But Lewis beat Rosberg in the standings for 2013, won the championship and 2014 and 2015. Rosberg would still in disadvantage so no revenge situation IMO
He had achieved everything you can at the highest level of motorsport. He was mentally and physically exhausted because of the commitment in 2016. He has a beautiful wife, perfect kids, millions of dollars, Heineken and Mercedes ambassador, UA-camr with a million plus subscribers, and still young. I take my hat off to Nico, i would have done the same thing.
@@johannesberglund2070 An electric failure in Singapore 2014 and ERS failure in Abu Dhabi 2014 costed Nico the championship in a year when he was very on pair with Lewis and in a lot of ocassions better, but yeah, when someone else gets a reliability issue it's reduced to "haha he bad lol" and when Lewis gets one it's because he was "sabotaged" and everyone around him is racist and doesn't want him to win.
Honestly I think it was just family related, he refused to sleep in a bed with his wife or even perform any child care duties at all for a whole year, I think he agreed with his wife that he would have one year of being completely unavailable and would quit at the end no matter the consequence.
All of these details and others that have come out about how hard it was for him to get this championship just made me wonder if he really is better than Hamilton, since it took him way more to beat him. Not to question his ability but someone who can't deliver his best work without almost ruining everything else in life doesn't seem put him on the level of other drivers who seemed to balance things better and still won.
@@goduxunike he's clearly not, but sometimes hard work beats talent. He is still, however, one of the greatest drivers in my book for beating schumacher and hamilton as a teammate.
@@goduxunike well it's not like Lewis has to care for a wife and kids. Obviously Lewis is better, but not having a family and doing whatever you want does make life easier.
@@goduxunike I mean he is a great driver , but Hamilton isn’t a normal driver. Hamilton and Schumacher are not normal they are the greatest people in their craft. Nico himself admits he had to have a lot of things go right for him to win a wdc.
Nico has admitted that it took all the energy he had and more to beat Lewis. He pretty much said that he was not prepared to sacrifice his personal life by repeating the intensity he had to apply a second year.
yes, if you look at nico now, he's funny, easily going, clowns around and stirs the pot in pundit. back then he was serious, detached almost, couldn't take one innocent easy joke. it took its tool on him to win that year.
@@Ikcatcher 2013-2015 he was in garbage cars. even from 2016 to 2018 the McLaren wasn’t good and he was a top driver then and dragging that car into the points
Nico just understood the energy and commitment levels needed to win a championship and decided he wasn’t going to do that again. Fair play. Also probably resented he was being paid half of his teammates salary when he had just become world champion.
@@Rodvid No, I'm talking about the driver who *lost the championship* in his rookie season after McLaren left him out too long on worn out tyres until one of them became delaminated and caused him to get stuck in the gravel at the pit entry of the Chinese GP. But you were probably in your diapers when that happened so I'm not surprised you think Lewis is the luckiest driver ever. 🙄
It was definitely an innocent retirement but more importantly I think the stress of having to battle Lewis drained the fun out of driving for him as well as how that competitive relationship soured there friendship.
@@Lamster66 Verstappen maybe. But I disagree with the rest (Alonso had his chance twice and still lost. Ricci in Mclaren this year proved that he's as overrated as Vettel, if not more)
To add credibility to the conspiracy, just look at the man who replaced Nico. Valtteri Bottas. A different personality, cool headed, capable of scoring consistent 2nd place points for Mercedes, but not creating a hostile, combative mood in the team. Ensuring that Max Verstappen can’t seriously challenge Mercedes, and step into the 2nd place position.
@@duderama6750 I don't think Bottas is cool-headed. He lets the public's perception get right under his skin. He's definitely more accustomed to #2 status. Nico and Lewis were much closer. Sabotaging his engine I don't quite buy but the mechanic swap feels like such an unusual move.
Bottas replaced Rosberg because he was literally the best option to pick up. He was coming off many good seasons where he dominated in the Williams against Massa as his teammate with some extremely solid results.And he was not under contract unlike many of the other drivers. There was literally no reason not to pick him up.
@@Release-Topic-b4d That is a soft contract, just like Russel does as he swapped for that race in Sakhir when Lewis had Covid. Mercedes is Williams energy supplier, they're like a junior team to Mercedes in a way. This has been especially true with Williams and Mercedes over the years. You see it with Ferrari and Haas/ Alfa Romeo as well. Do people have a better option when Rosberg leaves at the end of the season without warning? Or do people think Mercedes will promote an F2 driver with no experience in F1 straight to the best team against the best teammate, especially since most of the best ones are in other teams junior driver programmes and constructors titles are on the line? Or maybe people think Red Bull would really let a driver like Daniel Ricciardo leave and join Mercedes when they are competing against Mercedes for the title? And no drivers like Hulkenburg, Perez, even if they were open didn't look as promising as Bottas did in the Williams. Literally only a few drivers looked better than Bottas in F1 at the time. Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo.
You gotta remember that Nico did not just retire from F1, but from racing in any way! I think he was just at place where he had realized his dream of becoming F1 world champion, he had just become a father, and I think he was just ready to leave a dangerous career behind to focus on life as a dad and husband. I don't think there's any more to it
It makes perfect sense now, Nico was genetically engineered to fight Hamilton, but he was only a human. As soon as the FIA artificial intelligence and biomechanics program progressed far enough it was time to retire him and introduce plan Robottas into the mix
3:37 Lewis didn’t mean that it was the first time Nico won a title in 18 years, he meant that it was the first time Nico beat him. Nico and Lewis raced with each other for years, even in junior series. They were on the same karting team as kids. And Lewis always rose above Nico
I think Nico realised that the team he was in was team Hamilton. He won against the odds and decided that winning was the pinacle. Also he probable just wanted to spend the rest of his life with his family. Safer.
he realised that after race 2 when they ordered nico not to pass a limping hamilton at the 2013 malaysian gp despite the leaders being just up ahead then throughout the years he noticed that hamilton could ignore team orders at hungary 2014 when mercedes gave rosberg a suboptimal extra pitstop that was based on hamilton letting him through, if hamilton was not going to do any team favors then let everybody know before the race so they wouldn't to do that strategy, dont surprise them once you have track position and cost rosberg the race
The only reason that the Malaysia failure doesn’t feel right as a “planned” move is Nico and Vettel colliding on lap 1 and punting Nico to the back of the field... Nico had to absolutely claw his way back up to 4th (inheriting 3rd when Lewis’ engine blew). I mean Mercedes had no way of knowing that specifically Malaysia would be so crucial to changing the championship, and all that work would have been a total waste had Nico been only 2 places back. Had Merc planned to kill any of Lewis’ races, they would have had to have it planned in advance, and planning that in advance would just be too risky, otherwise, if they had a theoretical kill switch, a race like Monaco would have made way more sense, since Nico was doing even worse, down in 7th.
Maybe it was not entirely planned . We have to also look at the fact Lewis had more engine problems than Nico . They just were planned a engine failure , but they might have not planned which race to cause it
@ان شاء الله but the fact is that Lewis and nico had the same reliability ( almost ) for the past 3 season and suddenly it changes , then something is wrong
@@lmao7439 Well Lewis himself said he learnt a lot from 2016 about engine management, he used to be an always push kinda guy, but now (helps he’s not fighting his teammate very often) Merc says he often turns the engine down before they even tell him to... I think he may have just been running on the ragged edge of reliability too much.
Nico has been very open post-retirement about how his time at Mercedes wasn't the most healthy (Michael Schumacher played a lot of mind games with him and we obviously saw what happened between him and Lewis). Maybe the thing that really pushed him into retirement was that he was burned out from all the toxicity and hyper-competitiveness and he needed to take time away from racing? Nico has been offered to return to racing as a driver in the years since (he got an offer to drive in DTM in 2019 but he declined it claiming that he didn't feel fit enough to race).
Yeah, plus you can tell his wife is the type that worries a lot about him. Theyre rich beyond belief, so why race just to have the next best trim on their yacht? The time he'd lose with his family can never be replaced either. Seems his wife was very supportive of the decision. He's no longer risking injury or worse. That's another thing
Its actually James hunt repeat.... After winning championship Nico realised that he need not to prove the world he is best... He just needed to prove it to himself and already done that...
PRINCE THAKUR I don't really think he proved it to himself he was "the best". What he did was accomplish a goal he set out to do. Win the championship. He knows he's not better than Lewis. That's why he was ok with winning the title in the manner that he won it. It wasn't on merit. He benefitted from Lewis' misfortunes. He has lost to Lewis in a straight fight so many times, he knew it was the only way he could win in the end. But the chances of that happening again the following year would've been slim. That's why I think he left when he did. Plus, it took so much out of him to win it that year. I don't think he was willing to go through that again.
He was driving the car too fast and Merc for some reason didn't want to show how fast they were. With Valteri and Lewis they always managed how fast they were going. Make races look closer or tougher than they actually were.
I think Nico retired after his title not only for familial reasons but also as a symbolic method. He knew that by retiring he would forever be on top of his rivalry, forever giving Lewis the feeling that he lost. Nico knew that doing that would be a total mindset change for Lewis for the rest of his career and definitely stuck it to him
I think Nico quit F1 for family related reasons, but very reluctantly so, but had to because of family pressure. Also, once F1 drivers start families they also begin to lose their edge.
