Nico Rosberg

bianchimoon
bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
edited December 2016 in The cake stop
Retires, a good man, comes across as a nice guy, fulfilled his dream picks the right time to say goodbye and spend time with his young family
All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....

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  • fat daddy
    fat daddy Posts: 2,605
    wholly agree.Nice that he managed to beat Lewis this year and can retire a champion. It was always rumoured this was going to be his last, so fair play he managed to get one up on Lewis for a change
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    Was it rumoured? Came out of nowhere for me and my f1 mad mates.

    Can only speculate it's down to wanting to spend his days as a dad to his daughter. He's only 31.
  • fat daddy
    fat daddy Posts: 2,605
    sure I read on the BBC F1 site at the beginning of the year that this would be his last chance at winning the title ..... perhaps I "read2 into it that it was because he was retiring .... I suppose it could of meant that after this year he wont get another chance, but I don't see why not

    I dunno, from what I read at the beginning of the year I just assumed he was considering retiring
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    It was his last chance of winning a title, because if Lewis beat him 3 years in a row he'd be dead and buried AND the new sporting regulations come into force next season meaning Merc's dominance could be over.

    No one in the F1 press saw it coming.
  • FatTed
    FatTed Posts: 1,205
    Not quite sure why everyone thinks he is a nice guy, never met him so should not really comment, but his actions at Monaco last year and spa where not exactly sporting. Although this year at Monaco he was. Perhaps when not racing he is a different person. Perhaps all the drivers are?
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,107
    Who knows, he may just have been struggling with the pressure and really not been enjoying it.
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  • FatTed
    FatTed Posts: 1,205
    https://joesaward.wordpress.com/2016/12 ... etirement/
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    Although nobody ever claimed he was a nice guy, I remember Stan Collymore retiring early from football. Although his earnings were below the likes of Rosberg, he seemed to just pack it in, feeling that he'd earned enough and didn't have/want to do it any more.
    Good luck to anyone who feels that way.
  • mamba80
    mamba80 Posts: 5,032
    Ballysmate wrote:
    Although nobody ever claimed he was a nice guy, I remember Stan Collymore retiring early from football. Although his earnings were below the likes of Rosberg, he seemed to just pack it in, feeling that he'd earned enough and didn't have/want to do it any more.
    Good luck to anyone who feels that way.

    Collymore retired to pursue his love of the countryside at night, lets hope Rosberg has more wholesome hobbies.

    But perhaps he realised he was never the racer Hamilton is and another year spent defending his title would be very hard, he did well to beat Lewis but in a straight fight Hamilton was usually the faster driver.
  • debeli
    debeli Posts: 583
    But who next?

    I quite admired Nico R, a stalwart of the son-of-the-father club, but a serious racer too. I also had a regard for his father, whom I saw as a man who found himself in F1 by accident and then found himself Champion by accident.

    Both father and son have a single championship in F1, but that is one more than most of us. Father won by racing hard through a turbulent season, staying on the grey bit, staying uninjured and staying alive. I do not think he was in the best car.

    Son won by having the best car - but so did Vettel, Schumacher and many others...

    But (as I asked above) who is the next Mercedes driver?

    I quite like the idea of Valentino Rossi. F1 is (more than ever) a business and he has the sort of profile and public appeal that would draw people in from across motorsport. He is quick in a rally car, jolly quick in MotoGP and has tested a Ferrari F1 car.

    I do not imagine that he'll get the drive, but his presence might shake things up a little.

    Surtees did it, although he was younger when he moved across.
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    Personally, I'd probably put a F1 driver in it and a good one at that to get the most "shake up" affect.

    Alonso would be far more entertaining than the 1 sided affair we've had over the past 3 seasons.

    Biggest thing needed though is sporting regs that allow racing. Get a retired designer to draw them up to allow cars being able to follow closely together. Sadly, I think they've moved away from that next year in just trying to go fast.
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    Verstappen already dropping hints he'd like to have a go, Alonso would be good to see if he could get back to his best.Rossi get a drive, you're having a larf! More chance of Lauda putting his overalls on again
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....

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