James Vowles reveals important Michael Schumacher lesson led to Nico Rosberg’s F1 retirement

Mic🐻ꦺhael Schumacher taught Nico Rosberg a valuable lesson during their time as F1 teammates.

Nico Rosberg pictured in 2012 alongside Mercedes teammate Michael Schumacher.
Nico Rosberg pictured in 2012 alongside Mercedes teammate Michael Schumacher.

Williams F1 boss James Vowles has revealed that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Rosberg’s decision to retire at the end of 2016 stemmed from a valuable lesson he learned from former Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Schumacher.

After beating Lewis Hamilton t🍎o the 2016 drivers’ championship, Rosberg shockingly called time on his F1 career.

The German made the decision to quit after he ‘g🌄ave up everything’ in 2016 to beat Hamilton to the title.

In a later interview, Rosberg revealed: "In a way, I gave up my identity. Everything i🌼n my life was racing: my mechanics, my engineers, my team-mates, even my social environment.

"To put all that to zero in one fell swoop was a 💜shock to m♏y system. Then there was the addiction to recognition and success.

"I had never൲ asked♏ myself what other passions I had. There was always just the next race."

Following Rosberg's retirement, Hamilton would go on to win 𓆏✤four more world titles to equal Schumacher on seven overall.

Speaking on th🦂e latest episode of the High Performance Podcast, Vowles - who was at Mercedes from 2010 to 2022 - revealed what specifi꧑cally Rosberg learned from Schumacher.

"Nꦺico learned❀ a tremendous amount from him,” Vowles said. 

“It formed the Nico that then became a w𓃲orld champion ultimately, which is squeeze everything out you can at the cost of ꦗeverything else.

"The sacrifice that was painful to me where you let go of family and frieꦦnds and loved ones, he did for that year.

"And he decid💮ed, and all the respect to him for it, but actually that💛’s not the life he wanted."

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