 Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Pakupera kwemwaka kwakaitwa muAustralia, Motokari yaHäkkinen yakatambura kukundikana kwevhiri panguva yekutanga yekukodzera kwechiitiko ichi neChishanu, izvo zvakakonzera kuti mota yake ive mumhepo uye ichirovera padivi muchipingamupinyi chekuputika kunze kwekona yeBrewery, kona inokurumidza kwazvo yeAdelaide Street Circuit, pakumhanya kunofungidzirwa kwe120 mph. Musangano wacho wakambomiswa nokuti Häkkinen akanga akuvara zvakaipisisa pamusana pokukuvara kwepfupa romusoro, kubuda ropa mukati uye kuvharika kwenzira dzake dzokufema. Hupenyu hwake hwakaponeswa nekuedza kwechikwata chezvokurapa chepamugwagwa chaisanganisira vanachiremba Jereme Lockings naSteve Lewis kubva kuRoyal Adelaide Hospital, mumwe wavo akaita chirwere chechimbichimbi checricothyroidotomy pamugwagwa. Häkkinen akaendeswa pakarepo neamburenzi kuchipatara cheRoyal Adelaide chiri pedyo icho sezvineicho chaiva chinenge hafu yekiromita kubva mudunhu racho. Ikoko akaramba ari mumamiriro ezvinhu akaipisisa achitarisirwa neTrauma Service, Neurosurgical Unit, uye Intensive Care Unit uye akaramba ari muchipatara kwemwedzi inenge miviri. Pakupedzisira akapora zvinoshamisa. Sechiratidzo chokuonga nokuda kworutarisiro rwokurapa rwekirasi yevakuru yaakagamuchira, Häkkinen akapa mari yakawanda isingazivikanwi yokubetsera kuvaka nzvimbo inomhara ndege yeThe Royal Adelaide Hospital, uye akaita rwendo chairwo kuAustralia nokuda kwomutambo wokuzarura wapamutemo muna March 1997. 