Niki Lauda: Blaming Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg?
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Mercedes AMG Petronas chairman Niki Lauda offers an inside look at how the Formula 1 team handled Nico Rosberg’s sudden retirement, Rosberg’s 2016 crash with Lewis Hamilton at the Spanish Grand Prix - including who was to blame - and the 2AM hotel room meeting in which Lauda convinced Hamilton to leave McLaren and race for Mercedes.
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8:32 “..I can speak the drivers language...”. Yes, you can Nikki, better than almost anyone else. Sleep well old friend.
such an intelligent point of view rt passing on the outside..
Its "Niki".
Graham asks the right questions, not political like actual F1 journalists. Great interview
I'm so glad I've come across this channel and always look forward to new interviews. Graham has a knack for getting some really interesting stuff out of his guests.
Well Graham is asking about historical things, whereas most of the journalists are asking about current topics, so it's different.
Yeah, I like that he asks questions that lets the interviewee talk.
So true, F1 journalists missed great opportunities with Lauda bc Niki is a straight shooter and doesn’t bullshit. He was a great interview waiting to happen and it never did. I understand why it is tho bc F1 controls access and if you piss them off you’re finished covering F1.
You need to listen to Tom Clarkson’s podcasts and interviews ‘Beyond the Grid’ awesome interviews.
Niki Lauda has reached Master Yoda-level of wisdom
I like Niki but Hamilton was faster and the line Nico took would not have even made the corner.
Also, a wise person does not rely on another individual. Mercedes should have been able to deal with both drivers leaving without missing a beat. You can only control yourself.
Erik I see you now Nikki. Thank you.
@@martintuck7915 you still salty mate
May he rest in peace.
More like money talks. He just answers like a corporate suit
I loved how pragmatic Niki was. "Why should I drive for you when you are 5th?" "He's right. Why should he?" Then sold him on it. Fascinating interview of a great man.
That’s the European in him. VERY practical. Including his contract. He knew what he brought to the table. Many of the F1 drivers are egocentric. As they should be! Every time they race their life is on the line. But he understands why people do this... he dropped everything to be a driver. He understands the outcasts, the rogue drivers... one of a kind.
that flashing red lights comment was really interesting. Sometimes it takes an ex champion to make a current champion better. Golden nuggets.
kudos for this great comment, i was thinking exactly the same thing
not really, if you no longer for go for the gap you no longer a racing driver, i believe Senna said that.
ow please kid. he's talking about the right place for passing in that moment. have the brains before the mouth
if you watch the race replay you would know there where more space on the inside line so he took it . And i'm not a child ill let it slide since this over the internet.
Beethovens Laguerre no, there was not. You'll let it slide, sir? Ashuahuahuahua
You've got to respect a man so passionate about racing, and so tough both physically, and mentally that he crashed, and burned the shit out of himself. Then continued racing through the worst pain imaginable less than 2 months later! If your an F1 fan, or not you have to respect that.
Thats why i even consider F1 as a sport. When I was growing Up, my dad, brazilian, he was obsessive of F1, i hated It, since i couldnt watch my cartoons. But I grewd up. Then started to see the things my dad was saying, then I remembered that Alonso's Renault cap he gave me in '07... Nowadays i love F1. This Guy passed through some shit. Senna (the Idol in Brazil for decades, and the whole world, the same) also died doing his stuff and he knew the risks, and took every one of them, until his death.
1 and I do mean 1 problem...
Nico was more upset about Lewis being more interesed in destroying a friendship for (fake) titles and didn't want to be a child to compete..
He tried and messed up, trying to play mind games with JB... JB owned him on and off track. Lewis couldn't win.. Lewis jumped and lucked in...
"Why has @JensonButton unfollowed me on Twitter?" .... In public!!! (low class move)
JB's reply.. "Mate, I never followed you to unfollow you!" (Boom. Job done.)
