NICO RETIRES
Nico Rosberg stunned Formula One with the shock announcement that he was retiring from Formula 1 , a mere five days after becoming the 2016 World Champion with Mercedes . Rosberg made the stunning announcement on his Facebook page .
Since 25 years in racing , it has been my dream , my ‘ one thing ’ to become Formula One world champion . Through the hard work , the pain , the sacrifices , this has been my target . And now I ’ ve made it . I have climbed my mountain , I am on the peak , so this feels right . My strongest emotion right now is deep gratitude to everybody who supported me to make that dream happen .”
This season , I tell you , it was so damn tough . I pushed like crazy in every area after the disappointments of the last two years ; they fuelled my motivation to levels I had never experienced before . And of course that had an impact on the ones I love , too — it was a whole family effort of sacrifice , putting everything behind our target .
I cannot find enough words to thank my wife Vivian ; she has been incredible . She understood that this year was the big one , our opportunity to do it , and created the space for me to get full recovery between every race , looking after our daughter each night , taking over when things got tough and putting our championship first .
When I won the race in Suzuka , from the moment when the destiny of the title was in my own hands , the big pressure started and I began to think about ending my racing career if I became world champion .