Nico Rosberg

Nico Rosberg, born on 27 June 1985, is a retired F1 driver with German and Finnish roots. His career spanned from 2006 to 2016, culminating in the 2016 World Drivers’ Championship while racing with Mercedes. Nico is also the son of the 1982 Formula One World Champion, Keke Rosberg.

Nationality	German
Born	Nico Erik Rosberg 27 June 1985 Wiesbaden, West Germany

His racing career began with competitive go-karting at six years old, leading to victories in the French regional and national championships and then progressing to European and global competitions. By 16, Rosberg advanced to car racing, securing the 2002 Formula BMW ADAC Championship with VIVA Racing. He then competed in the Formula 3 Euro Series with Team Rosberg in 2003 and 2004, followed by clinching the first GP2 Series championship with ART Grand Prix in 2005.

Rosberg’s Formula 1 career began with Williams from 2006 to 2009, where he earned two podiums in 2008. He joined Mercedes in 2010, initially partnering with seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher, who also returned to the sport that year after several seasons away.

Rosberg celebrated his first F1 victory at the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix and was joined a year later in 2013 by new teammate and another future seven-time World Champion, Lewis Hamilton. From 2013 to 2016 he was runner-up to Hamilton twice before outracing him to win the 2016 Drivers’ Championship. That win made Nico and his father Keke the second father-son duo to win the World Drivers’ Championships, following Graham Hill and Damon Hill.

Five days after securing the 2016 World Championship, Rosberg announced his retirement from racing. He wanted to spend more time with his young family and didn’t want to repeat a defence of the tile, given how intense the battle for the championship was.

Throughout his career, he entered 206 Grand Prix races, achieved 23 wins, 57 podiums, 30 pole positions, and amassed 1594.5 points. Post-retirement, Rosberg has pursued interests in driver management, television commentary, and environmental campaigns. His achievements in F1 were recognised with a Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year in 2017, the same year he was inducted into the FIA Hall of Fame.

Nico Rosberg Formula One World Championship career

Nationality	German
F1 Career	2006–2016
Teams	Williams, Mercedes
Car number	6
Entries	206 (206 starts)
Championships	1 (2016)
Wins	23
Podiums	57
Career points	1594.5
Pole positions	30
Fastest laps	20
First entry	2006 Bahrain Grand Prix
First win	2012 Chinese Grand Prix
Last win	2016 Japanese Grand Prix
Last entry	2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg Teammates

5 Teammates	Involvement	First Year	Last Year
Mark Webber	18	2006
Alexander Wurz	34	2006	2007
Kazuki Nakajima	41	2007	2009
Michael Schumacher	58	2010	2012
Lewis Hamilton	78	2013	2016

Race Wins

Win Number	Grand Prix
1	2012 Chinese Grand Prix
2	2013 Monaco Grand Prix
3	2013 British Grand Prix
4	2014 Australian Grand Prix
5	2014 Monaco Grand Prix
6	2014 Austrian Grand Prix
7	2014 German Grand Prix
8	2014 Brazilian Grand Prix
9	2015 Spanish Grand Prix
10	2015 Monaco Grand Prix
11	2015 Austrian Grand Prix
12	2015 Mexican Grand Prix
13	2015 Brazilian Grand Prix
14	2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
15	2016 Australian Grand Prix
16	2016 Bahrain Grand Prix
17	2016 Chinese Grand Prix
18	2016 Russian Grand Prix
19	2016 European Grand Prix
20	2016 Belgian Grand Prix
21	2016 Italian Grand Prix
22	2016 Singapore Grand Prix
23	2016 Japanese Grand Prix

