Nico Rosberg, F1 driver

With the Mercedes junior driver having stood out in all the categories he has raced in so far, a stellar rookie season in F2 this year could prove to Wolff that he is ready to make the leap to a Mercedes F1 drive in 2025.But there could be another ‘bold’ scenario playing out for Wolff, in perhaps delivering a short-term solution to fill the gap before Antonelli is realistically properly ready ...

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The Dutch Grand Prix proved to be another tough one for Ferrari as it faced fresh dramas in the pitlane that derailed its hopes of a better result.
Carlos Sainz had been battling Lewis Hamilton over the first stint before it went wrong at his first stop when Ferrari failed to have all the tyres ready for the Spaniard.
Later on, during the intensity of the late safety car stops, Sainz was ...

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Mercedes is set to announce in the coming weeks who out of Russell and Valtteri Bottas will race for its senior squad next year, with Russell widely expected to land the seat.
Mercedes has raced with an unchanged line-up since Bottas joined the team in 2017, replacing Rosberg after his immediate retirement in the wake of his world championship victory.
Tensions ran high between Hamilton and ...

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The former world champion, who quit F1 after clinching the 2016 title, has got back involved in competition through his Rosberg X Racing team in Extreme E.
But while Rosberg has good experience of what's needed to be successful in F1, he says that he no desire to ever run a grand prix team.
In an interview with Motorsport.com's German sister platform Formel1.de, Rosberg is clear that he ...

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The explosive nature of their rivalry caused great tensions within Mercedes as they fought for wins and titles in what was effectively an intra-team contest on the majority of weekends for three seasons.
It occasionally spilled over on-track, notably with three on-track collisions - Belgium 2014, Spain 2016 and Austria 2016 - but there were constant battles bubbling under the surface, making it ...

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After being teammates in karting, Hamilton and Rosberg raced at Mercedes between 2013 and 2016, going head-to-head for the Formula 1 world championship in their final three years together.
The title battles featured a number of tense moments between the two drivers, including on-track collisions at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix and the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix.
Upon beating Hamilton to the ...

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During their four seasons together at Mercedes, Rosberg and Hamilton endured a fraught relationship off track and sometimes clashed on it too.
But while some have suggested that Bottas could stand to benefit from adopting a similar tough stance in a bid to unsettle Hamilton, the Finn thinks that going down that route would actually backfire.
He thinks that, as well as causing unnecessary ...

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Rosberg?was handed the chance to join the new Mercedes works F1 team for the 2010 season following its takeover of the championship-winning Brawn squad.
The German driver looked set to be partnered by Nick Heidfeld, only for Schumacher to announce his shock return to F1 with Mercedes after three years away.
?The name Schumacher was not even on the horizon, no-one was even talking about ...

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The duo have now touched base via a Zoom conference to discuss the current status quo and how they are hoping to add to the global relief efforts.
Brazilian national Lucas di Grassi is the first in a series of virtual conversations under the hashtag #leaders4good, which the former F1 driver and sustainability entrepreneur Rosberg has released on his YouTube channel. The series highlights the ...

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The Canadian, who replaces Robert Kubica in the Grove-based team's line-up, will sport the same number asused by former world champion Nico Rosberg when the German won his title with Mercedes in 2016.
Rosberg retired from F1 after winning the title, but his number was not available for the following two seasons, as per the sporting regulations.
"A driver's career in Formula 1 will be deemed ...

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