It is wonderful to see a HUMAN side to a driver. When watching an F1 race all you see is a helmet surrounded by a machine and you think to yourself that the driver is just a part of that machine - Emotionless, Programmed, Robotic. They are anything but - they are people. Nico exploded out of his cocoon as a stoic F1 driver to show us all the intensity and pressure of a championship race. You don't get to see this very often. Promote this F1, this is what people want to see, that drivers are human - intensely human. Good stuff Nico! Congratulations!
What are you talking about dude? You can easily know from team radios when drivers are mad or excited, some of them are of course more quiet like Bottas but others like Vettel, Verstappen and others are more expresive.
Wow, the mask COMPLETELY fell off. Awesome to see, when you compare it to EVERY earlier interview you'd see the stance of his eyes in defensive and focussed mode. Always on the top of his toes, but he did it! He's not a great champion, but a good one in my book, he gave everything and it was JUST about enough. Go Nico :)
Best comment i've read all day. Beautiful man, thanks. Lewis is a far more complete driver but nico took what was given and made the best of it. Deserved, even coming from a lewis fan.
He didn't need his poker face any more. He'd already decided he wasn't coming back. I thought at the time it was strange that he had opened up so completely like this and admitted how hard the pressure was, and I was just starting to think how great it was to see him give a frank answer for a change, then he goes and retires! A pity. That's a side of Nico I would have liked to have seen more of. I'm pleased for him that he achieved his life's ambition. Now he can find a new one.
This will sound like complete BS now but the moment he won the title and I saw him being interviewed afterwards I got a message from a Finnish friend of mine who became a fan of his after meeting him in Hungary back in 2015 as they were staying in the same hotel and she told me that she thought he would now retire. I thought she was crazy at the time but then I remembered what she told me about that weekend and the meeting they had on the Saturday night before the race, he happened to sit down in the restaurant next to my friend and her daughter who were chatting away in Finnish about the race and he got into a conversation with them. During this conversation my friend revealed that she had just retired from a 40 year career in Midwifery and from that moment that was all they talked about. It turned out his wife was about 8 months pregnant at the time and he had a helicopter on standby and had told the team that if Vivian rang a phone that he had given to his trainer, a phone that only she had the number to, that even if he happened to be leading the race and a phone call came they were to call him into the pits and retire him so he could leave asap and get to Monaco for the birth. He was so fretful and miserable at the thought of not being there for her birth and he spoke a lot about how he did not want to miss some of the milestones in her life, in fact my friend did begin to think that he might retire at the end of 2015 as he seemed quite conflicted even then about what he might miss out on. Anyway, he paid for my friend and her daughter's meals and put a hefty amount of money behind the bar which allowed them to have a decent drink that night and on the sunday night. He also had someone from the Mercedes PR team go to their room late on the Saturday night to give them paddock passes and inform them that they were on the list to watch the race from his garage if they wanted to which of course they accepted. They had an amazing time and after the race he came to speak to them, remembered their names and thanked my friend for easing his mind somewhat about childbirth as he was worried about all the things that could go wrong and such. When his daughter was born in the summer break, my friend sent a card and a Moomin cuddly toy to Nico and within about a week she got handwritten letters of thanks from Nico AND from his wife who thanked her for 'calming my slightly hysterical husband down'. So yeah, sorry for the long reply but in short what I am trying to say is don't be fooled by the PR image some put up. That is what frustrated me so much with Nico as he always wanted to be seen as the nice guy and he took a fair amount of flak from the British media and in the end I just wanted him to take the bad boy role and run with it instead of trying to be so nice all the time.
I am Lewis supprter, but Nico deserves the 2016 Title 100%! He was a super fast driver, yes super fast driver who does not get the recognition he deserves!
I think he gets the recognition now, at least from most people. Everyone knows that he may have had luck, but sometimes you need luck. Anyway, now Bottas is driving the Merc, who is not a bad driver either, and I think looking at the moment we are in right now, we all can appreciate Rosberg a lot more! Shame for the sport that he left.
