News Details

Nico Rosberg officially crowned 2016 F1 champion at FIA gala

The retiring Nico Rosberg has been officially crowned 2016 Formula 1 champion during the FIA prize giving gala in Vienna, Austria, on Friday night. The German driver secured the title in Abu Dhabi last Sunday, after finishing in second place behind race winner, team-mate and championship rival Lewis Hamilton. But on Friday Rosberg announced he is retiring from F1 with immediate effect, having achieved his childhood goal of winning the title. It brings to an end an 11-season career in F1, which started at Williams in 2006 before he switched to Mercedes for 2010. “This year was extremely tough because I put absolutely everything into it; I pushed like crazy in all...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Champion Nico Rosberg announces immediate retirement...

Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg has announced his retirement from...
9y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Rosberg stuns F1 with retirement bombshell

< > Nico Rosberg stunned Formula One on Friday with the shock...
9y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Nico Rosberg 2016 Formula 1 World Champion

  Nico Rosberg did all he needed to do to become the the 2016...
9y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Rosberg retires

Nico Rosberg stunned Formula One on Friday with the shock announcement...
9y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Toprak Razgatlioglu reveals ‘biggest difference’...

Toprak Razgatlioglu has revealed how “different” MotoGP is to...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Honda reveals how Ai Ogura snub pushed Diogo Moreira...

Honda was forced to change its “original plan” to sign Diogo Moreira...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

FIA increases IndyCar super license allocations

The World Motorsport Council has announced that the allocation of super...
12h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar looking to add ‘more events, not just...

IndyCar has identified a need to make sure future races on the calendar...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Player ratings: Club Brugge 0-3 Arsenal

Arsenal retained their place atop the Champions League table with a 3-0...
4h ago from FreshArsenal.com

'Yet another stinker', 'He's failing every action' -...

Arsenal fans have slammed striker Viktor Gyokeres after the 3-0 win over...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Madueke and Martinelli wondergoals make it perfect six...

s was an evening of milestones for Arsenal and Gabriel Martinelli,...
7h ago from TheGuardian.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.