Finnish driver Mika Hakkinen has crashed out of the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
Hakkinen was running second when he skidded off the course and crashed into tyre barriers on the 26th lap.
It is the second year in a row that Hakkinen has failed to finish the opening race of the season.
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