What separates Rosberg from Bottas is that Rosberg was willing to stand up to Hamilton and was man enough to fight him for championships despite being the number 2 driver. I think Rosberg will go down as one of the greatest number 2 drivers of all time as he actually beat the number 1 driver for the title and it's not just any number 1 driver, it's a driver that's arguably the greatest driver of all time at the peak of his powers, I feel like all number 2 drivers in the future should look up to Rosberg (Hamilton Fan by the way).
If you win a wdc, you ain't a 2nd driver anymore. Besides, Mercedes was way more liberal about Rosberg than they are now with Bottas. You'd never hear James says "Rosberg, its James, let Lewis through"
Not only that but mainly race craft. Bottas can be super quick but he does not have the all around ability and pace to challenge Lewis consistently in the races. Nico did however, and he always fought hard against Lewis and as long as both drivers have similar points in the championship, they are allowed to race. Those "Valteri, it's James" situations only happened because Bottas was already way behind and out of contention for the championship.
@@RodrigoroRex well Nico let Lewis through in Monaco that year and Lewis won thanks to Red Bull pit stop. Where he could just block him till the end of the race. But thank god, in the end it didn't cost him the championship title.
I wouldn't say it "broke him", because that sounds like he had some kind of break down from which he never recovered. It's more that he was absolutely exhausted after putting his whole life into catching up to Lewis for several years. He reached his life goal and was not willing to put up with the pressure of competing with Lewis year after year, especially since he has a wife and children.
when i watched this race I would've been 12-13, it's one of my core memories of formula 1, anything pre-2014 gets a bit hazy but i've been watchin it my whole life, i've wanted to be an F1 driver from ages 6-11. I remember being proud of nico but gutted for hamilton, it was an intense battle to the end and it's engrained in me.
Everytime rosberg went toe to toe with Hamilton he came out on the wrong end . 2016 was decided by mechanical issues and Hamilton’s poor starts . The stars aligned for rosberg and he knew it so he quit 3 days later .
@@ploppyjr2373 No not at all. I'm saying that Max has killer instinct. I mean this guy wants to win at all cost and now he is a champ...lol bro not sure what you talking about hurting people..
This was just in 2016! But it seems so ancient for some reason even though trump was president and the world was starting to get crazy. Idk why but it seems so far ago in terms of formula 1
"It took a lot of politics and three years of cheating, but I finally scammed the big one! Can't stick around obviously, Mercedes will have to treat Lewis fairly with another team on our backs."
@@nfsrival1499 Who needs conspiracy theories when the facts are plain and evident? Aside from Rosberg blatantly driving into Hamilton on numerous occasions, Mercedes refused to fix basic issues on Hamilton's car for months until miraculously, they could when he publicly threatened them. Then of course, there's the Abu Dhabi radio instructions. No team tells their driver to give up on the ONLY thing which matters that day unless they wanted the other guy to have it. Quickly and predictably backfired on them.
@Wind Rose Yet Rosberg still couldn't pass the crawling driver, says it all. Shame Hamilton couldn't quite overturn this disgusting farce, five days later Merc were left wishing he had.
Rosberg is one of the funniest, not intentional though, in interviews because he's always so serious. He is really himself in interviews compared to many others who has a "character".
Remember this race so well... you could see how drained he was after the race, think he probably went through every emotion you possibly could and it broke him. But respect to him as a driver and for what he achieved, 👊
Sure, he had some luck with Hamilton's mechanical failures but he capitalized on his opportunities and was rock solid the whole season. Well deserved and I'm happy for him.
Nico wearing his nerves on his sleeve, he couldn’t hack the stress any more, or the pressure of besting Lewis. Lee from ch 4 asked him all the right questions, he was very clearly overwhelmed but overjoyed!