Hamilton deleted the tweet and he's been deleting tweets ever since... Max V and Red Bull throughout last yr... At least 4 deletions that I know off.
Merc's social media cover up jobs, is a full time job.. lolol
Niki never had friends.. How can you ask someone about Karting mates, through to F1?
Niki on everything else.. Sit up and listen... My only down vote of the whole series of vids..
My respect for Niki is for his fighting willpower! Yes, his racing is excellent, but his willpower is what I admire! He is a winner!
Niki is the best by far, he always says what he thinks, doesn’t care about the politically correct bullshits, he’s just true to himself. I wish there were more like him
Nikki keeping it real since 1976
Well ofc he is an Austrian
There's Jacques too but people aren't ready
That's easy to do when you live in Monaco, and your name is Rosberg. Would you respect Hamilton if he wasn't winning?
Max.
That's called mentorship! Actually explaining to Lewis why he didn't need to create the accident.... Always learning!
I don't think it would have mattered, Rosberg would have blocked whichever way Hamilton decided to go, in fact at the moment Hamilton turned into the inside Rosberg was slowly moving across to the left, which is why Hamilton went on the inside.
@@Ebilcake He should have sold a dummy. Lead car can only make one move to cover.
An amazing interview because the interviewee, Lauda, actually answers all the questions. That is almost unheard of in this day and age. Its a shame that he has passed away as he was such a focused guy, straight, open and honest, with no frills. And of course one heck of a driver and a total winner.
One of the best Lauda interviews I've seen
Yeah...He doesn't speak much...but he's cool. Mind you I was a fan of Hunt
RIP Nikki.. Absolute legend lost 😭
@TheBigHase Nikki Heidfield
@@ce6ric Nick*
@@n3n4d You don't get the joke am I right?
I love the line ”You need to give him his freedom that makes him strong” when he talks about Lewis being the best. It’s so true, Lewis isn’t at all the traditional F1 driver, yet his the closest to a flawless driver you can get today.
Queen hamilton 🌈
Only because Nico Rosberg has gone and he has a Wingman who will do what he is told.
Now, let's talk about Max Verstappen
@@WanRFred I haven't heard anything direct from Max, I don't know if there is and damage to his body, I don't know if he will
want to return to a sport where Sir Basher Hamilton, Chairman of the Wheeltappers & Shunters Club is given a 10 second penalty
for trying to kill him.
@@thequietman7817 Wah Wah Wah. Lewis isn't even that aggressive, gtfo with that crap. He's usually so far out in front he doesn't have to be. He made a mistake at Silverstone, and did get aggressive, and it cost him the same penalty it would have cost anyone else: 10 sec. It's unfortunate that Max got wrecked, and I'm very happy he's okay, but the penalty was fair. It's just like everybody hating on Tom Brady. Lewis is champion stock, full stop. Y'all only hate cuz you're tired of seeing him win. Lewis = 🐐
this is golden, knew nico and lewis was beefing, but not showing each others setup? sounds like a kobe and shaq type of deal
Niki Lauda was a great mentor to Hamilton. His advice to join Mercedes-Benz was the best advice. Not only that, Mercedes-Benz got their first championship from No.44 Lewis Hamilton and he's still winning . . . I can understand McLaren's frustration.
thank god mentioned his number, I wasn’t sure if it was No. 44 or 45 hamilton
Lewis managed to do EXACTLY what Alonso can't. Lewis left one team right before the brink of annihilation, to go to one that would have the most dominate 3-4 year stretch in history.
Yes he did and it took a lot of courage on Lewis's part. But I wonder how much a part blind luck played. No one could have predicted McLaren would get so bad and for so long.
What courage? Sorry but are u dumb? Before the v6 were introduced everybody already knew Mercedes was going for it, everybody knew they were the favourites, there was clearly information in the air about Merceces V6 engine. Stop talking crap, Hamilton got informatiom before he decided, he knew Mercedes was going to rule. He is talented driver off course, but all these 3 championships he won, were mainly because of his car, everybody know that aswell. Just as Vettel wins, were because Redbull had a clearly superior car. Stop talking bullshit.