@@nicmagtaan1132 Yeah, Lewis is so good because he's alone. No family, no kids, he goes home to an empty mansion, his only companion is a dog. When he retires, he's got nothing to go back home to.
Bro fighting with lewis was too stressful for him, if you watched his years against lewis, you will notice the stress never got to lewis as he was always calm under pressure, but it had a toll on rosberg, so once rosberg was able to win it, he didnt want to go through the stress again so after achieving his greatest desire, he decided to retire and spend time with his family. Dont forget formula 1 is a dangerous sport, so he choose his family and his own peace of mind.
When your father is Keke Rosberg you have some big shoes to fill. I always felt like Nico was not a born racing driver and probably would not even have moved up to F1 if he had a different father. So once he reached his ultimate goal of becoming F1 champion like his father, he instantly retired. I salute him for it. He had a goal, reached it, and realized he did not have the motivation to (probably fruitlessly) chase another championship for many years to come.
I recall Damon Hill told in his book something like that. Like he had the responsibility to continue the saga his father started. Nico Rosberg hasn't said anything like that I think, but it could make sense
I remember that race in Malaysia. I remember that Lewis was pumping in the lap times and I was thinking there's no point pushing it as you could blow the power train as F1 cars are built to run at certain temp tolerances and you're racing in Malaysia, one of the hottest races on the calendar at that time - better to pace it and finish the race in a measured way...........2 or 3 laps later Lewis's power train blew up. I always thought Rosberg was underrated though - not on the same level in terms of speed as Lewis (not many can claim to be that!) but definitely far better than many thought. Bottas has been there for now his 5th season and he has not reached the same consistency in qualifying or race pace as Rosberg did. I think it's fair that Rosberg bowed out when he did, he achieved what he wanted, no point in carrying on if you're not motivated to do it, and I don't think he would have retained the title because Lewis would have been super motivated to beat him
How I see it: There was no sabotage, there was no secret deal, there was no crazy conspiracy. Nico gave up being a father and a husband for the entirety of 2016 to focus on winning the championship. The man didn’t even sleep in the same room as his wife he was that dedicated. Everyone seems to mention that Nico got lucky with his championship because of Hamilton’s DNF. But I’d say he used the Alain Prost approach. Nico had such a lead on the championship by Japan that he knew he only had to finish 2nd in the final 4 races to win the championship. To him there was no point in pushing the engine to the limit to try and get the win if it only caused unnecessary risks of a mechanical DNF for him. I’m sure that if he wasn’t strongly in the lead of the championship, he would’ve raced harder and pushed the engine more (potentially causing a DNF for himself) to try and remain in the fight, but he didn’t have to. He built up a lead and only did what was necessary to win the championship. Once he’d won the championship he’d achieved his dream, and has made his family proud, so he retired. It would’ve been suspicious if he continued racing competitively and continuously in other categories but he didn’t, he genuinely achieved what he set out to achieve and so he retired to spend more time with family and to focus on improving the environment. Very commendable from him. Long story short: I know that Hamilton is a better driver than Nico, but I believe that Nico won fairly in 2016 using the Alain Prost method. He retired for his family and for his well-being, it’s commendable.
Yknow, if I had a wife and kids and I was dragged away from them to fight a new guy who was in fierce competition with me every single race, being seen and watched by fans fighting between you and your teammate, toxic media, and having just won a *Formula 1 World Championship*, I'd quit too. There is more to life than racing a teammate and I think he made the right decision. Great driver, great character and he loves his fans over on his youtube channel.
I think CYMotorsport explained it best about why Nico retired after winning the Driver's Championship. Nico retiring was the best thing to do. I like to think of it as to finally overcoming the biggest hurdle in your life because who hates losing to your rival. I would also agree with what CYMotorsport said about Lewis after Nico won. Lewis had nothing to say because he let a Driver's championship slip away from his grasp. Nico retiring and now giving F1 fans his analysis and vlogs is awesome for the sport of F1. While I never watched Nico race live (I started watching F1 in 2018) I believe Nico is a lot happier without the stress of being an F1 driver.
The second theory makes lots of sense. Mercedes in the 2014-2016 period had a superior car to every other team in every sense of the word. The only way Mercedes could end up not winning in 2017, 2018 etc. was if the rivalry between it's two drivers kept causing problems. Changing Nico Rosberg for a thankful less important but good driver that would accept his position as second in the team and work for Lewis to win (Bottas) meant securing lots of victories for Mercedes in the future and the best way to get rid of Rosberg was to give him what he had always wanted, a WDC and retirement to spend time with his family. Bottas did exactly as expected of him in the following years working for the time and for Hamilton.
Rosberg is a young, multi-millionaire with a lovely wife and family, he decided to retire, at the top, of a very dangerous sport, after being worn down by the spiteful and childish antics of his former close friend, Hamilton, that in my opinion is the long and short of it.
I wasn't a huge fan of Nico or Lewis for that matter, but I always put Hamilton above, however in 2017 when Nico eventually spoke about the previous year and explained that he would travel so far from the next race so that he had to travel each day to be one hour closer to where the race was and the start time of the race, this meant that he was rarely at home for the whole season, if this is correct then it shows huge dedication to the desire to win that championship, Hamilton had none of those worries. I can see that (if it is true) giving a driver no life for the whole season as his work with the team would still need to be done as well as all of the sponsorship commitments too, I'm not totally sold on this being possible or even allowed, but if it is possible then after a year of this I would want to retire too, there is more to life than living in hotels and catching planes.
It’s true! How much of a coincidence that they both drove the same car but only Lewis was having problems....constantly! Suspicious af! Look at 2018 Austria, both Lewis and Valtteri had car issues and both retired. In 2016, both equal cars but only Lewis had mechanical issues?🤔🤔
Yes Nico's car in 2014 confirmed that even though Lewis, was leading the championship they deliberately sabotaged Nico's race. This race should be investigated by the Interpol, FBI, CBI and other crime bureau investigation agencies world over. 😂😂😂. Lewis , can't escape he needs prison time for next 10 years.😂😂
@@blackgirlsrock264 Look at the DNF statistics for Mercedes from 2017-2020, 6 DNF’s for Bottas, 1 DNF for Hamilton. DNF’s aren’t always equal between drivers, Hamilton used to be an ‘always push’ kinda driver, and he learnt from the 2016 season that he sometimes needed to save the engine. Which is why from 2017 onwards he’s only had 1 DNF.
@@GuacJuan why only in 2016 where his mechanic was took away by force? Why he has so many occasions he dropped from pole start to 3rd 4th or even 6-7th? Merc admitted his car has some kick-start setup? Why only happened in 2016? Why he only don't know how to protect his engine after 10th years of his F1 career? And 11th year immediately improved? he was ignored when he has engine setup and losing power losing places, but 2 race later Nico similar problems was solve in seconds? Spain and Austria race Nico deliberately knocked out Lewis with no penalty! Merc engine never blew up like Sepang for many years. This type of blew up only happened in maclaren Merc engine many years ago. Merc has the ability to tuned to blew up their engine anytime!
I think it got so heated that Mercedes asked Nico to leave at the end of the season and he made an agreement was if only they made him #1 driver obviously speculation but Nico got Lewis's Mechanics and crew apparently and vice versa. Even Lewis has hinted a few times about writing what really happened, All speculation but I honestly think their relationship was so bad Nico had to leave
I'm wondering how bottas has so many "unfortunate" events. I think Mercedes is currently sabotaging bottas to make sure he can't change Hamilton. In my personal opinion they have proven themselves capable of this when they had to stop Russel from winning in Hamiltons car 1st time out in it. They could not have that cos it would take away to much from Hamiltons status.
Thanks for the entertainment, I don't think any of them are true. Nico's fight with Lewis in 2016 shook him to the core. Nico admitted that he was literally counting grams to maintain his race pace. I'm not kidding, the man said that he weighed his socks, the paint on his helmet..what he ate...etc. He even admitted to having zero, zero distractions in his fight for the Championship including no contact with family or friends that year. Even sleeping in separate beds from his wife. My opinion is that this was a decision (deal) they made together for him to retire if he won the title. It was a personal decision on his part and I respect him for it, there's no way he could repeat that. In my opinion Lewis would destroy him the following year. Now having said all that, I like Nico. I told my son in 2010 that this driver is very quick and under rated. One day he will be World Champion. I didn't know that he would beat Lewis. Incredible..not too many people on this planet can say that.
Don't think there was anything untoward. Gotta remember about the second theory, Lewis entered that season having dominated Nico in 2015. So there was very little rivalry in actual fact as they were rarely on the same piece of tarmac. Nico then came into 2016 ready to attack and Lewis struggled to come to terms with it until July, when he won some 4 races in 1 month. I think it was just destiny at Malaysia. 2016 was destined to be Nico's year, and everything fell his way. He knew he probably could not repeat his effort, so he decided to leave at his peak, which is admirable, as everyone else would keep fighting for more wins in what was without doubt the best team, and still is.
