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World Champion Nico Rosberg has announced his retirement after being crowned World Champion. Do you think that is a good idea? Surely Alonso could have done without the last few years of his career. Then again, it must pay the bills quite handsomely.
Keke also only took one title, maybe he didn't want to one up the old man (not that they strike me as being that close, though I could be wrong)
What is the "marginal utility" of being world champion twice? It makes you wonder
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Imagine the mess that will be going on now about taking his Mercedes seat.....
In a way I salute him but its not terribly classy not defending a title, in any sport. He shall not be greatly missed.
Anyway, he's gone now and as Viges said, few will lament his absence from the grid. What do Mercedes do, I wonder? Would they actually take the risk of inserting one their kids now, or take a place-keeper such as Massa or Bottas for a year? According to reports, the top 4 are not in play, but this is a funny game; innit?
re: Nico - he's a bit of a 'Ralf', isn't he? V good when out in front but that's about it.
Yeah, yeah, Prost was highly skilled and as capable as the rest of them. The nuance that I'm trying to jam into the equation is exactly your comparison. People don't remember Senna just for his car skills - Prost was probably close to his equal in that area - they remember the amazing moments that created his legend. Senna was all or nothing. Prost was - in golfing terms - the guy who laid up short of the hazard to take the extra shot, but not risk two or three in the water. They called him the Professor because his mind was always on the prize and calculating how to obtain it. To me, Nico is the same. When (if) people look back on this era, they are going to remember Hamilton as having a fantastic talent, matched to a powerful will to win; they'll remember Alonso as the guy who could do almost anything with any car, and depending how things go, maybe Max as an echo of Senna (depending on how he pans out). They will not remember Rosberg as anything other than as a statistic; a place-holder between champions of memory.