🇫🇮 Keke Rosberg

Keke Rosberg raced Formula 1 as a solo driver across nine seasons from 1978 to 1986, competing in 114 grands prix for McLaren and Williams. An established professional, he won the 1982 Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship and five races across his career.[1]

Rosberg claimed five victories and seventeen podiums over his time in Formula 1. His championship year came in 1982 with Williams, when he accumulated enough points across the full season to take the title. Through the remainder of his career he remained a front-running competitor in the sport's premier single-seater class. His final season, 1986, yielded one podium from sixteen races and saw him finish sixth in the championship standings.[2]

He raced regularly against two of Formula 1's strongest drivers of the period. Nelson Piquet, a three-time champion across the 1980s, was a close rival; Rosberg finished ahead of him ten times across their head-to-head meetings. Alain Prost, a four-time champion, was beaten by Rosberg on twelve occasions. The field itself ranged from developing amateurs to graded professionals, and Rosberg's standing among them was defined by his ability to win races and contend for championships against the elite drivers of his era.