It would've only been admirable had he won the title on merit. But anyone who watched that season knows that he didn't beat Lewis in a straight fight and likely never could over the course of a season. He knows it too. That's why he left and why he will be a forgettable champion. Consider this, even with all of the reliability issues Lewis had that year, he still only lost the title by 3 or 5 points at the last race. In 2015, where I think Nico had a few more reliability issues, Lewis won the title with several races to spare.
@@MattGP01 Nothing else?Agreed it was a factor, but to say all of his reliability issues, including you know, his engine going up in smoke while leading the race, weren't factors as well is delusional. And indicative of your bias.
For some sportsmen and women, achieving your goal, even if it’s just the once is enough. This is not a criticism, far from it, to reach the pinnacle in a sport you have dedicated your whole life to, is a wonderful and tremendous achievement. Plenty of great F1 drivers never achieve that world championship and some truly great drivers have only won the title once. For some it was enough. Winning the title multiple times demands not only tremendous skill and determination but also some luck, the right team and car but most importantly an unbelievable hunger to keep winning. Nico like many other one time champs, Damon Hill, Mansell and James Hunt were also driving in a time when, arguably, all time greats were racing. To keep that hunger for another world championship, against someone who you know has done it time and time again, when you’ve given your all so many times before and come up short, to have had to deal with the disappointments of losing the title in close battles, to keep going when you think maybe the chance has gone, to keep all that when you finally get your hands on it, must be incredibly difficult, and so hard to keep yourself motivated to go through it all again. This in no way dismisses their achievements, like the others, a little more luck, one different decision and they could of all won at least another. It does however show the absolute ruthlessness, unrivalled determination and insatiable hunger that multiple championship winners possess. I can see why Nico retired. He finally achieved his dream, after some close calls, a fractured friendship, the crushing blows and disappointments, and against a driver who statistically has broken all the records. He had nothing left to give, and nothing left to prove to himself. He probably knew deep down he either couldnt or didn’t want to, go through it all again. So he retired as the world champion.
Haha, nice video mate! Really loved it! Being a newer fan (since the Italian GP 2018), it was interesting to hear about Nico's retirement. I still support his retirement as his YT videos are beautiful and he's enjoying time with his family (in all seriousness). Nonetheless, still enjoyed the conspiracy mate! No.3 was obviously my favorite xD
Have we all just forgotten about he’s father keke how only won one f1 championship in 1982, he Wanted to achieve what’s his farther did and not out preform
Another theory: He figured he get out on top, with a championship because life would be pure hell, if Lewis beat him forever more. Life in the neighborhood would be horrendous.
When you started after the intro. I was setting up my dinner and when i heard you speak. “Wait a minute, that’s exactly like buzzfeed unsolved’s videos” and when i got back on my phone, i saw the timeline format. Hahahaahha! I love it. I always watch their videos. This is like a collabz This is GOLD. Just great content.
@@Naman.Khivsara so normally if theres a midfield car in the way then they would get out the way for them but Alonso was stuck behind petrov who was in a renulat and red bull was powered bull renulat so red bull might of told renault for them to get in the way so Alonso could not get the title
@@scontrastex2448 I have a bigger one, first see the radio rewind of Abu Dhabi 2010 on F1 channel, there you'll see that the race engineering of algarsarve said first that he's racing Webber, then Webber said his team what's happening, then the torro Rosso team said, him to leave Webber through.
My opinion on rosbergs retirment is that hed had enough hed been racing in f1 since the early 00s and after the toxicity he had went through with mercedes and hamilton he finally achieved his lifelong dream win an f1 wdc then he was able to walk away with no regrets
Ha! Love the disclaimer at the start. Just a point of order; after winning a championship or title, you never "defend" it the following year because regardless of whatever the outcome of the following year, your winning championship always stands and never gets taken away. Defending has connotations that one could lose something such as the championship you've won but this is clearly not the case.
Won a championship and got married while having kids. I respect rosberg for walking out. He won against hamilton who was at his peak while the mercedes team were backing hamilton.
Rosberg is so chad, shot his shot, made the shot, and then fucked off happily while Hamilton fuming. Even more so now because of 2021, if it wasn’t for rosberg hamilton would have 8 wins and now he’ll likely never get there if Mercedes stays the same.
Nico wasn't a wonder kid as Max or Lewis when he joined F1, but he indeed carved his legacy in a way that no one could forget him. He was a good mid-field driver who took so long to get his first win. From that to challenging a wonder kid whom he has seen since childhood is really commendable achievement for him. A Sabotage from Mercedes theory doesn't stand. Because if so it could also be said that Lewis won 2014 & 2015 because Nico had more reliability issues. Plus Nico's high competition and a rivalry at such high level also affected morale of Lewis in 2016 season. We often say Nico was only driver to get into Lewis's head, not Vettel, not Alonso and not Valteri. Nico improved himself to such a level that he could be equal to Lewis. By doing that he was getting frustrated every season and when he clinched a World Title from Lewis's hands he decided that's enough. He refrained from trying to do that again. We remember him because of that otherwise look what happened to Vettel and Alonso.
You have to remember that Hamilton didn't just suffer the infamous engine failure in Malaysia 2016. He also had engine problems which caused him to start from the back in China and Belgium, and from tenth in Russia. The only reliability problem Rosberg suffered all year was a five-place gearbox penalty in Austria (which only ended up dropping him four places). Lewis already took 12 poles and 10 wins to Nico's 8 poles and 9 wins. Without these reliability problems, Lewis may well have taken up to 15 poles and 14 wins, breaking records in the process, and would almost certainly have won the title. Whilst its impressive that Nico managed to get as close as he did to one of the greatest drivers of all time, there's not much doubt that all things being equal Lewis would've beaten him, and would already be an eight-time Champion.
Can't get the thought out of my head that if Nico had raced for mercedes till 2018 he could have taken enough points from Hamilton that Vettel could have won either the 2017 or 2018 title.
@@nathanhutchinson3488 not really. Valterri is a dedicated no 2 who is on contract to ensure Hamilton ends up with max points. Look at Hungary where he took out both red bulls.
@@0megalul309 so you think that Bottas could win races and compete for the title but decides not to? Plus there is no way Bottas could have planned the take out both Red Bulls, it’s crazy to even believe that.
I think Rosberg retired because he'd had enough of the mind games from Hamilton, after he was backed up into the clutches of Verstappen and Vettel in the closing stages in Abu Dhabi. Either that, or he truly retired to be there more for his family.
He didn’t need the stress of being Hamilton’s team mate anymore. He lucked into a championship due to the unreliability of Lewis’s car that year. He leads a charmed life. His father is wealthy, he is wealthy, lives in Monaco and still coins it in by doing commentary for Sky Sports. If I were him I’d probably have done the same, he’s just one lucky guy but extremely likeable. Fair play to him.
I'm a little late here but I don't think the second theory is right. Nico doesn't seem like a guy who would accept a championship when his teammate's car is sabotaged
I also found it suspicious that paddy Lowe left Mercedes after 2016. During Abu Dhabi Lewis and paddy got heated during the race. Even though Lewis was slowing down to try win the championship while leading , paddy was telling Lewis to speed in order to "win this race". But this was a clear message to Lewis that Rosberg is underthreat from the driver behind him. But this is a championship fight which made no sense . Something definitely got heated after that season.
So if Nico had stayed until 2018 when his contract ran out, then they would need a driver for the 2019 season. Could that have been George Russel? Is Nico Rosberg retiring the only reason Russel is still at Williams?
Nico is a really cool guy. I have a lot of respect for him. He is laughing at anyone who is goading him into returning to F1, having achieved what he wanted and having nothing else to prove. If he hadn't won in 2016, he would have kept racing until he had a championship. But the mental and personal sacrifice required was immense. Clearly Nico's family and other pursuits (he is pretty environmentally focused) are more important to him than being the best in the world. His title says it all.
Your second theory makes so much sense. Even throughout that season I had a gut feeling that Mercedes did in fact put Nico ahead and wanted him to win. But the way Lewis fought the title was beyond what they expected.
Yeah im under the impression that they said to him is that we will do anything in our power to assist you in winning the championship by swapping the garage sides and team and lewis had a couple of questionable failures and also tactical decisions but when you win you leave the sport
I think Rosberg's retirement goes in line with "You either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain." I think Rosberg only cared about beating Hamilton one time and that was it. If Rosberg stayed for another year, I think it would have went down like a Prost vs Senna rivalry.
I think if you carry on and on you run the risk of your excellence being completely forgotten due to bad years later on. Take a look at Jenson during his last few years at mclaren and Sebastian right now: both incredible talents, but people often seem to think of them as how they were/are in their less successful years and completely dismiss how sensational both were. By retiring on top, nobody ever gets the opportunity to say you “fell off” or “should’ve left sooner”. They say you’re only as good as you’re last race, so Nico definitely did the right thing in leaving at his peak
Nico knew that everyone in Mercedes camp was in Lewis' corner especially Toto and Lauda, i mean we all remember everytime something happened on track it was always Nico's fault and never Lewis' fault, not even once and both Toto and Lauda were very vocal about it in front of media, so how do you move ahead as a champion and defend your title when your team principal is playing favorites and wants to see your team-mate/rival succeed at all cost, so he figured out that he was there for Racing not Politics.
