While he probably lucked into his title in 1982 because villeneuve died and pironi broke his legs, he was definitely championshipworthy and his 1985 season proved that. An upgraded version of the car, dubbed the fw10b, was introduced late in the season, which enabled the team to win the final three races of the year. List of famous rally drivers with their biographies that include trivia, interesting facts, timeline and life history. Sportsmail displays the best pictures which documents his rise from a young. Keke rosberg won the 1982 drivers world championship at the final round of the season from didier pironi who scored no more points after his practice crash at the german grand prix. Unfortunately, keke rosbergs hardhitting style of driving started to wear him out. Nico rosberg put on a show in last years bahrain grand prix, going. Formula 1 world champion nico rosberg will take a behindthescenes advisory role in the expansion of his father kekes team rosberg outfit into gt racing next year. He took the title by five points, and was the only man to outscore ferraris didier pironi who didnt take part in the final four races of the season due to careerending leg injuries. Venezuelan driver pastor maldonado ended up clinching the title.
Keijo erik rosberg known as keke, is a finnish former racing driver and winner of the 1982 formula one world. Neither of them could have predicted the volatility and tragedy of the new season, in which one ferrari driver was killed and another. He retired from his final grand prix, in australia, while leading for mclaren. Williams mercedes career stats nico rosberg, the son of finnish 1982 world champion keke rosberg, was born in germany and has dual nationality. Gp da austria emerson fittipaldi e keke rosberg f1 racing, road racing, formula 1. Keke this is a fan site, very informative and well worth a visit official website here.
Rosberg launches kart academy to help young drivers. With support from petronas, rosberg has teamed up with his former karting mentor dino chiesa, who led the mercedesbenz mclaren mbm team for rosberg and lewis hamilton in 2000 and 2001. Rosberg competes under the german flag and is the son of finnish formula one champion keke rosberg. Meet soon to be nico rosberg wife vivian sibold racing news. F1 racing, racing team, nascar, williams f1, martini racing, car racer, f1 drivers. As an 11 year old i remember my dad telling me about keke rosberg s debut in brazil and how impressed he was with the way he. Keke rosberg won the 1982 driver s world championship at the final round of the season from didier pironi who scored no more points after his practice crash at the german grand prix. Nico rosberg has shocked formula one by announcing his immediate retirement from the sport. He started formula one at the late age of 29 in 1978 driving for theodore after which he drove for ats, wolf and fittipaldi with little success. Rosberg keeps cool under pressure to win his 1st f1 title.
The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. Keke rosberg won the 1983 race, still in an fw08, the year after his world championship triumph. List of famous rally drivers biographies, timelines. Clockwise from top left, graham hill, damon hill, nico rosberg and keke. He took 5 pole positions, won 5 grands prix, and set 3 fastest laps.
Keke rosberg was a driver with a reputation for laying it all on the line, but in an extraordinary qualifying session for the 1985 british grand prix at silverstone he pushed himself further than hed ever been before all in the pursuit of previously unattainable speed. He is currently married to his childhood sweetheart vivian sibold he declined a place offered to him by imperial college london to study aeronautical engineering. Ayrton senna was special, because for him it was both. Nov 28, 2016 the rosberg family celebrates after nico, second right, won the formula one world title in abu dhabi the drivers father keke, left, his wife, vivian sibold, second left, and his mother, sina. Jun 7, 2016 i like open wheel motor racing and these are pics of drivers i think were special for various reasons. Rosberg creates new young driver academy formula 1. The statistics really dont do keke s accomplishments any justice. Yet keke stepped up admirably in the chaotic and tragic season that was 1982. Fighting hamilton will have taken its toll on nico rosberg. Team nico tried to beat me on the race track in electric go karts.
