| Capital: | € 50 million |
|---|---|
| Age: | 34 |
| Born: | 06/27/1985 |
| Country of origin: | Germany |
| Source of wealth: | Formula 1 driver |
| Last updated: | 2020 |
Short introduction
Nico Rosberg is a former German-Finnish Formula 1 racing driver. He is one of the most successful racing drivers in German Motorsport.
Youth
Nico Erik Rosberg grew in various cities and countries. He spent the first years of his life in the hometown of Wiesbaden, then the Rosberg family lived in Ibiza and Monaco. His mother was German, his father was a former Finnish world champion Formula 1 Keke Rosberg. Talent and racing pleasure are put into the stand. The famous father’s connection also produces fruit. Rosberg sat on Kart for the first time at the age of six.
Career
Rosberg began his Motorsport career at Kart Racing under the Finnish racing license in 1996, at the age of just eleven. In 2000 he became European vice champions in debut Formula A. Rosberg in racing formulas began in 2001; He took part in several races. A year later, Rosberg turned completely to the racing formula and competed for his father’s racing team. Germany-Finn won nine out of 20 races. Rosberg also completed his first formula 1 test for the English racing team “Williams” this year, after previously led by several formula 1 teams for his successful races. However, he chose “Williams” and began to team under the German flag. He then did a lap with the Mercedes Grand Prix. At the Grand Prix Malaysia, China and the United Kingdom, he is ranked high and ends third.
Career spotlight.
2010 marked one of Rosberg’s biggest success in his career. Until this year, the racing driver drove his lap for the Mercedes Grand Prix as Michael Schuhmacher’s teammate. Only in four races he did not finish in the top 10 at the end of the season, the seventh Rosberg at the driver’s championship and was also able to win a duel against Michael Schuhmacher with 142 to 72 points. Two years later, Nico Rosberg achieved his first Formula 1 victory from the position of the pole at the Chinese Grand Prix. Rosberg won 22 more wins in the following years. In 2016, at the peak of his career, he became world champion Formula 1. Then Rosberg turned his back from Formula 1 and resigned in December 2016, because he had achieved the greatest success in his career.
Famous quotes
“My goal is always a world champion. And now I feel it’s true to stop. It feels good. There will be no comeback – it’s a thousand percent.”
“Because I can remember, I want to be the world champion of Formula One. At the age of five or six years it is still considering a boy, but the older ones I get, the more concrete everything becomes. It becomes more and more realistic to do what to do What my father did. I felt a deep sense of gratitude to everyone who supported me on the way to this title and who made everything possible. “
“I’m proud to be able to follow in my father’s footsteps.”
Amazing facts
Nico Rosberg has German citizenship and Finland. Former Formula 1 drivers now function as TV experts and comments on the Formula 1 race in RTL. He invested in the FIA Formula championship. Germany-Finn also invest in marketing Berlin and start-up e-scooter. His entrepreneurial skills will continue to grow in the future: In 2020 he will become an investor in investor shows “Die Höhle Der Löwen”. He also committed to the environment and, as a result, to switch formula 1 to an electric vehicle. In this case, he participated in the 2019 World Economic Forum and talked about the climate crisis. Nico Rosberg spoke five languages fluently, but Finland was not one of his father’s mother’s tongue. Former world champion has also found his wealth personally for a long time: He still lives in Monaco today, marries the sandbox, love Vivian and has two daughters.
