Meanwhile, at the front of the formula one field, the 1980 champion alan jones unexpectedly announced his retirement and frank williams was forced, at the last minute, to hire the only reasonably competent driver available. The mercedes drivers father, the inimitable flying finn keke rosberg, won that 1984 race in. Youtube the 2019 formula 1 drivers speaking in their mother tongues. Nico did not get his drivers licence until one year later. His son and retired driver nico rosberg was born in germany, has german and finnish citizenship and raced under the german flag. Nico rosberg announced his retirement from formula one days after winning his first championship. After winning their first race at the 1954 french grand prix, driver juan manuel fangio won another three grands prix to win the 1954 drivers championship and repeated this success in 1955. Nico rosberg announced his retirement on friday, five days after the 31yearold german driver secured his first formula one title. Won the f1 championship once attended in 9 seasons and have 127 race entrances was born on 6 december 1948, finland. Nico rosberg retires days after winning formula one title. According to nico rosberg, only one current formula one driver smokes cigarettes. Nico erik rosberg born 27 june 1985 is a retired germanfinnish formula one racing driver and 2016 formula one world champion. Click on the site to see nico rosbergs career results at that track glossary. Nico rosberg, a f1 driver, holds dual nationality from germany and finland.
Daniel ricciardo begins a new life at renault, with pierre gasly taking over his red bull seat. Nico rosberg chooses his top five greatest formula one drivers of. With five wins he became the first gp2 champion, while also serving as a test driver for williams. With the 2017 formula one season set to begin next month, the sport can rarely have experienced such a dramatic off season. Rosberg won only one race all season the swiss grand prix but consistency gave him the drivers championship, five points clear of pironi and john watson. The highlyrated esteban ocon returns with renault after a year on the f1 sidelines, while williams nicholas latifi has the honour of being the sole rookie on the grid. Despite winning two drivers championships, mercedesbenz withdrew from motor racing in response to the 1955 le mans disaster and did not return to formula one until rejoining as an. When he was just six years old nico rosberg decided he was going to emulate his famous father and become a formula one world champion. Rosberg, one of the mercedes amg petronas formula one tm team drivers, clinched the 2016 fia formula one tm world drivers championship 1 in. Formula 1 f1 porsche racing history vehicles pictures cars historia.
The autosport survey placed rosberg in 25th in the top 40 greatest f1 drivers in history. Nico rosberg announces formula 1 retirement to fans. Monza, italy cnn mercedes has the fastest two cars in formula one this season but there is just one problem there can only be one world champion. The only driver to beat lewis hamilton in formula 1s v6 turbo hybrid era is nico rosberg, who did so in the 2016 season. Former world champion nico rosberg has knocked down suggestions that max verstappen is a better driver than lewis hamilton instead claiming his old mercedes rival will finish as formula one. He is the 2016 world champion, and is wellknown for beating the seventime world champion michael schumacher comprehensively on his comeback in. Ahead of his formula one debut, nico rosberg tells donald mcrae that he wont be slowed by the heavy shadow of his world champion father. Nico rosberg on life after formula one and becoming an ecoinvestor. Nico rosberg calls red bulls max verstappen the most annoying. Team rosberg gmbh is a motor racing organisation that competes in singleseater and touring car disciplines in europe. Williams did not have a car that could compete with. The new gp2 category, designed as a stepping stone to formula one, was rosbergs destination for 2005.
F1 drivers 2020 hamilton, verstappen, vettel and more. Jj lehto was managed by keke rosberg and joined formula one with onyx in 1989. Keijo erik rosberg known as keke, is a finnish former racing driver and winner of the 1982 formula one world championship. Exformula 1 driver nico rosberg has created his own driver development programme, aimed at being able to find and support new talent in motorsport.
Former world champion and sky f1 pundit nico rosberg has named the five drivers he believes should be considered the greatest of all time. Born in germany to finnish former world champion keke rosberg and his german wife sina, he holds dual nationality. Nico rosberg on life after formula one and becoming an eco. Rosberg stuns formula one with retirement bombshell. It seemed a farfetched fantasy, even for a boy benefitting from a privileged upbringing in monaco. Nico rosberg retires from formula one digital trends.
Former formula 1 driver nico rosberg fluent in 5 languages. List of formula one world drivers champions wikipedia. Former f1 driver nico rosberg was teammates with both michael schumacher and lewis hamilton and said the brit is a more natural talent than the german legend. Formula one champion nico rosberg announces retirement. He took the title by five points, and was the only man to outscore ferraris didier pironi who didnt take part in the final four races of the season due to careerending leg injuries. Nico entered the professional formula one arena in 2006, with the team williams, a team with which his father keke rosberg had been a world champion back in 1982. Nico rosberg is a former germanfinnish formula one race car driver known as one of the best two best players in the sport alongside lewis hamilton.