Everyone thinks a great driver is determined by what happens on track but its more than that. You have to have a good head for the bussiness aspect as well. Lewis is the total package. He's superb on track, and can make good bussiness decisions. Sure there was talk of Mercedes engines but it was still just hear-say at the time. His retirement in singapore while leading was the nail in the coffin for his time at McLaren. I truly beleive it was at that moment he could tell the team was starting to shift.
LBigJake14 Totally false reality of the situation.
ferfire9 so why he was the only one to go to Mercedes ?
In this interview.. You can hear how much love Niki had for Lewis...
Something stands out. He mentioned Lewis likes to enjoy himself. He likes to have a good time as well as race and Niki said YOU GOTTA GIVE HIM HIS FREEDOM...
Lewis sounds alot like James Hunt in that regard... Which may explain why Niki had a soft spot for him.
Fr
Good shout, 👍
Good point
"Why did you go on the inside? Why didn't you go n pass him easy on the outside?"
My mind is blown!! Wow!! One champion mentoring another champion. Lauda knows his stuff.
RIP legend!
It doesn't take much viewing to see why Lewis didn't try round the outside. People who did try that with Nico frequently found themselves punted off the track.
Listening to Niki explain and then watching Daniel Brühl's performance in Rush... Wow.. Daniel did a fantastic job portraying Niki!! Kudos!
Great interview!
I’m a Hamilton fan, but Nico retired because the man wanted to retire. Win a championship, content with the fact he accomplished a sought after feat. Not everybody needs “more, more, more.” Nico, world class driver, Lewis, world class driver.
The problem for Nico was Hamilton partied all week, rocked up saturday and sticks it on pole. Nico had to train hard and spend hours in the simulator to be even close. Another year of seriously hard work to fight a motivated Hamilton and not devote time to family was too much. Respect to Rosberg for winning a title but he was also helped by unreliability on the other side of the garage that might not happen the next year.
A real champion wins championships in different teams, and to be a true champion you have to defend your title.
The truth told by nico himself, is that it took everything he had to win his title. He literally had nothing left to give & what makes Lewis so good is that he can perform at that 110% level continuously all season, season after season without battering an eyelid
what a fantastic statement! I wish more Lewis fans were that honest!
@@ryanjenkins5976 So...almost not one formula 1 driver that had win the last championship, did that, don´t count mercedes 2014-2020!
Nico set out to win the title, he had an all time great in Hamilton driving the same car and he did it. Nico beat the quickest driver (currently) in the world and proved himself a worthy champion. I dont know how much people know about the focus and dedication it takes firstly to get to formula 1, but to be consistently at the top of the sport consumes all parts of your life, it requires such huge motivation that theres not much time or energy left for other things in life. I truly believe that Nico wouldnt be able to raise a family and continue challenging for titles, either one or the other (more likely both) parts of his life would have to be neglected in some way. To me it looks like he wants to be there for his wife and for his kids growing up. I respect and admire that 1000% and think people should applaud him. He will always be a champion and im guessing hes probably earnt enough so that he wont really need to work again. Good luck to him.
I repect that immensely, Nico made the right call.
He achieved his goal and that was the main motivation. It also broke him - physically and mentally. And he didn’t want to do it again, he didn’t need to do it again. So bowed out gracefully.
Some people may say he quit and he feared Lewis, and he probably did.
But he still achieved his goal and dream and can now do what he wants to do and love his life and family..l 🤷♂️
Respect ✊🏾If a legend like Niki could speak all these good facts about Lewis I would never be bothered by the current F1 page’s comment section on Instagram
I wish I could ignore those comments, but people being so tunnel visioned is just irritating.
Great interview. Thank you for your time Mr. Lauda and thanks for the video Mr. Bensinger. Excellent questions and even better answers.
