Nico Erik Rosberg (born 27 June 1985) is a German and Finnish entrepreneur and former professional racing driver. He competed in Formula One from 2006 to 2016, winning the World Drivers' Championship in 2016 with Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport. The only child of Finnish 1982 Formula One World Champion Keke Rosberg and his German wife Sina Rosberg, he was raised primarily in the Principality of Monaco.
Rosberg began competitive go-kart racing at the age of six and achieved early success, winning regional and national French championships, before moving to European-based series and world championships. At the age of 16, he progressed to car racing, winning nine races to claim the 2002 Formula BMW ADAC Championship with VIVA Racing. He subsequently moved to the higher-tier Formula 3 Euro Series with Team Rosberg in 2003 and 2004 before winning the inaugural GP2 Series championship with ART Grand Prix in 2005.
Rosberg first drove in Formula One with Williams from 2006 to 2009 and achieved two podium finishes for the team in 2008. For 2010, he moved to Mercedes, partnering fellow German and seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher. Rosberg took his first career win at the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix. He was the teammate of former karting friend and eventual seven-time World Drivers' Champion, Lewis Hamilton, from 2013 to 2016, twice finishing runner-up to his teammate, and in his final season defeating Hamilton to win the 2016 title. He and his father Keke are the second father-son pairing, after Graham and Damon Hill, that have both won World Drivers' Championships.
Rosberg announced his retirement from motor racing five days after clinching the title, citing wanting to spend more time with his family and not wanting his driving ability to atrophy as the main factors behind his decision. Overall he competed in 206 Grands Prix, winning 23, securing 57 podium finishes, 30 pole positions, and amassing 1594.5 championship points. In retirement, Rosberg moved into driver management, television punditry, and became an eco-entrepreneur. He was awarded the Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year and was inducted into the FIA Hall of Fame in 2017.
Nico Erik Rosberg (born 27 June 1985) is a German and Finnish entrepreneur and former professional racing driver. He competed in Formula One from 2006...
in 2014 and 2015 during an intense rivalry with teammate NicoRosberg. Following Rosberg's retirement in 2016, Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel became Hamilton's...
to win the championship. He is the father of NicoRosberg, the 2016 Formula One World Champion. Rosberg was born on 6 December 1948 in Solna, Sweden,...
2016 FIA Formula One World Championship Drivers' Champion: NicoRosberg Constructors' Champion: Mercedes Previous 2015 Next 2017 Races by country Races...
team). The Australian was replaced by Keke Rosberg, the father of 2016 World Champion NicoRosberg. Rosberg had not scored a single point the previous...
crashed on lap 14 to bring out the safety car after his first pit stop. NicoRosberg claimed second in his Williams followed by McLaren's Lewis Hamilton....
his teammate, NicoRosberg with 317 points and 5 victories, ending Red Bull's 4 year championship dominance (which started in 2010). Rosberg also won the...
with three races left in the season. The runner-up was his teammate NicoRosberg, 59 points behind, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel third, another 44...
Hamilton, who joined the team after Michael Schumacher's retirement, and NicoRosberg, who remained with the team for a fourth season. This was the first Mercedes...
championship winner. In 2016, NicoRosberg became the third driver from Germany to win the F1 World Drivers' Championship. Nico Hülkenberg is currently the...
Hamilton won the 44-lap race starting from second position. His teammate, NicoRosberg, finished second and Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel was third...
BMW ADAC, NicoRosberg won the championship in his rookie season, driving for his father's team under the banner of VIVA Racing. When Rosberg's Formula...
was the twenty-sixth time that the race has been held at the circuit. NicoRosberg was the defending race winner and entered the round with a forty-three-point...
sixth position. NicoRosberg finished in second position for Mercedes and Ricciardo's teammate Sebastian Vettel took third. Rosberg took the pole position...
2005 GP2 Series Drivers' Champion: NicoRosberg Teams' Champion: ART Grand Prix Previous 2004 (F3000) Next 2006 Parent series: Formula One Support series:...
Prix, former Formula One World Champion NicoRosberg described him as the fastest driver in Formula One. Rosberg elucidated that Verstappen did not have...
Hamilton making it four wins in a row with NicoRosberg and Sebastian Vettel completing the podium and Rosberg securing his one and only Drivers' Championship...
event was held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit. Mercedes driver NicoRosberg was the defending race winner. His team-mate, Lewis Hamilton started...
driven by the returning seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher and NicoRosberg. The car was revealed at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo near Valencia at the...
event since the inaugural race in 2009. The previous year's race winner NicoRosberg entered the round with a twelve-point lead over his teammate Lewis Hamilton...
retain third place. After the race, Hamilton said that his teammate NicoRosberg was the one who actually deserved the podium. Italy was the first time...
the 42nd Brazilian Grand Prix as part of the series. Mercedes driver NicoRosberg won the 71-lap race from pole position. His teammate Lewis Hamilton finished...
the Formula One World Championship since the series inception in 1950. NicoRosberg was the defending race winner having won the past three Monaco Grands...
the 2015 FIA Formula One World Championship. The cars were driven by NicoRosberg and the reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton, who remained with the...
cars were driven by 2008 World Drivers' Champion Lewis Hamilton and NicoRosberg, both of whom remained with the team for a second and fifth season, respectively...
of Monaco. The race was won by NicoRosberg for Mercedes AMG Petronas, repeating the feat of his father Keke Rosberg in the 1983 race. The race was the...
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