Complete Formula One Results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	WDC	Points
2006	Williams F1 Team	Williams FW28	Cosworth CA2006 2.4 V8	BHR 7	MAL Ret	AUS Ret	SMR 11	EUR 7	ESP 11	MON Ret	GBR 9	CAN Ret	USA 9	FRA 14	GER Ret	HUN Ret	TUR Ret	ITA Ret	CHN 11	JPN 10	BRA Ret				17th	4
2007	AT&T Williams	Williams FW29	Toyota RVX-07 2.4 V8	AUS 7	MAL Ret	BHR 10	ESP 6	MON 12	CAN 10	USA 16 †	FRA 9	GBR 12	EUR Ret	HUN 7	TUR 7	ITA 6	BEL 6	JPN Ret	CHN 16	BRA 4					9th	20
2008	AT&T Williams	Williams FW30	Toyota RVX-08 2.4 V8	AUS 3	MAL 14	BHR 8	ESP Ret	TUR 8	MON Ret	CAN 10	FRA 16	GBR 9	GER 10	HUN 14	EUR 8	BEL 12	ITA 14	SIN 2	JPN 11	CHN 15	BRA 12				13th	17
2009	AT&T Williams	Williams FW31	Toyota RVX-09 2.4 V8	AUS 6	MAL 8 ‡	CHN 15	BHR 9	ESP 8	MON 6	TUR 5	GBR 5	GER 4	HUN 4	EUR 5	BEL 8	ITA 16	SIN 11	JPN 5	BRA Ret	ABU 9					7th	34.5
2010	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes MGP W01	Mercedes FO 108X 2.4 V8	BHR 5	AUS 5	MAL 3	CHN 3	ESP 13	MON 7	TUR 5	CAN 6	EUR 10	GBR 3	GER 8	HUN Ret	BEL 6	ITA 5	SIN 5	JPN 17 †	KOR Ret	BRA 6	ABU 4			7th	142
2011	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes MGP W02	Mercedes FO 108Y 2.4 V8	AUS Ret	MAL 12	CHN 5	TUR 5	ESP 7	MON 11	CAN 11	EUR 7	GBR 6	GER 7	HUN 9	BEL 6	ITA Ret	SIN 7	JPN 10	KOR 8	IND 6	ABU 6	BRA 7			7th	89
2012	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes F1 W03	Mercedes FO 108Z 2.4 V8	AUS 12	MAL 13	CHN 1	BHR 5	ESP 7	MON 2	CAN 6	EUR 6	GBR 15	GER 10	HUN 10	BEL 11	ITA 7	SIN 5	JPN Ret	KOR Ret	IND 11	ABU Ret	USA 13	BRA 15		9th	93
2013	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes F1 W04	Mercedes FO 108F 2.4 V8	AUS Ret	MAL 4	CHN Ret	BHR 9	ESP 6	MON 1	CAN 5	GBR 1	GER 9	HUN 19 †	BEL 4	ITA 6	SIN 4	KOR 7	JPN 8	IND 2	ABU 3	USA 9	BRA 5			6th	171
2014	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid	Mercedes PU106A Hybrid 1.6 V6 t	AUS 1	MAL 2	BHR 2	CHN 2	ESP 2	MON 1	CAN 2	AUT 1	GBR Ret	GER 1	HUN 4	BEL 2	ITA 2	SIN Ret	JPN 2	RUS 2	USA 2	BRA 1	ABU 14			2nd	317
2015	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes F1 W06 Hybrid	Mercedes PU106B Hybrid 1.6 V6 t	AUS 2	MAL 3	CHN 2	BHR 3	ESP 1	MON 1	CAN 2	AUT 1	GBR 2	HUN 8	BEL 2	ITA 17 †	SIN 4	JPN 2	RUS Ret	USA 2	MEX 1	BRA 1	ABU 1			2nd	322
2016	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid	Mercedes PU106C Hybrid 1.6 V6 t	AUS 1	BHR 1	CHN 1	RUS 1	ESP Ret	MON 7	CAN 5	EUR 1	AUT 4	GBR 3	HUN 2	GER 4	BEL 1	ITA 1	SIN 1	MAL 3	JPN 1	USA 2	MEX 2	BRA 2	ABU 2	1st	385

Sources: Wikipedia.com, fandom.com and statsf1.com