Genuinely, Graham, thank you for actually bringing Formula 1 drivers and legends into the world of sports interviewers being done by Americans. We American F1 fans catch ALOT of flack (rightfully so tbh). You do great in depth more a conversation than questioning. You got Niki FREAKING Lauda to he open and comfortable and genuine. THANK YOU, to Graham, Lewis, Nico, and most importantly Graham.
Great Insight. I enjoyed that interview. Well done Graham.
The best interview with Niki. You can see the amount of knowledge he had. F1 has lost an absolute gem.
The old man is always right. About F1. Lauda is a legend.
This man knows so much about this sport. Listening to him speak is music. REST IN PEACE
8:15 just this moment shows how niki is the 🐐
You should interview Ross Brawn, the most amazing person in F1.
that's a great call. Would make for a very interesting interview..!
Luis Gonzalez he has no agenda, no need to create drama.... just show his guests character/tell their stories, etc. He’s great
Or Ron dennis
Great man, great driver, great champion. RIP Niki and thank you . God bless you where ever you are.
Niki Lauda was the reason I started watching F1 as a kid. So wonderful to see him manage the situation between Hamilton & Rosberg. He made it clear the drivers were not bigger than the team.
Graham has great pace and timing when asking question, he is Awesome.
lewis is lewis... he performs.... he is fantastic! Those are very insightful, valuable words... may he RIP
Bring back these i remember these interviews and just watched back those questions are so true
Could listen to this man all day. His leadership and articulate nature are things you can learn from
When Nikki explains Nico being satisfied after winning a championship it sounded a lot how he explained James Hunt!!!
I loved this interview with the Legend Niki Lauda! You could see his eyes light up just talking about Hamilton's talent. The 2013 movie "Rush" was fun to watch, eventhough they may have put a lil Hollywood in the Lauda v Hunt story.
Lewis and Niki spoke the same language. Thank you for giving Lewis his freedom to shine. Thank you for convincing him (with Ross) to join the best #F1 racing team in the world. #ThankYouNiki 💜🏁
We can speak about our sad loss, or we can celebrate that such a wonderful man ever touched our lives with his honesty,skill and courage. We have lost his physical presence, but the world will never lose the inspirational presence of this truly amazing human being.Such a legend lives on in all who truly love this sport and love a person who is not afraid to be fully themselves.
What a fantastic lovely man my dad was a formula 1 addict so grew up in the 70 with all this great memories dad and me . RIP Nicki
The image at 6:10 is from Spa not the Spain incident Niki is talking about.
It´s not even the same year, that image is from 2014 and the Barcelona crash happened in 2016.
truly more intelligent about racing than any one commenting here. I love his assessment of Lewis
I just want to say I have watched so many interviews with Graham and i do think he is the best interviewer. I really enjoy watching him. No gotcha questions just well thought out questions. Thanks Graham.
2:37 Niki is voicing out in public what we as F1 fans secretly suspected all along!!
*FACTS* When i said it last year everyone criticized me. Nico is a bitchass who ran from lewis! He knew, lewis would be on fire this year, burning with vengeance.
Bahamuttiamat everyone knows Nico only wanted one championship and had enough of the pressure, that doesn't make him a "bitchass"
Keno Fuhrken i think if another driver instead of lewis was in the mercedes, nico would still be in f1 trying to go for 3x wdc. Lewis set the bar so high, thats it
W Shady98 nah not really. I think he wouldn't because he planned his retirement years before he said and he has a family.
Keno Fuhrken he said he considered retiring the last few races of 2016, where the championship was in his hands. nico and vivian only married in mid 2014, they didnt have a child
I like Niki. Straight talking, no nonsense, brutally honest.
"He is so happy getting out a second kid" LOL
According to how he handled nico vs Lewis crash...... Showing Niki is an extremely smart man with full of wisdom as well.