Very straightforward. Diversity of colour is key. Nico wasn't expected to put up such a fight. This was a problem on the diversity train. Nico was given an option he could refuse. Win the title and step away or we'll ruin you. The next driver was told the deal straight up. He played his part like a good puppet too
HAM Proved to be super petty, He knew he pulled off a miraculous win and it would not repeat itself... good enough! Nico is all friendly and amicable, doesn't seem like he'd be enjoying a constant tussle, and it's good to end on a high note.
They started by swapping his mechanics, which was crazy, and some how he had engine problems and his starts were really bad. Don't forget at azerbaijan when lewis mysteriously had a steering wheel setting out of place and couldn't be told what was wrong with his car under the new regulations, but nico was told at the british GP when he had trans problems. And please don't forget austrian GP when lewis started ahead of nico and thew pit stops nico jumped lewis. O and for the final pit stop they put nico on faster tires ahead of lewis. And man, in the last race of the year, telling lewis to speed up and let nico win. I think lewis knew because he only tried to back nico up after the last pit stops. Also after lewis's motor blew up in china in the lead , his statement after was" someone doesn't want me to win". I think the whole season was bent and I can't wait for the book.
I think Nico delved way deep into himself to bring out the worst in him and stressed himself out so much in order to go for the championship, that he really didn't enjoy who he was becoming and decided that he didn't want to go on like that.
Hey, can you please not put in the really high pitch sound effect between segments, I've got tinitus and it really fucks with my hearing when im wearing surround sound headphones too. Just a minor thing but I love your content and that one little noise being used made it difficult for me to watch.
Nico's story is like a soldier who enlisted to war and leave to be with his family but in one condition and that is to win the war. And maybe the passion in him just became a burden that he wanted to clear off in his life. By far he is one of my favourite drivers
I just can't see him beating Lewis without external interference, and him returning for the following season would've made that obvious when there was a return to the status quo. When Lewis was winning the prior seasons it wasn't because Nico was having a bunch of Dnf's, but interestingly this was the case for Lewis during the season that Nico won and for a perennially reliable outfit. Also how is it that only his car was underperforming?
@@johnwesley3885 In 2014 Lewis won because of Nico's engine problems, but no one's talking about a theory of Mercedes sabotaging Nico, but when Lewis gets a DNF everyone thinks they're sabotaging him for no reason, because you don't even have the enough IQ to create a theory with some kind of sense.
I do believe that all is not exactly as it seemed. There were a few too many coincidences and statements that don't really match what happened. I suspect #2 is closer to the truth than we would like to believe: since 2014 the rivalry had been growing and the obvious animosity was threatening the team. If you look at how that team has operated since and consider how much closer those more recent seasons could have been (I know it doesn't look it in the final numbers but think back to the feeling during those seasons to how close Ferrari sometimes felt) it feels like a huge and deliberate shift in team culture which helped fend off resurgent (at least on paper) rivals.
I believe it's simply because the mental toll that it took him to win the championship. When he finally got one, he knew what he had to do to be able to get it, and he didn't want (or need) it anymore, especially considering the insane distancing he did to his family during his champion year. Moreover, the main key to Nico winning the championship in 2016 (that I rarely see mentioned by anyone) was his advantage over Lewis on race starts. Lewis outqualified him a lot of times but he struggled a lot at the starts (just search Lewis 2016 failed starts compilation) which led to Nico leading most of the race on the first corner, and most of the times that's all it takes to win a race. Also, those bad starts of Lewis led to a few first corner incidents that he had that year.
all of them are possible and likely because i honestly believe that toto has more shit going on than he shows like he looks all simple sweet and funny but is as cunning as a jackal. nicos one of the greatest in my book simply because of when he retired. he will power it must have taken to go out in your prime mustve been mental. plus his family needed him. no hate to lewis but my man's sacrifices are seen. nico imo though won the title on his merit and lewis will forEVER be pissed about that.
Won the title on merit? 🤡 So using illegal car modes that even Mercedes banned, pushing Lewis off the track, switching out Lewis’s mechanics and demanding Lewis’s car setup data is based on ‘merit’? So how come when Lewis won championships in 2008 at Mclaren or in 2014 & 2015 at Mercedes he didn’t need to do all that to win? I’ve never seen Lewis push Heikki off the track in 2008! Never heard of Lewis demanding to see Heikki’s car set ups or using his mechanics....explain that!
Different gravy.
First thought when he said this... ‘Ayyyy that’s what Tommo F1 says’ haha
You know I had to put that one in
Juicy stuff mate
Yes
@@MadeByPerspective mmmmmnn gravy
My favorite take: Rosberg hated Lewis so much he retired out of spite so Lewis could not get his revenge.
Agree
Lewis has his chance with Extreme E... sort of.
That’s another good theory
Now almost everyone hates Hamilton for ramming his bullshit down our throats and breaking the unwritten rule of bringing politics into sport
But Lewis beat Rosberg in the standings for 2013, won the championship and 2014 and 2015. Rosberg would still in disadvantage so no revenge situation IMO
‘Nico Rosberg was created in a Lab by the FIA in order to challenge Lewis Hamilton and make it interesting’
That line killed me 😂
Hahahah 😅
Nico Rosberg was a Robot the whole time. Nico Rosbot.
Me: Gets Mclaren Tooned flashbacks.
the FIA need to make another nicobot then
😂😂😂.. too hilarious
He had achieved everything you can at the highest level of motorsport. He was mentally and physically exhausted because of the commitment in 2016. He has a beautiful wife, perfect kids, millions of dollars, Heineken and Mercedes ambassador, UA-camr with a million plus subscribers, and still young. I take my hat off to Nico, i would have done the same thing.
Agreed, except neither of us could drive as well as either of them.
He also knew he nerver could beat Hamilton again without him Haninge bad luck again
@@johannesberglund2070 Same could be said for Lewis in 2014 lol.
@@marcoar3109 Watch F1 a lot ? Apperently not. Maybe Max won 2012 as Well according to you
@@johannesberglund2070 An electric failure in Singapore 2014 and ERS failure in Abu Dhabi 2014 costed Nico the championship in a year when he was very on pair with Lewis and in a lot of ocassions better, but yeah, when someone else gets a reliability issue it's reduced to "haha he bad lol" and when Lewis gets one it's because he was "sabotaged" and everyone around him is racist and doesn't want him to win.
Honestly I think it was just family related, he refused to sleep in a bed with his wife or even perform any child care duties at all for a whole year, I think he agreed with his wife that he would have one year of being completely unavailable and would quit at the end no matter the consequence.
All of these details and others that have come out about how hard it was for him to get this championship just made me wonder if he really is better than Hamilton, since it took him way more to beat him. Not to question his ability but someone who can't deliver his best work without almost ruining everything else in life doesn't seem put him on the level of other drivers who seemed to balance things better and still won.
@@goduxunike He wasn’t better than Hamilton, at no point in his career did he ever look better. He was a very good driver, but he wasn’t Lewis.
@@goduxunike he's clearly not, but sometimes hard work beats talent. He is still, however, one of the greatest drivers in my book for beating schumacher and hamilton as a teammate.
@@goduxunike well it's not like Lewis has to care for a wife and kids. Obviously Lewis is better, but not having a family and doing whatever you want does make life easier.
@@goduxunike I mean he is a great driver , but Hamilton isn’t a normal driver. Hamilton and Schumacher are not normal they are the greatest people in their craft. Nico himself admits he had to have a lot of things go right for him to win a wdc.
Nico has admitted that it took all the energy he had and more to beat Lewis. He pretty much said that he was not prepared to sacrifice his personal life by repeating the intensity he had to apply a second year.
yes, if you look at nico now, he's funny, easily going, clowns around and stirs the pot in pundit. back then he was serious, detached almost, couldn't take one innocent easy joke. it took its tool on him to win that year.
What is "IMO"
@@carnificina300 In my opinion. However, I can't see that here?
@@moonchild666 i saw another comment, why dont use imo? IMO is unnecessary
@@carnificina300 "in my opinion"
Rosberg went down the “Quit while you’re still ahead” route before he became an Alonso or Vettel in terms of champions losing their mojo
alonso hasnt lost his mojo
@@michaelhughes6583 2013-2015 would like to differ
@@Ikcatcher 2013-2015 he was in garbage cars. even from 2016 to 2018 the McLaren wasn’t good and he was a top driver then and dragging that car into the points
Alonso and Micheal......
I think his championship lost its mojo when he decided not to defend it.
Nico just understood the energy and commitment levels needed to win a championship and decided he wasn’t going to do that again. Fair play. Also probably resented he was being paid half of his teammates salary when he had just become world champion.
@Concrete Head And Hamilton isn't the Luckiest guy F1 ever seen, right
@@Rodvid
Nope.
@@Rodvid He isn't. If Lewis was the luckiest driver in F1 he'd be a 9x champion by now.
@@Euclides287 Are you talking about the driver who had the lucky red flag just after his mistake?