As a Hamilton fan, I must say I now respect Nico so much. Today I have learnt that perception is everything. I started watching Formula 1 in 2019 and had to watch many historical F1 videos. All videos I have watched, they always showed Nico as the villain. It made me hate him since I though he was deliberately trying to sabotage Hamilton's races. I have just realized I hated him for no reason. I could not even watch his videos on youtube. Boy, was I wrong. Sorry Nico, I am coming to sub your channel just now. For everyone outhere, have you ever hated someone or something for no reason, start questioning why you do, you may be hating the wrong person. I am now so happy he won the Championship. He will be remembered as the strongest number 2 driver in all the teams.
he was capable of going toe to toe with hamilton, even if he did need some luck to win his title( lewis still won the most races in 2016, but had a crucial DNF due to engine issues ). seeing how bottas was overmatched it speaks volumes to nico's talent and he won in equal machinery too
Not hating, but disappointed. It was Hamilton in this race in particular (and many others, but I'll address this one right now), because he was not trying to win the race, he was trying to make Nico lose second place going very slow to the point that half of the grid got very close, and that was for like half of the race because this is a very difficult circuit to overtake, hoping that Vettel and/or Verstappen make a move to pass Rosberg and disobeying every order to raise the pace (which I know, I'm all in for drivers to just race and not follow team orders, but this was ridiculous)
@@smokeduv yeah hamilton reduced the pace but at that place /situation what would anyone else would have done . in the end both are drivers fighting for the championship..you dont expect your contender to help you in anyway be it your team mate or driver from other team
Maybe he's not talented like hamilton or vettel, but his efforts to win the WC is really surprising. 25 years waiting and finally he win, he showed to the world that he's not just a crybaby & standing behind his father's shadow of popularity. I respect him more, after he announce retirement. He fulfill his childhood dream, and decided to leave his job to be more closer to his family (I think after winning, he doesn't know what his aim if he just next his career. To win WC many2 times?)
the only driver/team mate to Lewis who can go wheel to wheel with him and does not care if they collide! big balls going against the team favorite. very deserving!
I've been seeing loads of rosberg videos recently and I have mad respect for him, Lewis is a jerk 😅 oh I got more wins in the season, Jesus. I hope verstappen wins this season
Everyone says Hamilton is a fair and clean driver, did these same people see the low act that Hamilton pulled on his teammate in this race?. Hamilton is a dirty driver and sook when things don't go his way. Glad to see the better MAN win the title that year.
@@RichardsRockin You must be blind or stupid. Slowing down on purpose and putting himself above the team. He does not care about the team when he is losing. KARMA will catch up with Hamilton and I can't wait to see it.
I am so pleased Nico won. There's only team Lulu to begin with. Team Mercedes AMG petronas is dead. Awesome job. Nico. Now we have super wingman bottas to clear the path.
@@ronsmith6041 how did Lewis put himself above the team? Mercedes already won the constructors championship. Lewis at that point was fighting for the drivers title.
@@ronsmith6041 their team had already won the constructors' championship, so whatever happened, it woudn't matter at the end. Plus, it didn't happen so you are merely judging him for something that not even happened. And he did what he had to do, tried to win the title. You're the stupid one here, hateful just because things didn't end up the way you wanted. What a pitiful statement. Yeah, Karma get up to him, and now he's the most successful driver of all time. Sorry, be better, son.
I found it so sad. Lewis was so deserved of the win (aswell as rosberg) but his car kept letting him down. Such a sad day for the sport but I was happy for rosberg. I just can't wait until max js in Lewis' situation and loses, that would be fun 😁😁😁
Lewis is so unlucky throughout his career Lost 2007 (his rookie rookie year, he deserved that championship) Lost 2016 mostly bc of engine failure Lost 2021 due to a lack of intelligent of the fia
Well, I'm gonna have to point out a few things. The pit lane error in China 2007 was his own fault. The engine failure from Malaysia 2016 was because Lewis was pushing his engine too hard and not caring about the consequences of what was gonna happen from doing that. And 2021 he had an easy advantage in Baku of getting an easy points, but fucked it up on his own.
