Nico Erik Rosberg born 27 June 1985 is a German racing driver for Mercedes f1 team. he races under German flag in f1 and also competed for Finland very early is career. He holds dual nationality of two countries. he won the 2005 gp2 series for the ART team,Having raced in formula 3 euro series previously for his father keke rosberg's racing organization Team Rosberg. For 2010 f1 season he joined the re branded mercedes team. since then, Rosberg has enjoyed his most successful period,winning 7 gp and earning 10 pole positions. he was born in Wiesbaden,hesse,west Germany,the son of Finnish 1982 f1 world champion ,keke rosberg and his German wife sino. Nico holds dual citizenship German and Finnish. Rosberg married his child hood friend and long time fiancée Vivian sibold on July 11 2014.
Rosberg started out Karting in 1996 at age of 10,later in 2000 he and lewis hamilton were team mates.in late 2005, Rosberg was officially confirmed as aWilliams driver for 2006 season.he recorded fastest lap in Bahrain. he qualified third at next round Malaysia. Rosberg remained realistic"In f1 you cannot normally just jump back to the front of the grid from one year to next"
In 2007,Rosberg finished in the points seven times,including a career best fourth at the season ending Brazilian grand prix. he was also placed seventh in Australian,Hungarian, and Turkish GP and come home sixth at Italian and Belgian GP's.During the first half of the season roseberg saw his team-mate Alexander wurz leading in world championship points, eventually more than quadrupling his 2006 points with extra 20 points.
Rosberg Secured first podium finish of his career to 3rd place in 2008 australian2008 gp.In september he finished to second to fernando alonso in the singapore gp.l
Rosberg had a solid season in 2009,scoring points at almost every race and also consistently qualifying in top 10.he finished 6 th in Melbourne,fourth in Hungarian,6th in European gp and 3 rd at Singapore GP. Rosberg scored every point for the Williams team during 2009 season.on October 2009 Roseberg announced he was leaving Williams team at the end of season.On November 23,Roseberg was announced as new branded Mercedes Benz as first driver and on 23 rd December Michael Schumacher was announced as Rosebergs team mate.In Malaysia he finished 3 rd. He again achieved 3 rd place at chines gp to take second place in driver standings.He finished 7 th at Monaco, 5 th in turkey, 6 th in Canada and 10 th in European.In british gp he claimed a podium 3 rd finish.he finished Italian gp in 5 th and Singapore gp in 5 th position.
In 2011, start of the season did not help him. Rosberg eventually ended the Championship in sixth place.
In 2012,At Chinese GP he gained his first pole position of his career,beating lewis Hamilton took advantage of this grid position to claim his maiden victory over Jenson button.In this way roseberg took his first points of the season.In addition to that, Rosberg became the first German driver to win a gp driving a German car since Hermann Lang's victory at 1939 Swiss Gp. He later finished 2 nd in Monaco gp.
In 2013 he remained at Mercedes partnering lewis Hamilton finished fourth at Malaysian grand prix.on June,Roseberg claimed his second win at British GP. Three races later he started and finished 2 nd in India and third in Abu Dhabi.Again he qualified an impressive second at wet Brazil and he finished fifth. In the season he finished sixth place acquiring 171 points compared t Hamilton's 189.
In 2014 season opening Australian GP,Rosberg starting from 3 won race over by 20 seconds.In Malaysia he finished second. In Bahrain he finished second. He is the current championship leader for 2014 season
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