Rosberg was the second driver to win the championship having won only one race in the season, after mike hawthorn in 1958. A day in the life of f1 driver nico rosberg can you keep. Nico rosberg calls red bulls max verstappen the most annoying f1 driver he ever faced in his career. The drivers championship was first awarded in 1950, to giuseppe farina. The home of formula 1 driver nico rosberg on sky sports. He is the father of retired formula one driver and 2016 formula one world champion nico rosberg.
Me and my motor interview with f1 star by jeremy taylor. Nico erik rosberg born 27 june 1985 in wiesbaden, west germany is a retired german formula one driver who formerly drove for williams and mercedes. His championship quest took a heavy toll, prompting a final twist in the. Lewis hamilton will finish as formula ones greatest of. The 2016 title winner became the latest member of the sky. Indeed it took 25 years of hard effort for nico to make his childhood dream come true. Nico rosberg has stunned formula one by announcing his retirement, just five days after the 31yearold became the sports world champion he said he had climbed my mountain.
Australian grand prix nico rosberg f1 drivers fathers love f1 racing car and driver formula one world championship race cars. Former f1 driver nico rosberg said michael schumachers. Nico rosberg was also the first german driver to win the formula one title with a german car and team, and now becomes the first champion to walk away without defending the title since frenchman. Nico rosberg f1 driver biography f1 fanatic racefans. The 2014 fia formula one world championship was the 68th season of fia formula one motor racing.
Get all the latest news, race results, video highlights, interviews and more. Nico rosberg career overview years in numbers the following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in. Axalta paints cars for championship drivers nico rosberg. Nico rosberg labels max verstappen the most annoying driver in the f1 paddock max verstappen has proven hes one of the top drivers in the formula 1 world, but he continually got under the. Taking over from the retiring alan jones at williams in 1982, rosbergs sole victory that year came in the swiss gp at dijon, his maiden success in f1. Nico rosberg, the son of finnish 1982 world champion keke rosberg, was born in germany and has dual nationality his karting career was backed by his father and in 2000 rosberg snr used his mercedes connections to arrange backing for nico to. As a karting champion in france when only twelve and then youngest man to ever drive a formula one car, aged just 17 in december 2002, nico rosbergs racing career has always been running in. Rosberg crowned formula one world champion mercedes driver finishes second behind teammate hamilton in seasonending abu dhabi gp to win maiden crown.
Nico rosberg announces retirement following f1 world. Nico erik rosberg born 27 june 1985 is a germanfinnish former racing driver who won the 2016 formula one world. At just 31 years of age and fresh off his first formula one world drivers championship, nico rosberg has announced his retirement. Nico rosberg is your 2016 formula one world drivers champion. It was founded in 1994 by former formula one world champion keke rosberg, of finland. Nico rosberg takes formula one drivers title despite. Mercedes driver rosberg has come close to a world drivers championship before, but has never clinched it until today.
He signed rosberg after he won the gp2 championship and nico broke into f1 one year before lewis hamilton. Some big changes for 2019, not least ferrari protege charles leclerc stepping up from sauber to partner sebastian vettel with former champion kimi raikkonen heading in the opposite direction. Nico rosberg has praised max verstappens role and influence in f1 but has called the red bull racer one of the most annoying rivals he faced in formula one. When nico rosberg quit motor racing days after winning the 2016 formula one world championship, there was speculation that his rivalry with lewis hamilton was the reason for the shock decision. Nico rosberg announces shock f1 retirement after maiden.
He was the first finnish driver to compete regularly in the series. But rosberg has perhaps learned his lessons from a driver from another age as well, as he became only the second son of a formula one world champion after graham and damon hill to win the. He has successfully followed the footsteps of his father keke, 1982 formula 1. A day in the life of f1 driver nico rosberg can you keep up. Ages 17, he was, at the time, the youngest driver ever to get behind the wheel of a formula one racing car. Stability is the name of the game for the 2020 season, with eight of the 10 formula 1 teams fielding unaltered lineups in their bid for grand prix glory. Driver nico rosberg 2016 formula one results racing. He drove for williams f1 and mercedes amg petronas under the german flag. Nico rosberg f1 driver nico rosberg formula 1 driver career. We follow nico rosberg for the day to see what he gets up to in between races. His son is retired formula one driver nico rosberg who won the 2016 formula one world championship.
Nico erik rosberg born 27 june 1985 is a germanfinnish former racing driver who won the 2016 formula one world championship. The former racing driver explains why investing in green tech has never been more important. His championship quest took a heavy toll, prompting. Tesla enlists former formula one champion as model s. In 2005 nico entered the new gp2 category with the art team. The conversation of smoking come up when rosberg was recalling the last time f1 visited texas. Just five days after he fulfilled his childhood dream of winning the formula one world drivers championship, nico rosberg unexpectedly announced on. Keke rosberg racing career profile driver database. Nico rosberg has revealed who he would consider to be the greatest drivers in formula one history, and he has included lewis hamilton.
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