The Nico Rosberg curse: Ex-F1 champ responds to haunting Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen

The 2016 F1 champion is at the centre of an amusing theory that, whenever he posts a picture to social media, it results in defeat for t💮he unlucky person he has pictured.
Lewis Ham𓂃ilton and Max Verstappen both fell foul of the Rosberg cause in Budapest.

꧃On Saturday Rosberg posted a photo of Verstappen’s Red Bull, before the reigning champion surprisingly lost out on ಌpole position.
On Sunday Rosberg snapped 𒅌pole-sitter Hamilton’s M꧙ercedes, and just one lap later his former teammate had slipped several places back.
.Bruh
— Crash F1 (@ltxcn.top_F1)
“On r꧑ace weekends I post a photo ꧒of a car, then that car goes poorly!
“I need to [hit] the pause button.
“On Saturday I posted Max’s car and he lost in qualify🌺ing. On Sunday I posted Lewis’ car and that went completely wrong. That’s the back-story behind this.”
But the Nico Rosberg curse stretches back years and even int๊o other sports.

In the past he has sensationally predicted Charles Leclerc to win the Monaco Grand Prix… then the Ferrari driver withdrew before it🔴 eve💦n started.
And Rosberg picked 🌱Germa🐓ny to beat England at Euro 2020 - and was also spectacularly wrong.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports 🍬for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.