KEY FACTS ABOUT NEW FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPION NICO ROSBERG
Name: Nico Rosberg
Born: June 27, 1985 (31) – Germany
Formula One debut: Bahrain, Rd 1, 2006
Teams: Williams (2006-2009), Mercedes (2010-2016)
Wins: 23
Podium finishes: 57
Previous championship standings: 2006 – 17th, 2007 – 9th, 2008 – 13th, 2009 – 7th, 2010 – 7th, 2011 – 7th, 2012 – 9th, 2013 – 6th, 2014 – 2nd, 2015 – 2nd
FAST FACTS:
* Becomes the second son to follow in his father’s footsteps to win a Formula 1 championship. Keke Rosberg won in 1982, while Graham (1962, 1968) and Damon Hill (1996) are the only other men to have pulled off the feat.
* He set the fastest lap in his debut Grand Prix in Bahrain in 2006.
* Rosberg won his first Grand Prix in his third season with Mercedes, at the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix.
* Before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, he had the most GP wins without winning a championship.
* He also had the most pole positions without winning a championship.
* Rosberg became only the fourth driver in history to win seven races in a row when he won the last three in 2015 and the first four in 2016.