Nico Rosberg - My Life after F1
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Z3MCJez said:
He's trying to stay relevant. So he's starting making unwanted and unnecessary comments. He'll descend into Jacques Villeneuve eventually. Which I look forward to ...
Yes, but why is he trying to stay relevant? If he wanted anyone to take of any notice of what he said he surely shouldn't have retired.He just got lucky like JV did, and does anyone really care what either of them says now? I certainly don't!
Mr Tidy said:
Yes, but why is he trying to stay relevant? If he wanted anyone to take of any notice of what he said he surely shouldn't have retired.
He just got lucky like JV did, and does anyone really care what either of them says now? I certainly don't!
I'm not sure what he's trying to do now, it must be unusual exploring new ideas when you've been so single minded for so long, but I kind of agree. He's a multi-lingual intelligent rich chap, there's surely some endeavor he can explore that would make for a proper documentary in a few years.He just got lucky like JV did, and does anyone really care what either of them says now? I certainly don't!
I do think that his performances against Lewis and Schumacher show that he was more than "just" lucky. He could often out-qualify Lewis and in most cases the past two years the teams had to devise strategies to keep them apart for entire seasons.
Bottas seemed no slouch in 2014 but the gulf between him and lewis is massive compared to the Ham/Ros years.
Mr Tidy said:
Yes, but why is he trying to stay relevant? If he wanted anyone to take of any notice of what he said he surely shouldn't have retired.
He just got lucky like JV did, and does anyone really care what either of them says now? I certainly don't!
Driver manager so will always want to be on the edges of F1?He just got lucky like JV did, and does anyone really care what either of them says now? I certainly don't!
As for getting lucky, seeing the gap this year would indicate otherwise.
Vaud said:
Driver manager so will always want to be on the edges of F1?
As for getting lucky, seeing the gap this year would indicate otherwise.
As for getting lucky, seeing the gap this year would indicate otherwise.
You're right. Only an idiot would think Rosberg was simply lucky.
He gave Hamilton a good run for his money for years and thoroughly deserved his championship.
I have no doubt Hamilton could have won it but he made too many mistakes last year, which Rosberg took advantage of.
REALIST123 said:
Vaud said:
Driver manager so will always want to be on the edges of F1?
As for getting lucky, seeing the gap this year would indicate otherwise.
As for getting lucky, seeing the gap this year would indicate otherwise.
You're right. Only an idiot would think Rosberg was simply lucky.
He gave Hamilton a good run for his money for years and thoroughly deserved his championship.
I have no doubt Hamilton could have won it but he made too many mistakes last year, which Rosberg took advantage of.
This year we have had Ferrari and Redbull win races by purely having a faster car.
London424 said:
My only caveat against that would be that the Rosberg years had the Merc a mile out the front. The only time Merc weren't finishing 1-2 was when something went wrong.
This year we have had Ferrari and Redbull win races by purely having a faster car.
I still don't get why people state the Mercedes was not still the quickest car in 2017.This year we have had Ferrari and Redbull win races by purely having a faster car.
Yes not as dominate as 2016 but still very impressive.
It was which was shown again in Abu Dhabi when they were a class ahead.
It is clear if Rosberg had stayed at Mercedes he would have taken more points off Hamilton and could have handed Vettel the title on a plate.
ELUSIVEJIM said:
I still don't get why people state the Mercedes was not still the quickest car in 2017.
Yes not as dominate as 2016 but still very impressive.
It was which was shown again in Abu Dhabi when they were a class ahead.
It is clear if Rosberg had stayed at Mercedes he would have taken more points off Hamilton and could have handed Vettel the title on a plate.
Or maybe he'd have taken points off vettel on Hamilton's bad days. Impossible to say really.Yes not as dominate as 2016 but still very impressive.
It was which was shown again in Abu Dhabi when they were a class ahead.
It is clear if Rosberg had stayed at Mercedes he would have taken more points off Hamilton and could have handed Vettel the title on a plate.
Although for all his faults he certainly ran Hamilton close, while supremely talented I just don't think he was a diehard racer, was more fulfilling others expectations whereas he wanted to do other stuff in life. And that falsehood is what made him seem like such a prick, because he's totally thrown it off now.
ELUSIVEJIM said:
London424 said:
My only caveat against that would be that the Rosberg years had the Merc a mile out the front. The only time Merc weren't finishing 1-2 was when something went wrong.
This year we have had Ferrari and Redbull win races by purely having a faster car.
I still don't get why people state the Mercedes was not still the quickest car in 2017.This year we have had Ferrari and Redbull win races by purely having a faster car.
Yes not as dominate as 2016 but still very impressive.
It was which was shown again in Abu Dhabi when they were a class ahead.
It is clear if Rosberg had stayed at Mercedes he would have taken more points off Hamilton and could have handed Vettel the title on a plate.
The Rosberg years the Mercs were clearly the fastest car at pretty much every track (baring Singapore I think for a couple of those years).
REALIST123 said:
You're right. Only an idiot would think Rosberg was simply lucky.
He gave Hamilton a good run for his money for years and thoroughly deserved his championship.
I have no doubt Hamilton could have won it but he made too many mistakes last year, which Rosberg took advantage of.
ash73 said:
The more championships Lewis wins the greater Nico's victory becomes. He beat one of the best in his prime in the same equipment, by giving it everything. Superb achievement.
Spot on. Lewis Hamilton is a motorsport legend, and in 2016, the longest f1 season in history, Rosberg beat him fair and square. Nico's place in history is secure. Bradgate said:
Spot on. Lewis Hamilton is a motorsport legend, and in 2016, the longest f1 season in history, Rosberg beat him fair and square. Nico's place in history is secure.
I am inclined to agree. This year has shown just how close he pushed Hamilton through the competitive years. They were both operating at a very, very high level.mcholeboy_59 said:
Lewis may of made mistakes, but the simple fact of the matter is lewis would of won the 2016 WDC if it wasn't for that one crucial engine failure in Malaysia.
That's far from certain. What is certain is that Rosberg wouldn't have just sat back and let Hamilton beat him in the final four races without putting up more of a fight, but as it was he knew that he only needed to finish second to Lewis in those races. The simple fact of the matter is that we really don't know what would have happened had Lewis won in Malaysia. Anyway, the deciding race was actually the race after that in Japan where Lewis fluffed his start and failed to recover, giving Nico an unassailable lead.It would have been interesting to see how Hamilton would have reacted if Rosberg had stayed on.
The confidence from winning a Championship can do wonders to a drivers mental strength.
It was clear Hamilton and Toto had meetings after 2016 and this clearly was to set Hamilton's mind at rest.
If Rosberg had continued I would have been very surprised if the tension would have blown over and another incident would have happened during the year.
They clearly hated each other behind the scenes.
But this makes things more interesting
Hamilton looked a more complete driver both in and out of the car in 2017.
The confidence from winning a Championship can do wonders to a drivers mental strength.
It was clear Hamilton and Toto had meetings after 2016 and this clearly was to set Hamilton's mind at rest.
If Rosberg had continued I would have been very surprised if the tension would have blown over and another incident would have happened during the year.
They clearly hated each other behind the scenes.
But this makes things more interesting
Hamilton looked a more complete driver both in and out of the car in 2017.
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