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2016 F1 champion Nico Rosberg launches young driver academy

2016 Formula 1 World Champion Nico Rosberg has launched a young driver academy, in association with his ex-karting boss and sponsor Petronas. Rosberg raced in Formula 1 between 2006 and 2016, opting to retire just days after he claimed the world title following a season-long scrap with Lewis Hamilton. Rosberg announced on Sunday that he has joined forces with kart legend Dino Chiesa to form a young driver academy, the latter having run the Mercedes-Benz-McLaren team that fielded Rosberg and Hamilton in the early 2000s. Rosberg has recruited karters Taylor Barnard and Lorenzo Travisanutto to his academy, both of whom currently compete for Chiesa’s Kart Republic squad in the CIK...
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