Rosberg has always maintained that the sheer strain of trying to beat Hamilton to the title was the catalyst for his departure from the sport, and has revealed some of the sacrifices he had to make to beat his storied rival.
"There was about £100m going down the drain… but s**t happens," he laughed. Having just been crowned the World Champion, Rosberg was throwing away a lucrative pay-out as he had a valid contract with Mercedes for 2017. It was a question of do I want to continue to deliver and live in that intensity, and with my dream having come true - I'd fulfilled my goal of being World Champion - it just felt like a great moment to step away and have a new life, with different benefits." If you ask me, 'When did you decide to retire?' That was the moment," Rosberg told Squaremile. Rosberg beat Lewis Hamilton to the title after an intense year-long battle with his Mercedes teammate, and announced his shock retirement five days after the title finale in Abu Dhabi.Īt just 31-years-old, it was viewed as a premature decision by many of his colleagues and rivals at the time, but Rosberg has said he made a firm decision to leave and that moment came the instant he crossed the finish line in Abu Dhabi. Nico Rosberg has shed some light on the extensive sacrifices he made during the 2016 World Championship, which led him to make the decision to quit the sport just a few days after winning the title.
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