@@Rodvid No, I'm talking about the driver who *lost the championship* in his rookie season after McLaren left him out too long on worn out tyres until one of them became delaminated and caused him to get stuck in the gravel at the pit entry of the Chinese GP. But you were probably in your diapers when that happened so I'm not surprised you think Lewis is the luckiest driver ever. 🙄
It was definitely an innocent retirement but more importantly I think the stress of having to battle Lewis drained the fun out of driving for him as well as how that competitive relationship soured there friendship.
Alongside the family duties that he was absent from, this reason is more than enough imho.
Agreed. Button has talked multiple times at how hard it was to race against Lewis. He would tell the engineers “ok great, but I can’t do that”. Lol
Watch max win it then retire
Retirement of Nico is the reason of LH titles 2017-2020.
Petition to make the conspiracy theories a series.
literally says at 0:06 it's a new series...
@@Andopop exactly lmao, in the description too
Timo glock throws the race so hamilton wins and not massa
New series here to stay!
@@MadeByPerspective Man I love conspiracy stuff like this.
Imo if Nico hadn't retired in 2016, Vettel could've won the championship in 2017.
And 2018
@Hot Rod the ferrari was good in 2017, stop acting like every ferrari made was like the 2020 the car
Why? Most of their problems that year were his own doing
@Scom Tott noone but kimi he's the last Ferrari champion
@@Lamster66 Verstappen maybe. But I disagree with the rest (Alonso had his chance twice and still lost. Ricci in Mclaren this year proved that he's as overrated as Vettel, if not more)
To add credibility to the conspiracy, just look at the man who replaced Nico. Valtteri Bottas. A different personality, cool headed, capable of scoring consistent 2nd place points for Mercedes, but not creating a hostile, combative mood in the team. Ensuring that Max Verstappen can’t seriously challenge Mercedes, and step into the 2nd place position.
All the hostility came from lulu, he knew merc favoured nico in 16.
@@duderama6750 I don't think Bottas is cool-headed. He lets the public's perception get right under his skin. He's definitely more accustomed to #2 status. Nico and Lewis were much closer. Sabotaging his engine I don't quite buy but the mechanic swap feels like such an unusual move.
Bottas replaced Rosberg because he was literally the best option to pick up. He was coming off many good seasons where he dominated in the Williams against Massa as his teammate with some extremely solid results.And he was not under contract unlike many of the other drivers. There was literally no reason not to pick him up.
@@MrTVx99 Bottas was under a contract , like other drivers... You just make this stuff up or what ? He had a Williams contract...
@@Release-Topic-b4d That is a soft contract, just like Russel does as he swapped for that race in Sakhir when Lewis had Covid. Mercedes is Williams energy supplier, they're like a junior team to Mercedes in a way. This has been especially true with Williams and Mercedes over the years. You see it with Ferrari and Haas/ Alfa Romeo as well.
Do people have a better option when Rosberg leaves at the end of the season without warning? Or do people think Mercedes will promote an F2 driver with no experience in F1 straight to the best team against the best teammate, especially since most of the best ones are in other teams junior driver programmes and constructors titles are on the line? Or maybe people think Red Bull would really let a driver like Daniel Ricciardo leave and join Mercedes when they are competing against Mercedes for the title? And no drivers like Hulkenburg, Perez, even if they were open didn't look as promising as Bottas did in the Williams. Literally only a few drivers looked better than Bottas in F1 at the time. Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo.
You gotta remember that Nico did not just retire from F1, but from racing in any way! I think he was just at place where he had realized his dream of becoming F1 world champion, he had just become a father, and I think he was just ready to leave a dangerous career behind to focus on life as a dad and husband. I don't think there's any more to it
It makes perfect sense now, Nico was genetically engineered to fight Hamilton, but he was only a human. As soon as the FIA artificial intelligence and biomechanics program progressed far enough it was time to retire him and introduce plan Robottas into the mix
Clearly it's the work of Ron Dennis as the FIA are barely more ethical than his Ego.
And Agent Verstappen afterwards
3:37 Lewis didn’t mean that it was the first time Nico won a title in 18 years, he meant that it was the first time Nico beat him. Nico and Lewis raced with each other for years, even in junior series. They were on the same karting team as kids. And Lewis always rose above Nico
It looked like Lewis was rubbing it in 😂
Nico Rosberg was created by the FIA to challenge Lewis Hamilton
Me: Yes, this theory is more believable
😄🤣👍
I think Nico realised that the team he was in was team Hamilton. He won against the odds and decided that winning was the pinacle. Also he probable just wanted to spend the rest of his life with his family. Safer.
he realised that after race 2 when they ordered nico not to pass a limping hamilton at the 2013 malaysian gp despite the leaders being just up ahead
then throughout the years he noticed that hamilton could ignore team orders at hungary 2014 when mercedes gave rosberg a suboptimal extra pitstop that was based on hamilton letting him through, if hamilton was not going to do any team favors then let everybody know before the race so they wouldn't to do that strategy, dont surprise them once you have track position and cost rosberg the race
@@MrRodzilla I remember that race.
@@MrRodzilla sub-prime indeed
@@MrRodzilla funny isn’t it how all those facts exist but Hamilton is still somehow always playing the victim 😂
The only reason that the Malaysia failure doesn’t feel right as a “planned” move is Nico and Vettel colliding on lap 1 and punting Nico to the back of the field... Nico had to absolutely claw his way back up to 4th (inheriting 3rd when Lewis’ engine blew). I mean Mercedes had no way of knowing that specifically Malaysia would be so crucial to changing the championship, and all that work would have been a total waste had Nico been only 2 places back. Had Merc planned to kill any of Lewis’ races, they would have had to have it planned in advance, and planning that in advance would just be too risky, otherwise, if they had a theoretical kill switch, a race like Monaco would have made way more sense, since Nico was doing even worse, down in 7th.
Maybe it was not entirely planned . We have to also look at the fact Lewis had more engine problems than Nico . They just were planned a engine failure , but they might have not planned which race to cause it
@ان شاء الله but the fact is that Lewis and nico had the same reliability ( almost ) for the past 3 season and suddenly it changes , then something is wrong
@@lmao7439 Well Lewis himself said he learnt a lot from 2016 about engine management, he used to be an always push kinda guy, but now (helps he’s not fighting his teammate very often) Merc says he often turns the engine down before they even tell him to... I think he may have just been running on the ragged edge of reliability too much.
@@benlittle5436 maybe you're right
But I'll completely disagree if you are a blackbeard main
@ان شاء الله when was the last time Lewis had reliability issues, especially recently compared to Bottas
Well if I were him I would retire too because 1 championship fight is enough stress 😂
Especially when you have a family. Eventually you have to put your time into either your family or Formula 1 and he chose his family
Mercedes feels like it's hella biased
Especially when your already in the age of early 30’s and been at the sport for more than a decade
Exactly 👍
Motorsport Fanboy exactly. Ppl acting like he’s 22... lol.
Nico has been very open post-retirement about how his time at Mercedes wasn't the most healthy (Michael Schumacher played a lot of mind games with him and we obviously saw what happened between him and Lewis). Maybe the thing that really pushed him into retirement was that he was burned out from all the toxicity and hyper-competitiveness and he needed to take time away from racing? Nico has been offered to return to racing as a driver in the years since (he got an offer to drive in DTM in 2019 but he declined it claiming that he didn't feel fit enough to race).
I just think he retired at his all time high and wanted people to remember him as a world champion and not as a back marker like vettel is nowadays
Yeah, plus you can tell his wife is the type that worries a lot about him. Theyre rich beyond belief, so why race just to have the next best trim on their yacht? The time he'd lose with his family can never be replaced either. Seems his wife was very supportive of the decision. He's no longer risking injury or worse. That's another thing
Oh boy...
This comment aged like milk.
@@dirtybirdsrise yeah lol
@@dirtybirdsrise even a broken clock is right twice a day...
Its actually James hunt repeat.... After winning championship Nico realised that he need not to prove the world he is best... He just needed to prove it to himself and already done that...
Was thinking the same
PRINCE THAKUR I don't really think he proved it to himself he was "the best". What he did was accomplish a goal he set out to do. Win the championship. He knows he's not better than Lewis. That's why he was ok with winning the title in the manner that he won it. It wasn't on merit. He benefitted from Lewis' misfortunes. He has lost to Lewis in a straight fight so many times, he knew it was the only way he could win in the end. But the chances of that happening again the following year would've been slim. That's why I think he left when he did. Plus, it took so much out of him to win it that year. I don't think he was willing to go through that again.
I dont agree, I doubt it was a lack of intent to prove himself
He never proved he was the best, he knew he got lucky that year and quit knowing he probably couldn't do it again
💯
Mercedes wanted him to be wingman of hamilton and he refused . That's the only reason only hamilton fans will deny that.
As a F1 fan I really miss Nico.
Sounds like a conspiracy you've dreamt up
George Russell's Sakir race would be another interesting one to do. Plenty of scope for different ideas and reasons there.
I honestly believe there was a conspiracy behind that race
He was driving the car too fast and Merc for some reason didn't want to show how fast they were. With Valteri and Lewis they always managed how fast they were going. Make races look closer or tougher than they actually were.
It's was a genuine puncture mate.
@Mo Elm did you watch the race??
@Mo Elm oh you're one of them.