Wow, just wow.. did not expect him to answer like that, he was so honest and seemed to be hidding nothing.
that red light part.. niki surely shows why he is the boss.. thats how a leaders should be.. no bullshit.. directly at point
Thanks for being who you are you are awesome for these inteviews lots of love from Sherbrooke, Québec
I am privileged to have watched this interview. Such raw truth in the discussion about the Catalunya crash with Rosberg.
I have to say, as a Hamilton fan, I was very mad about Rosberg driving my driver off of the track. But after hearing Niki Lauda blame Hamilton outright has made me apply a different scenario on the accident. I placed myself in Rosberg's shoe's. I wouldn't have done anything different. Hamilton went for it, Rosberg blocked, tragedy followed.
Tragedy followed strong words for a couple of cars coming off track
biggnasty989 but then when you look from Lewis point of view there was a gap and “when you no longer go for a gap your no longer a racing driver”
Well said. Damn well said!
Jake Woolley
Didn't Senna say that after taking out Prost, on purpose, to win the championship?
Oliver Watson not necessarily on purpose but he went for a gap and Prost didn’t leave him the room so they crashed although senna knew that gap was gonna close
I just took a look at the Spain accident. Putting myself in Rosberg's mind, I think he knew that Hamilton was going to make a move and had his eyes in his mirrors. The split second he felt Hamilton was going to go right, Rosberg threw his car right. I don't think Hamilton felt Nico was going to make such a drastic move so being committed, he had to throw is car off the road. After that, momentum and a lack of traction where in control.
Fault? I have never seen a driver throw that kind of block on an overtaking driver and Hamilton couldn't change direction at that point so an accident was inevitable. I don't think Nico's move was very sportsmanlike but he only made one move so it wasn't illegal. Hamilton was just making a pass.
JB91710 Hamilton and the likes of Verstappen make defensive moves like that themselves on a weekly basis, its called racing. Hamilton deliberately forced Rosberg off track at USA 2015 and everyone loved it because its hard racing. Its only certain Hamilton fans not F1 fans who have a problem with it when its done to their driver
JB91710 just watch what Verstappen did to Raikkonen at Kemmel straight. Ver. was doing double move a lot in the first year, in a way he did it, when the other car is so close, it's really dangerous, so FIA put a rule against it, then changed it in 2017. But no double moves from anybody.
One of the Bravest drivers to have ever lived.
Great Interview, gets the best out of Niki
I think the reason why Niki likes Lewis Hamilton so much is because he reminded him of James Hunt - lots of natural talent and a big personality off the track.
A big personality? Don't know about that Hamiltard
Can see how much respect Lewis has got for Niki after winning the 2019 Monaco grand prix. Absolute Legend Niki.
Jeez. I remember things in 2016 were rough on track but this puts a whole new perspective on just what was happening behind the scenes
I didn't know of Mr. Lauda until the movie and I can't be more impressed. Great Man, great movie, great interview.
two amazing and intelligent guys in one room
rare sight nowadays
Niki did hold true to his words. He gave lewis a competitive car. 😁
Champ never fails. Legend. RIP.
The engineers gave him the car bruh
I think that assessment of Lewis being at fault for causing the crash was correct. It was the 1st round and Lewis was too aggressive there. Rosberg had the right of way but he also drove his teammate into the grass. Lewis slid hit the wall span and came back slamming onto Rosberg's car. Team Mercedes out right at the 1st circuit. Telling Lewis separately why he did not attack Rosberg on the outside while the low power light was on is a sign that Niki Lauda favors Lewis.
Imagine a guy like Niki with all his ethics, toughness, sharpness and kindness become leader of a nation, and lead it, not just as iceing on the cake, but a true leader in the frontline who takes the final desicion on things..... i bet that would be a well run and plesant place
He ran an airline before becoming Non Executive CEO of MB racing.
Reminds me of Depend my , Ukraine
2:36 What you came to hear.