He got so lucky the amount of DNFs lewis had with technical issues and he still only just won. No surprise he retired, first time he beat lewis in 18 years of driving.
People like you know NOTHING about what it takes to win a WDC. Hell i know close to nothing, but the psychological battle was insane and how Nico went through with it has to be one of the sports best moments for me. Lewis is one of the GOAT's. Getting beatin in '13, '14 and '15 (and all the years in junior series racing together) to never give up, and always keep beleiving. You guys will never understand what an achievement that is.
@@nfsrival1499 hahahahaha he literally just gave up. He knew he fluked it & he knew he could never beat Lewis again hence why he retired. Wipe the brown of the end of your nose mate.
His emotions, his perfect behavior, his RU-vid videos, his kindness. He's over acting everytime, everywhere. Everything looks fake in Nico. Don't blame me. It's just a feeling.
Then Ham was a Champion because of Massa's mechanical failures in '08, or Schumi because of Raikkonnens terrible reliability in '03. Frentzen in '99, Alonso in 2012, the list goes on. Its motorsport. Drivers know and accept the mechanical side of the sport. Learn to deal with it.
He retired because he did what he wanted, he wanted to win the world championship and he did. The world doesn't revolve around Hamilton lol, Rosberg has nothing else to prove, he is a world champion.
Imagine calling an F1 champion pathetic. Only 33 people in 71 seasons have had the right to be called that. Some people will never understand. Sore loser
Good driver but not a champ mentality !This is the reason why lewis is waaay better than him and for everyone who think that valteri isnt a good driver, nico would beat lewis blah blah blah... never! Nico win the championship only cuz Hamilton's mechanical failures. LEWIS THE CHAMP ALL THE WAY UP! #teamlh #legend
Sounds like 2014. Welcome to F1 mechanical issues are part of the sport. Hell Sebastian would have either won or had it down to the wire even with the crashes in 2017 if the car was reliable. I'm sure you don't take that away from Lewis. No matter what happens the person who wins is the true champion.
Simply not true. He had a champ mentality in 2014 already, which was actually first year for Nico in dominant car and was fighting hard until the last race, but he wasn't yet able to beat Hamilton (who had almost always competitive car since 2007 so he was used to fight for championships, Rosberg not) over the season.. He needed 2 more years for that and some luck, yeah, but he was definitely much closer competitor for championship than Bottas. Would be easier for you Hamilton fans to recognize that Rosberg was actually pretty damn good and helped Hamilton to raise his game over those 3 years. It was great rivalry and it wasn't an accident. And there is no more rivalry since Bottas came.
@@jbc22112 i mentioned... good driver but not a champ mentality... by that i recognize his talent , skills, efforts etc etc ... he deserved 2016 title, but thats all , Hamilton would beat him anyway, yesterday, today, and every time.
@@andrilleshi8950 Well he didn't beat him every time in quali, races and in one championship out of three, so not true. Lewis is better but he's also the goat, so painting Rosberg so poorly as you Ham's fans do, actually put Lewis down a lot. If this was all true, Nico should be put in his place of "good driver without a champ mentality" after USA 2015 already and the rest of 2015 and 2016 should have looked like 2013 between Vettel and Webber. But Rosberg never gave up his dream of becoming champ, so of course he had champ mentality.
@@mdsameerthunder Nico most undeserving champion. What don't you understand about that.. Got extremely lucky and ran because he knows he didnt deserve it and could never beat Hamilton on merit.
For some reason this guy is cringey and i feel this world title was awarded him and won in a dirty way. Worst world champ in history and i dont dislike anyone.
Nope. I'm a Hamilton fan but completely respect Rosberg for that season, even if Hamilton probably should have got it. Fair play to Rosberg. We now see the comparison to Bottas.
Nico what do you mean you couldn't get past Hamilton? Did you forget you were racing your main rival in an equally competitive car? I don't remember Lewis ever having to depend on your drive to win a championship.