The statistics really dont do kekes accomplishments any justice. The mercedes drivers father, the inimitable flying finn keke rosberg, won that 1984 race in dallas. This included him setting a 160mph qualifying lap of silverstone, which stood as the fastestever lap until 2002. Exformula one racing driver, who raced for theodore, ats both 1978, wolf 1979. Find highquality keke rosberg stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. Rosberg creates new young driver academy formula 1 eurosport. Rally racing is a form of auto racing in which automobiles are driven over public roads under normal traffic conditions as contrasted to other car races that are run on a circuit. Check out our fun day in monaco from the nico camera perspective. Keke rosberg won the world drivers championship in 1982 with williams. Fantastic to see two former f1 world champions reunited with their championship winning cars around the amazing streets of monaco. Find highquality nico rosberg stock photos and editorial news pictures from. The parents of nico and vivian are longtime friends, so these two lovebirds grew up together. Oct 23, 20 the 26yearold f1 driver for mercedesbenz is son of famous keke rosberg.
Now at the wheel of a more reliable vehicle, rosberg was whizzing around the track and keeping fans gasping. Find everything in one place on keke rosberg including their biography, latest news and updates, high resolution photos. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. F1 champion nico rosberg to take role with dad kekes gt team. Race enginesf1 driversgrand prixrace carsnew zealandchevronfordracingmotor sport.
List of famous rally drivers biographies, timelines, trivia. He is the father of retired formula one driver and 2016 formula one world champion nico rosberg. Born on the 6th of december of 1948, keijo erik rosberg had a very different journey from other drivers until finding a spot into formula 1 racing. Born in germany to a finnish former world champion keke rosberg, he races under the german flag in formula one, but has also briefly competed for finland in early stages of his racing career. According to keke rosberg, getting to the top in formula 1 requires one of two things. Late in 1981 keke rosberg was beginning to think he was reaching the end of his. Keijo erik rosberg pronunciation help info born december 6, 1948 in solna, stockholm county, sweden, nicknamed keke, is a finnish former racing driver and winner of the 1982 formula one world championship.
Nico rosberg thanks parents for his f1 world championship victory as he releases video of his early laps in a gokart as a child aided by father keke. As a life long willliams fan, i was most annoyed when alan jones retired he was williams. The younger rosberg, who grew up in monaco, won three consecutive monaco grands prix from 20 to 2015. There are lots of places you can watch a race from without having cameras shoved in your face. Wiesbaden, germanyfind all f1 fanatics who are fans of nico rosberg jump to. The 26yearold f1 driver for mercedesbenz is son of famous keke rosberg. Keke rosberg grand prix date car race position pts. Rosberg launches kart academy to help young drivers grand. See more ideas about racing, race cars and formula one. Nico rosberg hd wallpapers, photos, pictures, images. Browse 309 keke rosberg stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. I am looking for young drivers with talent, but who also want to fight. Keke rosberg secured his title driving for the williams team yet only won five races in his career, while 31yearold nico rosberg already has 23 wins albeit in an ultradominant mercedes car.
Browse 309 keke rosberg stock photos and images available, or start a new. He is the son of finnish f1 world champion keke rosberg. May 12, 2016 two pairs of father and son made the top 50 drivers, so theres obviously some genetic component to driving skill sets. Nico rosberg is a former germanfinnish formula one race car driver known as one of the best two best players in the sport alongside lewis hamilton. F1 champion nico rosberg to take role with dad kekes gt.
Maximum attack the day rosberg averaged 160mph around. It was also the only year he won more than grand prix in a season. Finnish former racing driver and winner of the formula one world championship in 1982, born keijo erik rosberg. Keke rosberg racing career profile driver database.
Keke rosberg of sweden driving the 1982 williams fw08 and son nico. Nov 27, 2016 nico rosberg thanks parents for his f1 world championship victory as he releases video of his early laps in a gokart as a child aided by father keke. He had an elder sister, sally, three younger brothers, peter, timothy and david, and one younger sister, georgina. Keke and nico rosberg lap monaco in their titlewinning cars. They reconnected as friends in 2003 and have been dating for five years now.