Mr. Lauda's one of the best F1 driver of all times, but he's stiil a down to earth man...
i love you Niki
God bless you , Niki, the best F1 driver that This WORLD has ever seen !
Lol
The Rat 🐀
I wish Niki, Senna & Schumacher were still here & healthy to hear them talk racing 😭😭😭
Niki is by far the best person to explain and lay out the mindset of a person who is content with only a single WDC. IYKYK.
Niki was a very intelligent very genuine guy straight talking no bullshit and kind gentlemen reminds me of my grandad God bless them both Xx
I love Niki. Say it like it is. No nonsense.
Niki is so honest and he uses the best words to express his thoughts.
I just finished watching Rush, and then immediately watched it again the next day. This guy is a fucking legend, so cool to see and in depth interview with him
Interesting comments about the Lewis / Rosberg crash.
I watched the race live on TV and Niki gave a live interview after the race were he said the two team mates crashing was NOT acceptable and it was both of their fault, and then added in the next breath that he felt that it was more of Rosberg’s fault than Lewis’s.
Now in this interview he is saying that it was Lewis’s fault for trying to overtake on the wrong side.
This is really interesting because his attitude with Lewis was to say...
“look Lewis, Niko’s car was having trouble and was underpowered and you could see that from the flashing red light on the back of his car, as a world champion you should have known Nico would react that way and it was your responsibility to chose to overtake on the other side where Nico could not have defended, so the crash was your fault”
[In other words he could have avoided a crash and still overtaken Rosberg.]
.....
Now that really is amazing insight and wisdom.
He is saying they were both to blame. Ultimately though Nico knew after he won the championship his life in F1 was too toxic and finished. Hamilton knew that Rosberg could not endure him for another season in the same way that last season unfolded. Far too much drama. Nico had used up all his mental energy in winning one championship by playing games, Hamilton preferred to use his energy on the race track.
What a man of wisdom. Interesting how people who dont even know you can pass judgement. Thank God for you Niki
Just realised how much the rush movie nailed niki laudas accent
Nikki Laura . Throughout his career as a driver then as team leader beside Toto Wolfe .
Has never been afraid of putting his point across .
Massive respect to that man .
Immensely sad that he passed away .
I for one miss seeing him giving interviews .
A true great of Formula 1 .
" he is easy to handle, at least for me" :D everyone is easy to handle for Lauda .. love it
Who wouldn"t want to have worked with Niki Lauda? he would drag his team kicking and screaming to the top, if need be. Very good interviewer, quiet and to the point questions.
Mr. Lauda is such a straight up guy. No nonsense and uncomplicated. A joy to listen to.
07.00, the Team cannot destroy itself.
Well said Niki, very true words. Very wise 🏆
That is so smart how he got Lewis! Saying “yes we’re not the best car now, but imagine if you win with us you will prove to people you are a great driver regardless”.
Graham is such a good interviewer no matter who he interviews
Exceptional interview. Worth watching.
That was FANTASTIC! Thanks. Loved Niki in the day. I felt genuine respect. As we say in the USA, respect recognizes respect.
So, so much respect for the number 1 man of racing. Not only as a driver in the most dangerous of times in racing, but then to buy and make the most popular, competitive and consistent racing team in history, I think. He is brilliant.
I really binging on these Graham F1 interviews now. 😂
Legend that is all I can say about NIKKI, it was a tragic loss and now he is an Angel looking over NIKKI love for Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton and please Lewis sign a new contract as you owe it Nikki. RIP
7:42 that part,...very personal....very drivers like....he'll be greatly missed his inside and all that..
