 1's gentleman drivers get together for a fun time in the principality and make a heck of a video."
date: "2018-04-25"
modified: "2018-04-25"
authors:
  - name: "Jerry Perez"
    job_title: "Deputy Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/jerry-perez"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/20355/watch-nico-rosberg-pilot-mika-hakkinens-mclaren-p1-around-monaco"
categories:
  - "F1"
  - "McLaren News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Racing"
tags:
  - "Formula 1"
  - "mclaren"
  - "Mika Häkkinen"
  - "Monaco"
  - "Nico Rosberg"
  - "P1"
---

# Watch Nico Rosberg Pilot Mika Hakkinen’s McLaren P1 Around Monaco

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Rosberg and Hakkinen may be [two of Formula 1's most popular names](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/19933/formula-1-champ-mika-hakkinens-race-winning-kart-is-now-for-sale>), but at the same time, they're also two of Formula 1's classiest and most gentleman-like champions. As a result, most would think that bringing these two together in a car video would result in a yawn-worthy time, but as it turns out, that couldn't be further from the truth.

[Nico Rosberg](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/20021/formula-1-champ-nico-rosberg-to-make-formula-e-debut-in-berlin-e-prix>), the 2016 Formula 1 world champion met up with Mika Hakkinen, the 1998-1999 Formula 1 world champion, to enjoy a boys' day out in the hills around Monaco. Of course, they weren't going to do so in an electric scooter, although Rosberg does ride one at the beginning of the video, but in a much more special machine—Hakkinen's experimental-spec McLaren P1.

https://youtube.com/embed/40oSH-ABYow

After exchanging salutations, the Finnish F1 champ fires up his McLaren and heads out onto the busy Monegasque streets, but not before [activating the P1's fully electric mode](<https://www.thedrive.com/supercars/1225/mclaren-p1-wags-its-tail-goodbye>) inside the underground garage. You know, to keep the noise disturbance to a minimum—don't want to wake up the neighbors.

The eight or so minutes that follow are pure gold in the sense that nothing of what the duo does is expected. Perhaps it's the fact that the internet is filled with so many car videos nowadays that it's nearly impossible to find an original angle to a car video, but [leave it up to a German](<https://www.thedrive.com/start-finish/15821/nico-rosberg-says-genetics-have-everything-to-do-with-f1-success>) and a Finn to come up with an enjoyable, light-hearted, and even funny piece of driving footage.

Sure, the McLaren is cool, but the chemistry between these two is pure gold.

## Author
Jerry is responsible for upholding The Drive's ethos as an audience-first, enthusiast-driven car blog that serves up industry-leading news, reviews, culture, and motorsport coverage. Overseeing a staff of writers and editors from his home base in Indianapolis, he helps curate the site's daily rundown, as well as its medium- and long-term content strategies. Jerry joined The Drive in 2018 as a writer and worked as news editor and managing editor before becoming the deputy in 2023. As a lifelong car enthusiast and racing fan, Jerry believes that all cars are cool, but the people behind the machines are even cooler. This belief often gives The Drive a slightly different focus from most other car sites, where we explore the humanity behind the machines. When he's not obsessing over the day's biggest stories or hanging out at a race track, Jerry can be found behind the wheel of a car, most likely sharing a laugh with his teenage son or daughter.

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