But if you take Lewis as a reference,Shrieker wrote:.
@djos,
Button imho is no way better than Rosberg. In fact i do think Rosberg is clearly better than him. Can take Hamilton as a reference.
This is also the most understandable reason for me. I have to travel around 4-5 days every second week and this is so annoying. Before I had my child it was adventure, now it is pain.Postmoe wrote:I find it surprising to see the amount of reasons people try to find to explain Rosberg's retirement.
He became a father, isn't that enough?
It would be for me, and I understand him perfectly, having being in his shoes. This was something exotic in the past, I know, but I believe it's more and more usual for a father to feel compelled to be present the first year of your kid at least.
Except that Rosberg himself said that if he had finished second he wouldn't have retired.basti313 wrote:This is also the most understandable reason for me. I have to travel around 4-5 days every second week and this is so annoying. Before I had my child it was adventure, now it is pain.Postmoe wrote:I find it surprising to see the amount of reasons people try to find to explain Rosberg's retirement.
He became a father, isn't that enough?
It would be for me, and I understand him perfectly, having being in his shoes. This was something exotic in the past, I know, but I believe it's more and more usual for a father to feel compelled to be present the first year of your kid at least.
For the same reason I can not picture Vettel to do this any longer if the success will not come back.
Rosberg never faced a version of Hamilton as poor as the one in 2011 (who kept crashing into others). Mind you, even in 2011 Lewis was still comfortably faster than Jenson in qualifying (13-6). I'm pretty sure that Nico too would have beat Lewis if he was driving the other McLaren that season. Lewis was going through a mid-life crisis.NathanOlder wrote:But if you take Lewis as a reference,
Jenson beat Lewis 1 out 3 attempts.
Nico beat Lewis 1 out of 4 attempts.
Both of those 1's have their reasons, but I'd say Nico's 1 was due to reasons beyond Lewis control. So Jenson beat Lewis fair and square. Oh and a little help from a certain Brazilian
I can already picture itUnc1eM0nty wrote: All this has happened so late I don't think Merc have much choice, I can't see past Wehrlein, a one year contract then look again in the summer, unless he does well.
EDIT: actually just found the answer.“I never give up,” he said. “So if I had come second I would have gone on for another year next year definitely.”
As Nico Rosberg's expiring contract comes under the spotlight, Daimler chief Dieter Zetsche has revealed his vision for Mercedes' F1 "future". "Pascal (Wehrlein) is our future," Zetsche is quoted by the Swiss newspaper Blick.
Yes, its really strange that Nico signed a 3 year contract after protracted negotiations only for him to walk out without warning. You have to wonder why he bothered or if he can stick to long term goals (team and personal).TAG wrote:Everyone has their reasons but about the bravery comments and the being a father and his choosing to enjoy life, family and such...
The only one that knows is Nico, had he not won a championship this year, would he have retired? He signed a 3 year contract not too long ago. His answer would make a world of difference in the many opinions offered to explain what is otherwise an unprecedented event in the sport.
EDIT: actually just found the answer.“I never give up,” he said. “So if I had come second I would have gone on for another year next year definitely.”