George was better than Bottas. Sorry.
I think Nico retired after his title not only for familial reasons but also as a symbolic method. He knew that by retiring he would forever be on top of his rivalry, forever giving Lewis the feeling that he lost. Nico knew that doing that would be a total mindset change for Lewis for the rest of his career and definitely stuck it to him
4 theory: nico wanted to became a full time youtuber
I think Nico quit F1 for family related reasons, but very reluctantly so, but had to because of family pressure. Also, once F1 drivers start families they also begin to lose their edge.
Tell that Michael Schumacher.
@@ExtremeDeathman Can't be done, he did in fact lose his edge and hit a tree.
That is why Lewis is still dominant
@@nicmagtaan1132 Yeah, Lewis is so good because he's alone. No family, no kids, he goes home to an empty mansion, his only companion is a dog. When he retires, he's got nothing to go back home to.
@@doghat1619 I'm not a big Hamilton fan but bruh reel it in a little lol
Hot Take: Ferrari deliberately prevented Irvine from winning the '99 Championship
I think this actually happened. I would be great if he analyzed the case
Oooo this is a good one
I believe that absolutely. The bungled pitstop was so sus.
@@r4nd7r04d5 especially as he had already signed with Ford owned Jaguar for 2000.
That was very rotten, but at least The Mika got another title so oh well
Bro fighting with lewis was too stressful for him, if you watched his years against lewis, you will notice the stress never got to lewis as he was always calm under pressure, but it had a toll on rosberg, so once rosberg was able to win it, he didnt want to go through the stress again so after achieving his greatest desire, he decided to retire and spend time with his family. Dont forget formula 1 is a dangerous sport, so he choose his family and his own peace of mind.
When your father is Keke Rosberg you have some big shoes to fill. I always felt like Nico was not a born racing driver and probably would not even have moved up to F1 if he had a different father. So once he reached his ultimate goal of becoming F1 champion like his father, he instantly retired. I salute him for it. He had a goal, reached it, and realized he did not have the motivation to (probably fruitlessly) chase another championship for many years to come.
I recall Damon Hill told in his book something like that. Like he had the responsibility to continue the saga his father started. Nico Rosberg hasn't said anything like that I think, but it could make sense
"strong team culture at Mercedes" yeah right, Bottas could give you his 2 cents about that
Netflix: Write this down, WRITE THIS DOWN!
I remember that race in Malaysia. I remember that Lewis was pumping in the lap times and I was thinking there's no point pushing it as you could blow the power train as F1 cars are built to run at certain temp tolerances and you're racing in Malaysia, one of the hottest races on the calendar at that time - better to pace it and finish the race in a measured way...........2 or 3 laps later Lewis's power train blew up.
I always thought Rosberg was underrated though - not on the same level in terms of speed as Lewis (not many can claim to be that!) but definitely far better than many thought. Bottas has been there for now his 5th season and he has not reached the same consistency in qualifying or race pace as Rosberg did. I think it's fair that Rosberg bowed out when he did, he achieved what he wanted, no point in carrying on if you're not motivated to do it, and I don't think he would have retained the title because Lewis would have been super motivated to beat him
How I see it:
There was no sabotage, there was no secret deal, there was no crazy conspiracy.
Nico gave up being a father and a husband for the entirety of 2016 to focus on winning the championship. The man didn’t even sleep in the same room as his wife he was that dedicated.
Everyone seems to mention that Nico got lucky with his championship because of Hamilton’s DNF. But I’d say he used the Alain Prost approach. Nico had such a lead on the championship by Japan that he knew he only had to finish 2nd in the final 4 races to win the championship. To him there was no point in pushing the engine to the limit to try and get the win if it only caused unnecessary risks of a mechanical DNF for him. I’m sure that if he wasn’t strongly in the lead of the championship, he would’ve raced harder and pushed the engine more (potentially causing a DNF for himself) to try and remain in the fight, but he didn’t have to. He built up a lead and only did what was necessary to win the championship. Once he’d won the championship he’d achieved his dream, and has made his family proud, so he retired. It would’ve been suspicious if he continued racing competitively and continuously in other categories but he didn’t, he genuinely achieved what he set out to achieve and so he retired to spend more time with family and to focus on improving the environment. Very commendable from him.
Long story short:
I know that Hamilton is a better driver than Nico, but I believe that Nico won fairly in 2016 using the Alain Prost method. He retired for his family and for his well-being, it’s commendable.
The real reason for Nico's retirement : he wanted to win the Oscar for editing.
Yknow, if I had a wife and kids and I was dragged away from them to fight a new guy who was in fierce competition with me every single race, being seen and watched by fans fighting between you and your teammate, toxic media, and having just won a *Formula 1 World Championship*, I'd quit too. There is more to life than racing a teammate and I think he made the right decision. Great driver, great character and he loves his fans over on his youtube channel.
I think CYMotorsport explained it best about why Nico retired after winning the Driver's Championship. Nico retiring was the best thing to do. I like to think of it as to finally overcoming the biggest hurdle in your life because who hates losing to your rival. I would also agree with what CYMotorsport said about Lewis after Nico won. Lewis had nothing to say because he let a Driver's championship slip away from his grasp.
Nico retiring and now giving F1 fans his analysis and vlogs is awesome for the sport of F1. While I never watched Nico race live (I started watching F1 in 2018) I believe Nico is a lot happier without the stress of being an F1 driver.
Now he has a family to look after. So I don’t think he might might make a comeback
The second theory makes lots of sense. Mercedes in the 2014-2016 period had a superior car to every other team in every sense of the word. The only way Mercedes could end up not winning in 2017, 2018 etc. was if the rivalry between it's two drivers kept causing problems. Changing Nico Rosberg for a thankful less important but good driver that would accept his position as second in the team and work for Lewis to win (Bottas) meant securing lots of victories for Mercedes in the future and the best way to get rid of Rosberg was to give him what he had always wanted, a WDC and retirement to spend time with his family. Bottas did exactly as expected of him in the following years working for the time and for Hamilton.
Rosberg is a young, multi-millionaire with a lovely wife and family, he decided to retire, at the top, of a very dangerous sport, after being worn down by the spiteful and childish antics of his former close friend, Hamilton, that in my opinion is the long and short of it.
I wasn't a huge fan of Nico or Lewis for that matter, but I always put Hamilton above, however in 2017 when Nico eventually spoke about the previous year and explained that he would travel so far from the next race so that he had to travel each day to be one hour closer to where the race was and the start time of the race, this meant that he was rarely at home for the whole season, if this is correct then it shows huge dedication to the desire to win that championship, Hamilton had none of those worries.
I can see that (if it is true) giving a driver no life for the whole season as his work with the team would still need to be done as well as all of the sponsorship commitments too, I'm not totally sold on this being possible or even allowed, but if it is possible then after a year of this I would want to retire too, there is more to life than living in hotels and catching planes.
My father actually was saying during the 2016 season that Mercedes were sabotaging Lewis and Nico's retirement confirmed it for him 🤣
It’s true! How much of a coincidence that they both drove the same car but only Lewis was having problems....constantly! Suspicious af! Look at 2018 Austria, both Lewis and Valtteri had car issues and both retired. In 2016, both equal cars but only Lewis had mechanical issues?🤔🤔
Yes Nico's car in 2014 confirmed that even though Lewis, was leading the championship they deliberately sabotaged Nico's race. This race should be investigated by the Interpol, FBI, CBI and other crime bureau investigation agencies world over. 😂😂😂. Lewis , can't escape he needs prison time for next 10 years.😂😂
@@blackgirlsrock264 Look at the DNF statistics for Mercedes from 2017-2020, 6 DNF’s for Bottas, 1 DNF for Hamilton. DNF’s aren’t always equal between drivers, Hamilton used to be an ‘always push’ kinda driver, and he learnt from the 2016 season that he sometimes needed to save the engine. Which is why from 2017 onwards he’s only had 1 DNF.
@@GuacJuan why only in 2016 where his mechanic was took away by force? Why he has so many occasions he dropped from pole start to 3rd 4th or even 6-7th? Merc admitted his car has some kick-start setup? Why only happened in 2016? Why he only don't know how to protect his engine after 10th years of his F1 career? And 11th year immediately improved? he was ignored when he has engine setup and losing power losing places, but 2 race later Nico similar problems was solve in seconds? Spain and Austria race Nico deliberately knocked out Lewis with no penalty! Merc engine never blew up like Sepang for many years. This type of blew up only happened in maclaren Merc engine many years ago. Merc has the ability to tuned to blew up their engine anytime!
Ahahahahahahah
I think it got so heated that Mercedes asked Nico to leave at the end of the season and he made an agreement was if only they made him #1 driver obviously speculation but Nico got Lewis's Mechanics and crew apparently and vice versa. Even Lewis has hinted a few times about writing what really happened, All speculation but I honestly think their relationship was so bad Nico had to leave
I'm wondering how bottas has so many "unfortunate" events. I think Mercedes is currently sabotaging bottas to make sure he can't change Hamilton. In my personal opinion they have proven themselves capable of this when they had to stop Russel from winning in Hamiltons car 1st time out in it. They could not have that cos it would take away to much from Hamiltons status.
