🇩🇪 Nico Rosberg

Racing driver from Germany. Formula 1, Mercedes. One-time champion.

Driver facts

Full name

Nico Rosberg

Born

27 June 1985(b. 1985)

Nationality

Germany

Current team

Mercedes

Series

Formula 1

Status

Retired

Championships

12016

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

7,678

Source · Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

7,678

RANK 7 / 12,285 INDEXED · -678 SEASON

FIA Categorisation

Platinum

DRIVER CATEGORISATION · FIA
SOURCE · FIA.COM

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 7H AGO

Nico Rosberg is a German driver who competed in Formula 1 with Mercedes before retiring from the series. Across his career he started 21 races, taking 9 wins and 16 podium finishes, and he claimed the Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship in 2016. Racer DB places him fifth among active drivers on its Elo-style Racer Rating scale with a mark of 7,678, reflecting the strength of his results relative to the sport's benchmark competitors. Coming up through junior single-seater categories before establishing himself at Mercedes, Rosberg built a reputation as a consistent frontrunner and title contender during his time in the sport.[1]

In his final campaign on record, the 2026 season, Rosberg finished first in the standings, converting 9 wins and 16 podiums from 21 rounds into the title. This season stands as the statistical high point of his documented Formula 1 career, matching the full career win and podium totals attributed to him in Racer DB and underscoring the championship-winning form that defined his time with Mercedes before his retirement from the sport.[2]

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia

SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 0H AGO

Nico Rosberg is a racing driver from Germany who last raced in Formula 1 for Mercedes. Rosberg is a one-time champion (2016), with 9 wins and 16 podiums from 21 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 7,678 ranks Rosberg seventh of 12,285 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS

2016 form

LAST 20 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER

RACERDB · REFERENCE FOR EVERY RACING SERIESAGGREGATED FROM 1 SOURCES · SYNCED JUST NOW AGO

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	DNFs	Poles	Points	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2016	Formula 1	Mercedes	21	9	16	1	8	385	P1	+1,356	8,356

Head-to-head

MOST-RACED RIVALS · TIMES ROSBERG FINISHED AHEAD VS BEHIND

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🇦🇺 Daniel Ricciardo	6,606	20	17	3	85%
🇲🇽 Sergio Pérez	6,538	20	19	1	95%
🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton	7,848	19	9	10	47%
🇫🇮 Valtteri Bottas	5,676	18	17	1	94%
🇳🇱 Max Verstappen	8,474	17	12	5	71%
🇧🇷 Felipe Massa	7,079	17	17	0	100%
🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso	6,300	17	16	1	94%
🇩🇪 Nico Hülkenberg	6,273	17	16	1	94%
🇩🇪 Sebastian Vettel	7,017	16	14	2	88%
🇪🇸 Carlos Sainz	6,659	16	16	0	100%

WHEEL-TO-WHEEL ONLY · SAME CLASS, DIFFERENT CAR · TEAM-MATES EXCLUDED

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 7H AGO

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia