Williams driver Valtteri Bottas replaced Rosberg at Mercedes. He carried over his form from the season, winning the first four races to lead Hamilton by 43 championship points.
Rosberg and Hamilton made high-speed contact at the Spanish Grand Prix after which Hamilton took the championship lead from Rosberg over the next eight races after sub-par results from the former. During a mid-season interval, he changed his diet to remove sugars from his body and abstained from alcohol. Rosberg mulled over how to further better his performance; to avoid the strain of starting a diet, he refrained from cycling, losing 1 kg 2.
This allowed him to win in Belgium, Singapore and Japan, and he took three second-place finishes in succession to enter the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix leading Hamilton by 12 points.
He is part of the alcohol brewing company Heineken's anti-drink-drive campaign. Rosberg has worked for the Viva con Agua de Sankt Pauli charity, which supplies water and basic sanitation to individuals in developing countries. Rosberg married interior designer and long-term partner Vivian Sibold at a civil ceremony in Monaco on 11 July He is a fan of the German football club FC Bayern Munich, played for the Monaco national tennis team, and formerly competed in triathlon events; these skills allowed him to save a five-year-old child from drowning in Monaco.
Rosberg has a YouTube vlogging channel and hosts the podcast "Beyond Victory" in which he discusses human performance and development with his guests. Rosberg challenged his teammate Hamilton during the season qualifying higher eight times and finishing more often. At the Malaysian Grand Prix, the season's second race, a minor controversy was created when Mercedes invoked team orders on him to stay behind Hamilton in third.
Unhappy over the decision, Rosberg led every lap to win the Monaco Grand Prix from pole position to become the first son of a world champion driver in history to win the event four rounds later. He then won the British Grand Prix for his third career victory after Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel retired from the lead with a broken gearbox late on. Thereafter, Rosberg earned points in nine of the season's ten remaining rounds with consecutive podium finishes— second at the Indian Grand Prix and third at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
He finished sixth in the Drivers' Championship with points and three pole positions. Rosberg's results over the season earned him additional respect within the Formula One community. Rosberg continued to drive for Mercedes in the season with Lewis Hamilton again as his teammate. He was regarded as a favourite to claim the Drivers' Championship because of the team's development of the F1 W05 Hybrid car and adaptation to the technical regulations mandating the use of turbo-hybrid engines during pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit and the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Rosberg said that Mercedes was ready to challenge for the championship and sought the cooperation of the team members who were enthusiastic: "There's so much that's different this season.
It's really a matter of practising to integrate it all, and making it sub-conscious. The more you have to think, that's when things are going to go wrong. For the season, the FIA created a new sporting regulation to allow a driver to select a unique car number for use throughout his Formula One career.
Rosberg selected number six because it was his wife and father's lucky number. He also changed the colour of his helmet after eight years from yellow to dark grey. The overall design included chrome, some Buddhist influence, clean lines, and personal symbols; it was designed by Jens Munser.
Before the season, Rosberg was joined at Mercedes by the world champion Lewis Hamilton, who replaced the retired Michael Schumacher. He was granted equal status by Mercedes and received no preferential treatment alongside Hamilton. During the pre-season period, Rosberg visited the Mercedes factory in Brackley, England, and displayed a fascination with the F1 W04's technological development and assisted the team in the car's development.
He said his challenge for the season was to begin it better than the year before and acknowledged the difficulty of the task: "The factory is a stronger team than it's ever been and it's making big steps. I have no doubts that a better car will come out of that. The press linked Rosberg to Ferrari in place of the poor performing Felipe Massa from the campaign. In November , he signed a contract extension to remain at Mercedes until after the championship.
An important factor in Rosberg's decision was the Mercedes team undergoing a technical restructure, which saw the appointments of Bob Bell as technical director and Geoff Willis as head of technology in mid Other reasons included his belief Mercedes would be able to improve their performance and have a potential for race victories. For the third consecutive year, Rosberg stated his objective was to earn a race victory and improve en route to a championship win: "I am convinced that I can win with this team.
Of course I respect what others hope for and think. But ultimately I'll give full throttle and power. Rosberg remained with Mercedes for the season and was again joined by Michael Schumacher. He stated that his objective for the season was to claim his first career victory and knew it would not be straightforward due to other teams' advantages.
He was able to maintain a consistent performance in every qualifying session and began higher than his teammate Schumacher sixteen times to three during the year. Rosberg finished no higher than fifth in the season's 19 rounds and was seventh in the Drivers' Championship standings with 89 points.
On 5 June Rosberg received the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy, which honours a recipient "for their dedication to motor racing, spirit of competition and achievements". At the Brazilian Grand Prix, he won the inaugural FIA Pole Trophy for winning more pole positions than any other driver during the season with Rosberg won the DHL Fastest Lap Award because he recorded seven fastest laps, more than any other driver during the season.
In mid-to-late , Mercedes-Benz vice-president of motorsport Norbert Haug discussed with Rosberg the possibility of driving for the manufacturer for the season pending its acquisition of Brawn GP.
Rosberg also talked to McLaren and Williams about potential employment; he was skeptical because Williams was mulling over whether Renault or Cosworth should be the team's engine supplier.
On 29 October, he confirmed his departure from Williams at the conclusion of the season and was officially released from his contract with the team on 1 January One week later Mercedes purchased 75 percent of Brawn GP and entered Formula One under its own name; Rosberg was announced as its first driver in November He was partnered with the seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher and was assigned car No.
From to , he was associated with the jewellery and watch brand Thomas Sabo, and the luxury travel accessory maker Tumi. Rosberg signed numerous endorsement contracts; some of the companies with which he has done business are the watchmakers Rolex, International Watch Company and Oris, the luxury fashion house Hugo Boss, the toy car company Hot Wheels, the railway company Deutsche Bahn, and the media broadcasters Sky Sports and RTL, As a result of Rosberg's endorsement money and Mercedes salary, he was listed as one of the world's highest-paid athletes by Forbes in Rosberg was again partnered with Kazuki Nakajima for the season.
He said that he was confident that Williams could challenge for podium finishes over the course of the year after a good pre-season testing period.
Rosberg lost five percent of his body weight to compensate for the introduction of the kinetic energy recovery systems that increased the car's minimum weight limit to kg 1, lb. He had an improved season: the Williams FW31 was one of three cars to have a speed advantage early on because it featured a double diffuser system, however, the team could not sustain the car's pace of development.
Rosberg finished 16 out of the season's 17 rounds; the exception was the Brazilian Grand Prix. He was consistent in attaining top-eight point-scoring finishes, achieving a season-best result of fourth at the German Grand Prix and the following Hungarian Grand Prix. Rosberg scored Rosberg was mentored by Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn although he was apprehensive given the history of Brawn and Schumacher's relationship when they were at Ferrari. He scored championship points in all but four of the season's rounds; he generally finished higher than he qualified and did so against his teammate Schumacher fifteen times to four during the season.
He was better able to cope with a terminal understeer that affected the MGP W01's handling than Schumacher due to Mercedes forgoing much development work on the car because of Brawn GP's focus on the championship.
However Rosberg — the younger by five months — made it to F1 first. He was eighth in with a single win and got off to a perfect start with a pair of wins. But he only won twice more that year and ended the season fourth, one point ahead of Hamilton on his debut in the category. The two saw more of each other in the Macau Grand Prix at the end of the year — Rosberg crashing out and taking Hamilton with him.
But even when it was changed the ART pair remained the quickest. Rosberg took the lead of the championship from Kovalainen with three races to go and hung on to win by 15 points with five wins and a total of 12 podium finishes.
That led to a race seat for at Williams — the team his father had won the championship for 24 years earlier. On his F1 debut in Bahrain, Rosberg set fastest lap He impressed immediately on his first outing at Bahrain, setting fastest lap.
The rest of the season was muted by comparison, Rosberg making a few notable rookie errors, but flashes of speed were there on occasion too. His second year went far better, Rosberg consistently out-qualifying Alexander Wurz and shining with some excellent races. He ended the year on a high by beating both the BMWs in Interlagos to finish an excellent fourth, giving him a total of 20 points and ninth in the championship.
He was pursued by McLaren over the winter who wanted him to take the spare seat alongside Hamilton for He could not have gone there this year, he had a fixed contract, but was going to be the worry. It was by no means guaranteed we would achieve it. Rosberg reached the podium at Singaproe in Rosberg was joined by Kazuki Nakajima at Williams in The season got off to a promising start, with Rosberg finishing on the podium at Melbourne.
But the Williams renaissance had not arrived yet: most of the time the FW30 was not on the pace of the front runners, though Rosberg capitalised on a safety car period to score another podium in Singapore. Besides that, yielded little for him. Regular points finishes in attracted attention from the leading teams. He was on course for one at Singapore before making a mistake on his way out of the pits and incurring a penalty.
The mistake was atypical of what was otherwise an impressive campaign by Rosberg. He finished in the points 11 times — including eight races in a row in the middle of the season. At the end of the year he signed for Mercedes, who had took over championship winners Brawn. Advert Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free. Overall he competed in Grands Prix, winning 23, securing 57 podium finishes, 30 pole positions, and amassing In retirement, Rosberg moved into driver management, television punditry, and became an eco-entrepreneur.
He is the son of former Formula One champion Keke Rosberg. Throughout his career, Rosberg had a strong work ethic, talking to engineers and mechanics, and approached each circuit with the care of a cartographer. That comparison lessened as his career progressed; he refused to discuss the comparison with the press and the difficulty in attempting to achieve as much success as his father was rarely mentioned. Because his father is Finnish and his mother is German, Rosberg is a dual citizen of both countries, competing with a Finnish racing license until the conclusion of his first season in the Formula 3 Euro Series.
He switched to a German license to obtain major sponsorship agreements more easily. At the age of four, Rosberg had his first driving experience when his father took him to a go-kart track in Ibiza for a holiday.
He steered a Jeep, and his father controlled its speed with the accelerator and the brake pedals. Rosberg began competitive racing at the age of six and decided to aim for a career in Formula One motor racing after he observed his father competing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft in Rosberg raced for TeamMBM.
He concluded his karting career with a third-place finish in the latter series at a race in Kerpen. Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver.
Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in Germany. Nico Rosberg celebrates birthday on June 27 of every year. He was assigned race engineer Tony Ross. One week later, at the Malaysian Grand Prix, he attained a season-best start of third before his engine failed after seven laps.
He scored points once more during the season when he placed seventh at the European Grand Prix as he made driver errors from inexperience and drove an unreliable car. Rosberg was outpaced by his teammate Mark Webber, with whom he had a good relationship. At the time, he became the youngest person ever to drive a Formula One car.
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