NICO RETIRES
Nico Rosberg facts and stats :
• Born : Wiesbaden , Germany on June 27 , 1985 ( 31 years old )
• Rosberg is the son of Finland ’ s 1982 world champion Keke Rosberg , who won h and German mother Sina . He was born four days after Keke won the 1985 US in Detroit .
• Rosberg grew up in Monaco and still lives there with his wife Vivian and daught five languages but not Finnish .
• He and Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton , a triple world champion , were karts in 2000 . Rosberg tested for Williams in 2004 , aged 17 and before he had
• He declined a place to study aeronautical engineering at London University ’ s I
• Rosberg made his Formula One race debut with Williams in Bahrain in 2006 , seventh place and setting the fastest lap , after becoming the first GP2 cha season . He ended 2006 in 17th place overall .
• In 2007 he was ninth overall . The following year he stood on the podium for t place in Australia , but ended up 13th at the end of the season .
• In 2009 , his last year with Williams , he finished seventh overall .
• Rosberg joined Mercedes – who had bought champions Brawn GP – for the partnered seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher . The younger G points to Schumacher ’ s 72 .
• Rosberg also outscored Schumacher in the following two seasons , taking his prix victory in China in 2012 .
• In 2013 , Lewis Hamilton replaced Schumacher and finished the season fourth sixth .
• In 2013 , Rosberg won the Monaco Grand Prix exactly 20 years after his fa there . In 2014 , he had five wins – the same number that Keke had in his entir pole positions and finished overall runner-up to Hamilton .
• Rosberg was again championship runner-up to Hamilton in 2015 but ended th three straight wins .
• He picked up where he left off in 2016 by taking the first four races , the first drive in 2004 to do that , while Hamilton suffered various problems .
• He is only the second son of a Formula One champion to win the title , after Dam 1996 title 34 years after father Graham first became champion in 1962 . Rosbe after Keke ’ s success .
• Stunned the sport on 2 December by announcing his retirement . “ I have clim am on the peak , so this feels right . My strongest emotion right now is deep gra who supported me to make that dream happen ,” he said in a statement .