@@AlexBarbu a much more realistic theory
If they stay with him and not changing him by Russell, I'll agree with you
“Valteri, it’s James.”
Thanks for the entertainment, I don't think any of them are true.
Nico's fight with Lewis in 2016 shook him to the core. Nico admitted that he was literally counting grams to maintain his race pace. I'm not kidding, the man said that he weighed his socks, the paint on his helmet..what he ate...etc.
He even admitted to having zero, zero distractions in his fight for the Championship including no contact with family or friends that year. Even sleeping in separate beds from his wife.
My opinion is that this was a decision (deal) they made together for him to retire if he won the title.
It was a personal decision on his part and I respect him for it, there's no way he could repeat that. In my opinion Lewis would destroy him the following year.
Now having said all that, I like Nico. I told my son in 2010 that this driver is very quick and under rated. One day he will be World Champion. I didn't know that he would beat Lewis. Incredible..not too many people on this planet can say that.
Don't think there was anything untoward. Gotta remember about the second theory, Lewis entered that season having dominated Nico in 2015. So there was very little rivalry in actual fact as they were rarely on the same piece of tarmac. Nico then came into 2016 ready to attack and Lewis struggled to come to terms with it until July, when he won some 4 races in 1 month. I think it was just destiny at Malaysia. 2016 was destined to be Nico's year, and everything fell his way. He knew he probably could not repeat his effort, so he decided to leave at his peak, which is admirable, as everyone else would keep fighting for more wins in what was without doubt the best team, and still is.
It would've only been admirable had he won the title on merit. But anyone who watched that season knows that he didn't beat Lewis in a straight fight and likely never could over the course of a season. He knows it too. That's why he left and why he will be a forgettable champion. Consider this, even with all of the reliability issues Lewis had that year, he still only lost the title by 3 or 5 points at the last race. In 2015, where I think Nico had a few more reliability issues, Lewis won the title with several races to spare.
@@LibertyOverDeath-27 Keep telling yourself that every night mate.
@@MattGP01 Lol it's not that serious
@@LibertyOverDeath-27 Lewis gave away far too many points at the start of the season. Inconsistency cost him. Nothing else.
@@MattGP01 Nothing else?Agreed it was a factor, but to say all of his reliability issues, including you know, his engine going up in smoke while leading the race, weren't factors as well is delusional. And indicative of your bias.
nico rosberg watching this:
For some sportsmen and women, achieving your goal, even if it’s just the once is enough.
This is not a criticism, far from it, to reach the pinnacle in a sport you have dedicated your whole life to, is a wonderful and tremendous achievement.
Plenty of great F1 drivers never achieve that world championship and some truly great drivers have only won the title once. For some it was enough.
Winning the title multiple times demands not only tremendous skill and determination but also some luck, the right team and car but most importantly an unbelievable hunger to keep winning.
Nico like many other one time champs, Damon Hill, Mansell and James Hunt were also driving in a time when, arguably, all time greats were racing.
To keep that hunger for another world championship, against someone who you know has done it time and time again, when you’ve given your all so many times before and come up short, to have had to deal with the disappointments of losing the title in close battles, to keep going when you think maybe the chance has gone, to keep all that when you finally get your hands on it, must be incredibly difficult, and so hard to keep yourself motivated to go through it all again.
This in no way dismisses their achievements, like the others, a little more luck, one different decision and they could of all won at least another. It does however show the absolute ruthlessness, unrivalled determination and insatiable hunger that multiple championship winners possess.
I can see why Nico retired. He finally achieved his dream, after some close calls, a fractured friendship, the crushing blows and disappointments, and against a driver who statistically has broken all the records. He had nothing left to give, and nothing left to prove to himself. He probably knew deep down he either couldnt or didn’t want to, go through it all again. So he retired as the world champion.
Amazing job with the unsolved voice!!!
Haha, nice video mate! Really loved it! Being a newer fan (since the Italian GP 2018), it was interesting to hear about Nico's retirement. I still support his retirement as his YT videos are beautiful and he's enjoying time with his family (in all seriousness). Nonetheless, still enjoyed the conspiracy mate! No.3 was obviously my favorite xD
Thank you bro!
Have we all just forgotten about he’s father keke how only won one f1 championship in 1982, he Wanted to achieve what’s his farther did and not out preform
Another theory: He figured he get out on top, with a championship because life would be pure hell, if Lewis beat him forever more. Life in the neighborhood would be horrendous.
When you started after the intro. I was setting up my dinner and when i heard you speak. “Wait a minute, that’s exactly like buzzfeed unsolved’s videos” and when i got back on my phone, i saw the timeline format. Hahahaahha! I love it. I always watch their videos. This is like a collabz This is GOLD. Just great content.
Hahah thanks man!
Maybe Rosberg just wanted to be a youtuber instead of battling out the toxicity between him and Lewis
Their is more to life than just racing..
It's rare that you hear 'different gravy' on Buzzfeed Unsolved ahahah
Gotta mix it up a lil bit 😂
Just having a think about it I have a theory on why seb won the 2010 title
Pls share
@@Naman.Khivsara so normally if theres a midfield car in the way then they would get out the way for them but Alonso was stuck behind petrov who was in a renulat and red bull was powered bull renulat so red bull might of told renault for them to get in the way so Alonso could not get the title
@@scontrastex2448 I have a bigger one, first see the radio rewind of Abu Dhabi 2010 on F1 channel, there you'll see that the race engineering of algarsarve said first that he's racing Webber, then Webber said his team what's happening, then the torro Rosso team said, him to leave Webber through.
@@scontrastex2448 what a load of bullshit
@@mihajlovucinic011 just a bot of conspiracy
My opinion on rosbergs retirment is that hed had enough hed been racing in f1 since the early 00s and after the toxicity he had went through with mercedes and hamilton he finally achieved his lifelong dream win an f1 wdc then he was able to walk away with no regrets
Ha! Love the disclaimer at the start. Just a point of order; after winning a championship or title, you never "defend" it the following year because regardless of whatever the outcome of the following year, your winning championship always stands and never gets taken away. Defending has connotations that one could lose something such as the championship you've won but this is clearly not the case.
Won a championship and got married while having kids.
I respect rosberg for walking out. He won against hamilton who was at his peak while the mercedes team were backing hamilton.
He looks like he just left a Backstreet Boys convention
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Rosberg is so chad, shot his shot, made the shot, and then fucked off happily while Hamilton fuming. Even more so now because of 2021, if it wasn’t for rosberg hamilton would have 8 wins and now he’ll likely never get there if Mercedes stays the same.
I saw this and I knew I had to click this instantly...btw your video production is overpowered
Thanks bro! Overpowered in a good way I hope 😅
@@MadeByPerspective yeah good way 😁
Nico wasn't a wonder kid as Max or Lewis when he joined F1, but he indeed carved his legacy in a way that no one could forget him. He was a good mid-field driver who took so long to get his first win. From that to challenging a wonder kid whom he has seen since childhood is really commendable achievement for him.
A Sabotage from Mercedes theory doesn't stand. Because if so it could also be said that Lewis won 2014 & 2015 because Nico had more reliability issues. Plus Nico's high competition and a rivalry at such high level also affected morale of Lewis in 2016 season. We often say Nico was only driver to get into Lewis's head, not Vettel, not Alonso and not Valteri.
Nico improved himself to such a level that he could be equal to Lewis. By doing that he was getting frustrated every season and when he clinched a World Title from Lewis's hands he decided that's enough. He refrained from trying to do that again. We remember him because of that otherwise look what happened to Vettel and Alonso.
You have to remember that Hamilton didn't just suffer the infamous engine failure in Malaysia 2016. He also had engine problems which caused him to start from the back in China and Belgium, and from tenth in Russia. The only reliability problem Rosberg suffered all year was a five-place gearbox penalty in Austria (which only ended up dropping him four places).
Lewis already took 12 poles and 10 wins to Nico's 8 poles and 9 wins. Without these reliability problems, Lewis may well have taken up to 15 poles and 14 wins, breaking records in the process, and would almost certainly have won the title.
Whilst its impressive that Nico managed to get as close as he did to one of the greatest drivers of all time, there's not much doubt that all things being equal Lewis would've beaten him, and would already be an eight-time Champion.
I kinda like it too, it's a bit like f2, you win once, you leave. Once you are wdc that's it, and it's time for someone else to take the crown.
Nico Rosberg conspiracy theory: Nico left F1 to start a boy band called The Britneys.
New conspiracy, Nico hulkenburg and nice Rosberg are the same person
Can't get the thought out of my head that if Nico had raced for mercedes till 2018 he could have taken enough points from Hamilton that Vettel could have won either the 2017 or 2018 title.
Wouldn’t he have also take points from Vettel?
@@nathanhutchinson3488 not really. Valterri is a dedicated no 2 who is on contract to ensure Hamilton ends up with max points. Look at Hungary where he took out both red bulls.
@@0megalul309 so you think that Bottas could win races and compete for the title but decides not to? Plus there is no way Bottas could have planned the take out both Red Bulls, it’s crazy to even believe that.
@@nathanhutchinson3488, don't waste your energy responding to conspiracy theorists that hate Hamilton so much that create these dumb ass story lines.