6:10 Niki talking about crash in Barcelona 2016,Pictures of Spa 2014
graham pins the right questions ......good job man
At 9:34 Niki Lauda is thinking about driving, look at his foot 😁😂🚘🚘
Lewis is a talented love or hate him ....a rookie whom almost won the wc in his first year... Won the 2nd year...pissed of alonso... And now 4x wc... Rosberg in the other hand was not tht competative... His fathers sucess probably motivated him to win...n after winning it the only way to ensure lewis nvr defeats him is retire...i think vettel probably could challenge him ..but he is the best f1 driver as of 2018
Architectural Works would have one easy if he didn’t crash in the pits of all places at sepang
vettel could have won this year but its almost as if the pressure never got to hamilton at all whereas vettel looked like hes struggling with himself the entire last half of the season. that and mercedes just outsmarted ferrari at every given point with strategies
Hamilton has just been lucky and managed to get the fastest cars thats all
Pat Bassman yeah that’s all, hopefully I’ll get lucky and picked for Mercedes and then I’ll automatically be a five times world champion and chasing all the records. Fingers crossed I get it, lucky me ☺️
@@patbassman8251 yes born lucky, great eye hand coordination, great family, great team, great car pls tell me if I've missed anything.
I didn't know that Lewis and Nico didn't even say hello to each other in the morning. It must have been a toxic atmosphere at Mercedes in 2016.
6:18: "Yeah in Barcelona when they hit each other"
*Proceeds to show Belgium 2014
Great interview well done 👍😀
Great insight to the behind the scenes stuff
11:04 when he Niki says ' what do you mean' he sounds exactly like lewis lol
is there any where i can watch the full interview
The whole interview is on RUclips - it's just in segments. Use the Niki Lauda playlist on this channel.
"Last three years, last four years he [Hamilton] had the most competitive car he could get. And the McLaren went the other direction."
OOOOh boy....lol. Huge understatement haha.
The fact that Niki Lauda convinced Hamilton to jump from a contending team to 5th place Mercedes proves how much of a winner the guy was not just on the track, but off it. RIP
Niki is right rosberg shouldve told the team about his retirement plane earlier cause they had to carefully an quickly hand pick there 2017 driver an that driver was the same driver that cost the mercedes team a 1-2 in Bahrain of 2016, costing lewis the win. if lewis hamilton won the 2016 F1 championship then nico wouldve stayed on the team an keep fighting lewis until he wins a season, i mean he only retired for 1.) he wanted to be what his father was a 1x f1 champion an he did after fighting lewis since 2014. an 2.) he misses his family like the only time he visits his family was on in 3 week race times, mid-season an after the champion.
What? Man was looking out for himself. The fucking "team" put two young almost equally capable drivers to compete against each other and the other teams!! That's not good. Not for the team, not for the drivers. And the team lost a lot for being fucking smart.
When you have the best car by miles you can get any driver. They had no issue getting another driver.
@@cp6027 3 years too late man. as a top team it isnt easy trying to find the perfect driver in a short matter of time. redbull made that mistake with both gasly an albons which explains why its impossible for them to catch mercedes in the standings.
@@cl759 last time i check didn't those so call equally drivers that competed against each other made mercedes unbelievably unstoppable by giving merceds an endless amount of wins. those 2 battle so hard that a P3 finish is unacceptable to each other. but not gonna lie it was hurting there relationship a little. lets also not forget that rosberg has a family an wants to think an spend more time with them an he to admit that Hamilton was crazy difficult to beat side by side its like playing at 110% at a whole new level for him an plus rosberg only wanted to be a 1x champ just like his father.
Nico Rosberg advised the MB team of his retirement after winning the F1 WC at the final race of the season in November. Niki Lauda, as a member of MB team management, was upset with Rosberg's unexpected decision. However, I find it unfortunate that he would criticize Rosberg for doing the same thing he did in 1979. During that season's Canadian GP in Sept, Lauda came into the pits during a practice session and announced that he was retiring immediately from the Brabham team with two races remaining on the schedule. Never the less, IMO, Lauda remains the most important personality in F1 history.
Thank u for sharing this
RIP to one of the greatest
His separate conversation with lewis later in ibiza about the lights flashing was very professional on niki’s part when he could’ve told him that at the teams debrief.