Just curious, he seems to be only using half his face when smiling/talking/whatever. Even his left eye is out of line! Maybe a result of his near-death crash? I know people with half their face paralized due to injury. Also Hakkinen's case?
What's the deal with Mika's face?
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, May 22 2001 06:35
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Posted 22 May 2001 - 06:41
Erja bitch slapping him around at home. (Could not resist!)
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Posted 22 May 2001 - 06:59
Mika`s left side of his face got complately paralyzed in his horrible crash in Adeleide 1995.
In early part of 1996 one could clearly notice that his mouth`s left side was "hanging" and not working like rest of his mouth.
He also lost almost all hearing from one of his reas so it was quite a big one...
In early part of 1996 one could clearly notice that his mouth`s left side was "hanging" and not working like rest of his mouth.
He also lost almost all hearing from one of his reas so it was quite a big one...
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Posted 22 May 2001 - 07:28
Silver, you wrote : "Mika`s left side of his face got complately paralyzed in his horrible crash in Adeleide 1995.
In early part of 1996 one could clearly notice that his mouth`s left side was "hanging" and not working like rest of his mouth.
He also lost almost all hearing from one of his reas so it was quite a big one..."
This is absolutely true. A part of Mika's facial nerves damaged in the Adelaide crash. You can easily see, how different the both sides of his face are. The area near his left eye is almost complitely paralyzed, so it has kind of a lizard look. That is also one reason, why he does not often make a big smile. It would be a onesided one.
Mika's ability to measure distances was hurt for a few weeks after the crash. If it would not have recovered, Mika's career in F1 would have been over.
Mika's left ear is almost complitely deaf. That is one reason, why he has difficulties to recognize speech, if there is a loud noise on the back. That has happened during some interviews and post-race conferences.
MH has had some problems in the post-race conferences, and one reason to that is because his english is not very fluent and especially because of his intonation. He has a typical finnish intonation, where the tone is slightly up in the beginning of the sentence and then the tone goes down. However, english is not supposed to be spoken like that. It gives the impression, that the speaker does not really care if the others are listening or understanding anything. Obviously the speaker tells his story, because he is forced to do that, but he does not like the situation at all.
In early part of 1996 one could clearly notice that his mouth`s left side was "hanging" and not working like rest of his mouth.
He also lost almost all hearing from one of his reas so it was quite a big one..."
This is absolutely true. A part of Mika's facial nerves damaged in the Adelaide crash. You can easily see, how different the both sides of his face are. The area near his left eye is almost complitely paralyzed, so it has kind of a lizard look. That is also one reason, why he does not often make a big smile. It would be a onesided one.
Mika's ability to measure distances was hurt for a few weeks after the crash. If it would not have recovered, Mika's career in F1 would have been over.
Mika's left ear is almost complitely deaf. That is one reason, why he has difficulties to recognize speech, if there is a loud noise on the back. That has happened during some interviews and post-race conferences.
MH has had some problems in the post-race conferences, and one reason to that is because his english is not very fluent and especially because of his intonation. He has a typical finnish intonation, where the tone is slightly up in the beginning of the sentence and then the tone goes down. However, english is not supposed to be spoken like that. It gives the impression, that the speaker does not really care if the others are listening or understanding anything. Obviously the speaker tells his story, because he is forced to do that, but he does not like the situation at all.
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Posted 22 May 2001 - 08:08
I've also heard that this hearing problem may have been the cause of (or a factor in) his 'phantom' pitstop in Australia 1998.
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Posted 22 May 2001 - 08:14
This thread made me wonder, could a deaf person drive F1? I guess they couldnt because they wouldnt be able to gear when the engine was over revving?
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Posted 22 May 2001 - 08:36
what about the lights on the steering wheel also i'm sure your body can feel the engine over revvingOriginally posted by pRy
This thread made me wonder, could a deaf person drive F1? I guess they couldnt because they wouldnt be able to gear when the engine was over revving?
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Posted 22 May 2001 - 08:42
Originally posted by slick1jayj
Erja bitch slapping him around at home. (Could not resist!)
Classy, just pure class
And we are talking about a man with half of his face paralized due to injury and his wife......lets see, hmmm....
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Posted 22 May 2001 - 13:00
MFM wrote "MH has had some problems in the post-race conferences...".
What many perceive as a problem I think is a brilliant sense of humor. I really enjoy Mika's post race interviews and his no nonsense approach to idiotic questions.
Mika is the classiest guy in F1.
What many perceive as a problem I think is a brilliant sense of humor. I really enjoy Mika's post race interviews and his no nonsense approach to idiotic questions.
Mika is the classiest guy in F1.
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Posted 22 May 2001 - 13:10
Originally posted by miniman
MFM wrote "MH has had some problems in the post-race conferences...".
What many perceive as a problem I think is a brilliant sense of humor. I really enjoy Mika's post race interviews and his no nonsense approach to idiotic questions.
Mika is the classiest guy in F1.
agreed:up:
