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'Nico Rosberg' (born June 27, 1985 in Wiesbaden, Germany) is a German-Finnish Formula One race car driver for the Williams team.
He won the 2005 GP2 Series for the ART team, having raced in Formula Three Euroseries previously for his father's team.
Biography
The son of Finnish 1982 Formula One World Champion Keke Rosberg and his wife Sina, Nico races with a German racing licence therefore under the German flag because of his mother's nationality. Although he was born in Germany, Rosberg spent much of his youth in Monaco with his family, and still lives in the Principality. Nico speaks fluent German, English, Italian and French; but only a little Finnish, though he is learning the language.
Pre-Formula One
1996-2004: Junior Formulae
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Rosberg won the 2002 German Formula BMW championship, an important milestone in his racing career.
Rosberg started out in karting in 1996, at the age of eleven, before moving up to German Formula BMW in 2002. He won the 2002 title confidently. His performances resulted in a move to drive for Keke's team in Formula Three Euroseries, a combination of the several national Formula Three championships which had existed previous to its formation. Nico did well there, and stayed on for 2004.
2005: GP2 - ART Grand Prix
Offered a place on the aerodynamics course at Imperial College, London;[1] Rosberg declined and in 2005 joined the ART Grand Prix team in the newly created GP2 Series. He had an excellent year, and went on to become the first driver to win the GP2 title. The series is supposed to be a level playing field, with all cars equal. Some claimed that Nico was aided by his team being able to find speed in the car that others could not. Patrick Head of WilliamsF1 discounts that claim however, having stated that he has heard from "someone in authority" that ART had no car advantage.
Formula One
2006-Present: Williams
2006
Rosberg at the 2006 Canadian Grand Prix.
In late 2005, Rosberg was officially confirmed as a Williams driver for the 2006 season. In the ''Engineering Aptitude Test'', administered to all new Williams drivers, Rosberg scored the highest score in the team's history.[2] In the first Formula One race of his young career in Bahrain, he not only placed in the points, seventh behind teammate Mark Webber, he also recorded the fastest lap, becoming the youngest driver to do so in F1 history. This was a notable achievement considering that this was not only his first ever F1 race and that he was driving a car which was not considered competitive enough to get to the podium,[3] but that he also had to fight his way through the field after losing his nosecone on the first lap. Following this he was linked with a move to teams such as McLaren.
He qualified third at the next round Malaysia, an impressive performance from the rookie driver, considering that this was just his third Grand Prix. But his Cosworth engine, on its second mandatory race, blew up after only seven laps. Rosberg did manage to get into the points for the second time in the 2006 season at the European Grand Prix, benefiting from the hydraulic failure of his teammate.
The rest of the 2006 season didn't go well for young Rosberg, retired in four of the next seven Grand Prix, and in the ones he did finish he was outside the points. His closest attempt to get into the points was in Britain, where he was just one second behind eighth placed Jacques Villeneuve. Rosberg scored a total of four points, three less than teammate Webber, over the course of what was a disappointing season for both himself and for the Williams team.
2007
Rosberg on the grid before the start of the 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Williams brought in new Toyota engines for 2007, along with a new teammate, Alexander Wurz. Rosberg's old teammate, Mark Webber, had moved to partner David Coulthard at Red Bull Racing. Initially, the Toyota powered FW29 showed potential in the pre-season test sessions.[4] However, Rosberg remained realistic, "in F1 you cannot normally just jump back to the front [of the grid] from one year to the next" he said in an interview with Formula1.com.[5]
So far in 2007 Rosberg and the Williams team have shown great potential, with Rosberg finishing in the points twice; 7th at the season-opener in Australia and 6th at the Spanish Grand Prix. Rosberg was on great form at the Canadian GP, qualifying 7th and moving up two places from the start.
"Early in the race I thought I was set for a good result because I was running fifth and the car felt really good, but then the Safety Car came out on lap 21...
I had to stop for fuel on lap 23, which meant I missed the re-fuelling window by 13 seconds and that effectively ended my race. New rules punish people who pit immediately after the Safety Car comes out, so I was given a 10s stop-go penalty and all I could manage after that was 10th place."[6]
He has so far only suffered two retirements; hydraulic failure 14 laps from home in Malaysia and an oil leak at the US Grand Prix 5 laps from the finish (although classified 16th). He was on course for 6th place after starting 14th having "glazed" his brakes during qualifying, therefore damaging his confidence.
So far during the 2007 season luck has not been with the German, who has been forced to watch as his teammate Alexander Wurz scores the greater amount of point, despite Rosberg's greater pace.
Statistics
Motor racing record
| 'Season' | 'Series' | 'Team Name' | 'Races' | 'Poles' | 'Wins' | 'Points' | 'Final Placing' |
| '2002' | German Formula BMW | VIVA Racing | 20 | 2 | 9 | 264 | 1st |
| '2003' | Formula Three Euroseries | Team Rosberg | 20 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 8th |
| '2004' | Formula Three Euroseries | Team Rosberg | 19 | 2 | 3 | 70 | 4th |
| '2005' | GP2 | ART Grand Prix | 23 | 5 | 5 | 120 | 1st |
| '2006' | Formula One | Williams | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17th |
| '2007' | Formula One | Williams | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10th |
Complete Formula One results
() (Races in 'bold' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | WilliamsF1 Team | Williams FW28 | Cosworth CA2006 2.4 V8 4 Series | ''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 | JPN | CHN | BRA | 10th ★ | 12 ★ |
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Footnotes
1. New kid on the grid follows his father's formula
2. "''The Talented Mr. Rosberg''" Autosport.com. Retrieved 26 September 2006
3. "''Williams Admits Humiliating Season''" Yahoo.com. Retrieved 26 September 2006
4. First impressions - Williams is quick
5. Exclusive interview - Williams' Nico Rosberg
6. Nico's Notes from Montreal
External links
★ Official Nico Rosberg site (Placeholder for site 'coming soon' has been in place over a year)
★ Profile and statistics
★ Racing career
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