We need a video on Hakkinen and his ongoing sabatical.
I think Rosberg retired because he'd had enough of the mind games from Hamilton, after he was backed up into the clutches of Verstappen and Vettel in the closing stages in Abu Dhabi.
Either that, or he truly retired to be there more for his family.
He didn’t need the stress of being Hamilton’s team mate anymore. He lucked into a championship due to the unreliability of Lewis’s car that year. He leads a charmed life. His father is wealthy, he is wealthy, lives in Monaco and still coins it in by doing commentary for Sky Sports. If I were him I’d probably have done the same, he’s just one lucky guy but extremely likeable. Fair play to him.
It wasn't that surprising he retired after winning. Plus he was paid out.
Everyone knows Lewis lost the championship so Nico would retire , Nico told Lewis “ if I win the championship I will retire “
And PPL shit on BOTTAS what would happen if he were to pull an actual Nico. Blessed hamilton gonna kill his career.
I'm a little late here but I don't think the second theory is right. Nico doesn't seem like a guy who would accept a championship when his teammate's car is sabotaged
He wanted to start his youtuber career. Then imagine him posting Among Us gameplays 🤣🤣🤣
I also found it suspicious that paddy Lowe left Mercedes after 2016. During Abu Dhabi Lewis and paddy got heated during the race. Even though Lewis was slowing down to try win the championship while leading , paddy was telling Lewis to speed in order to "win this race". But this was a clear message to Lewis that Rosberg is underthreat from the driver behind him. But this is a championship fight which made no sense . Something definitely got heated after that season.
So if Nico had stayed until 2018 when his contract ran out, then they would need a driver for the 2019 season. Could that have been George Russel? Is Nico Rosberg retiring the only reason Russel is still at Williams?
I think the 2nd Mercedes seat would've gone to Ocon or Bottas since Russell would've still had a contract for Williams in 2019.
Nico is a really cool guy. I have a lot of respect for him. He is laughing at anyone who is goading him into returning to F1, having achieved what he wanted and having nothing else to prove. If he hadn't won in 2016, he would have kept racing until he had a championship. But the mental and personal sacrifice required was immense. Clearly Nico's family and other pursuits (he is pretty environmentally focused) are more important to him than being the best in the world. His title says it all.
Your second theory makes so much sense. Even throughout that season I had a gut feeling that Mercedes did in fact put Nico ahead and wanted him to win. But the way Lewis fought the title was beyond what they expected.
Yeah im under the impression that they said to him is that we will do anything in our power to assist you in winning the championship by swapping the garage sides and team and lewis had a couple of questionable failures and also tactical decisions but when you win you leave the sport
I think Rosberg's retirement goes in line with "You either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain." I think Rosberg only cared about beating Hamilton one time and that was it. If Rosberg stayed for another year, I think it would have went down like a Prost vs Senna rivalry.
I think if you carry on and on you run the risk of your excellence being completely forgotten due to bad years later on. Take a look at Jenson during his last few years at mclaren and Sebastian right now: both incredible talents, but people often seem to think of them as how they were/are in their less successful years and completely dismiss how sensational both were. By retiring on top, nobody ever gets the opportunity to say you “fell off” or “should’ve left sooner”. They say you’re only as good as you’re last race, so Nico definitely did the right thing in leaving at his peak
Nico knew that everyone in Mercedes camp was in Lewis' corner especially Toto and Lauda, i mean we all remember everytime something happened on track it was always Nico's fault and never Lewis' fault, not even once and both Toto and Lauda were very vocal about it in front of media, so how do you move ahead as a champion and defend your title when your team principal is playing favorites and wants to see your team-mate/rival succeed at all cost, so he figured out that he was there for Racing not Politics.
Very straightforward.
Diversity of colour is key.
Nico wasn't expected to put up such a fight. This was a problem on the diversity train.
Nico was given an option he could refuse. Win the title and step away or we'll ruin you.
The next driver was told the deal straight up. He played his part like a good puppet too
History channel “true” documentaries be like
You forgot to mention one very, very important fact. There was also someone else who left F1 that same year...
HAM Proved to be super petty, He knew he pulled off a miraculous win and it would not repeat itself... good enough! Nico is all friendly and amicable, doesn't seem like he'd be enjoying a constant tussle, and it's good to end on a high note.
They started by swapping his mechanics, which was crazy, and some how he had engine problems and his starts were really bad. Don't forget at azerbaijan when lewis mysteriously had a steering wheel setting out of place and couldn't be told what was wrong with his car under the new regulations, but nico was told at the british GP when he had trans problems. And please don't forget austrian GP when lewis started ahead of nico and thew pit stops nico jumped lewis. O and for the final pit stop they put nico on faster tires ahead of lewis. And man, in the last race of the year, telling lewis to speed up and let nico win. I think lewis knew because he only tried to back nico up after the last pit stops. Also after lewis's motor blew up in china in the lead , his statement after was" someone doesn't want me to win". I think the whole season was bent and I can't wait for the book.
I'll definitely be buying that book too. I smelled something stinky before that season ended...
that book is gonna be interesting if he really make one
Nah, he's probably gonna forget to write the book
I think Nico delved way deep into himself to bring out the worst in him and stressed himself out so much in order to go for the championship, that he really didn't enjoy who he was becoming and decided that he didn't want to go on like that.
Nico was always resented Lewis’s talent and speed, even in his karting days. He was always the worst personality and a jerk.
Loving how far the "Buzzfeed unsolved mysteries" format is parodied, the attention to detail is incredible.
Hey, can you please not put in the really high pitch sound effect between segments, I've got tinitus and it really fucks with my hearing when im wearing surround sound headphones too. Just a minor thing but I love your content and that one little noise being used made it difficult for me to watch.
I’ll remember for next time man! Sorry about that!
Nico's story is like a soldier who enlisted to war and leave to be with his family but in one condition and that is to win the war. And maybe the passion in him just became a burden that he wanted to clear off in his life. By far he is one of my favourite drivers
18 years of being beat by Hamilton when he realised the level he would have to go to, to do it again he didn't have the energy so he left.
I just can't see him beating Lewis without external interference, and him returning for the following season would've made that obvious when there was a return to the status quo. When Lewis was winning the prior seasons it wasn't because Nico was having a bunch of Dnf's, but interestingly this was the case for Lewis during the season that Nico won and for a perennially reliable outfit. Also how is it that only his car was underperforming?
@@johnwesley3885 In 2014 Lewis won because of Nico's engine problems, but no one's talking about a theory of Mercedes sabotaging Nico, but when Lewis gets a DNF everyone thinks they're sabotaging him for no reason, because you don't even have the enough IQ to create a theory with some kind of sense.
I think Mercedes gave rosberg a championship to shut him up as long as he retired at the end. He was so insecure about Lewis
I do believe that all is not exactly as it seemed. There were a few too many coincidences and statements that don't really match what happened. I suspect #2 is closer to the truth than we would like to believe: since 2014 the rivalry had been growing and the obvious animosity was threatening the team. If you look at how that team has operated since and consider how much closer those more recent seasons could have been (I know it doesn't look it in the final numbers but think back to the feeling during those seasons to how close Ferrari sometimes felt) it feels like a huge and deliberate shift in team culture which helped fend off resurgent (at least on paper) rivals.
I believe it's simply because the mental toll that it took him to win the championship. When he finally got one, he knew what he had to do to be able to get it, and he didn't want (or need) it anymore, especially considering the insane distancing he did to his family during his champion year.
Moreover, the main key to Nico winning the championship in 2016 (that I rarely see mentioned by anyone) was his advantage over Lewis on race starts. Lewis outqualified him a lot of times but he struggled a lot at the starts (just search Lewis 2016 failed starts compilation) which led to Nico leading most of the race on the first corner, and most of the times that's all it takes to win a race. Also, those bad starts of Lewis led to a few first corner incidents that he had that year.
0:51 We found the secret 3rd brother of Mario, Morio
there's a 4th too.....Maruigi
3:50 2016 was not the first time in 18 years that Nico won a title, because he became GP2 champion in 2005.
Please keep the conspiracy theories coming!! This was a really interesting and well-researched video :)
Thank you! More on the way!
Stoner in the video:"I dont want to take anything away from Nico... But i actually do"
all of them are possible and likely because i honestly believe that toto has more shit going on than he shows like he looks all simple sweet and funny but is as cunning as a jackal. nicos one of the greatest in my book simply because of when he retired. he will power it must have taken to go out in your prime mustve been mental. plus his family needed him. no hate to lewis but my man's sacrifices are seen. nico imo though won the title on his merit and lewis will forEVER be pissed about that.
Won the title on merit? 🤡 So using illegal car modes that even Mercedes banned, pushing Lewis off the track, switching out Lewis’s mechanics and demanding Lewis’s car setup data is based on ‘merit’? So how come when Lewis won championships in 2008 at Mclaren or in 2014 & 2015 at Mercedes he didn’t need to do all that to win? I’ve never seen Lewis push Heikki off the track in 2008! Never heard of Lewis demanding to see Heikki’s car set ups or using his mechanics....explain that!
Fantastic idea for a series. We will watch your career with great interest!