häkkinen was/is great, he did not loose his speed after that bad bad accident, when he came back from koma, he just asked dennis if it was his fault. salo was fast when had shumachers car for a few races, rosberg was f1 champion with NA engine against turboes. And yes Kimi has showed also that he is not actually not as slow as he is bad as a speaker. And his wife Jenni is quite a looker
In rallying old master Mäkinen with his Mini was very good against ferraris and porches of that time. Kankkunen came after Mikkola, Salonen, Alen and Vatanen, being very fast also 4times world champion, i would say the king of groupB. As is Mäkinen also with groupA, wrc is a bit different story and how to drive them too. active differentials make a huge difference for witch style to attack corner is fastest, to drift or not to drift. so who is the best racing driver(from finland), i like Janne Tapio a fellow from my hometown, baptised the same day as i am, very fast on snowmobile. But if you have read old performance car magazines, with interviews from juha kankkunen and stories about co-piloting him, he is my hero, the best racing driver of them all. Like one writer once said, he may have god like talent, but if you sit by him in a race car you´ll know he is the devil