I posted about his father keke before, in particular keke rosberg s 1985 season. The original flying finn was a swaggering swashbuckler whose dashing, daring, darting style of driving enlivened every race he was in. Nico entered the professional formula one arena in 2006, with the team williams, a team with which his father keke rosberg had been a. He was the first finnish driver and first finnish winner in the f1 series. He holds dual nationality of these two countries, however rosberg, reputed to be fluent in five languages, does not speak. Rosberg came closest to repeating his success in 1985, when he placed third. He was the first finnish driver to compete regularly in the series. Keke and nico rosberg lap monaco in their titlewinning. He is married to his longtime sweetheart vivian sibold. Mercedes driver lewis hamilton of britain, left, steers his car around a corner ahead of team mate mercedes driver nico rosberg of germany during the emirates formula one grand prix at the yas.
Keke wouldnt let you down even when his cars often did. Although it is still relatively early in this years f1 season, so rosberg is optimistic he can turn things around. Wallis hunt was descended on his mothers side from the industrialist and politician sir william. The first and only fansite devoted to the 1982 f1 world champion keke rosberg. Mika hakkinen is another well known finnish f1 racer. Keke rosberg posted 7 years ago it seems my vids are slowly falling to the iron grip of fom. Apr 23, 2018 with support from petronas, rosberg has teamed up with his former karting mentor dino chiesa, who led the mercedesbenz mclaren mbm team for rosberg and lewis hamilton in 2000 and 2001. He is the father of current mercedes formula one driver nico rosberg.
The williams fw10 was a formula one car designed by frank dernie for use by the williams team in the 1985 formula one world championship. Nico erik rosberg is a german formula one driver for mercedes formula one team. Keke rosberg resisted monaco demo at first monaco grand. Since 2010, rosberg, 30, has won 14 grands prix, and has won the monaco grand prix three times in a row, an achievement only three other drivers have managed. It was powered by a honda ra165e v6 turbo engine and driven by englishman nigel mansell and finn keke rosberg. If anyone wants original copies of my vids to do with them as you please, contact me. If nico rosberg wins the wdc, how would you compare him to. The rosberg name also continues in formula 1 to this day through kekes high talented son nico rosberg. He told it how it was, doesnt suffer fools and you always got 100%.
The latest headtohead comparisons generated for keke rosberg. Join facebook to connect with keke rosberg and others you may know. Nico knows what it means to me, says keke after rosberg. The rosberg family celebrates after nico, second right, won the formula one world title in abu dhabi the drivers father keke, left, his wife, vivian sibold, second left, and his mother, sina. Keke rosberg was the winner of the 1982 formula 1 world championship but many people know very little about one of the sports greatest drivers. He is also the father of 2016 formula one world champion nico rosberg. Two years later he only had one grand prix win under his belt but he also had enough points to become the 1982 world champion. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. I posted about his father keke before, in particular keke rosbergs 1985 season. Exformula 1 driver nico rosberg has created his own driver development programme, aimed at being able to find and support new talent in motorsport. Nico rosberg has admitted it was not easy to get his father keke to commit to their formula 1 demonstration in monaco this week.
Biography pictures helmets articles forum nico rosberg biography born. Taking over from the retiring alan jones at williams in 1982, rosberg s sole victory that year came in the swiss gp at dijon, his maiden success in f1. The top 50 f1 drivers of all time, regardless of what they. Formula 1 world champion nico rosberg will take a behindthescenes advisory role in the expansion of his father keke s team rosberg outfit into gt racing next year. Driver keke rosberg at the 1982 caesars palace grand prix formula one race. Nelson piquet, for example, never wanted to work very hard, but he did have a great talent. His son, nico rosberg, also became a professional race car driver. Find everything in one place on keke rosberg including their biography, latest news and updates, high resolution photos, high quality videos and expert analysis. Coming from a racing background the novelty of watching from a noisy garage and being in the way of all the mechanics wore off a long time agohe probably sits somewhere nice in the sun with a drink like john button used to. Nico entered the professional formula one arena in 2006, with the team williams, a team with which his father keke rosberg had been a world champion back in 1982.
The rosbergs drove two laps of the principality after the opening. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. He possesses the citizenship of both germany and finland. Heres a look back on the 11year career in pictures.