Nico Rosberg outlines the economic transformation and rising team valuations in Formula One over the past decade.
Opinion
Nico Rosberg calls 18-year-old F1 driver Kimi Antonelli a generational talent
“Antonelli, who was on pole position yesterday, the eighteen-year-old, he started racing, he was eight. He was in my go-karting team when he was 12, so I know him very, very well, and he is a generational talent”
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Halo head protection saved Lewis Hamilton's life during 2021 crash
“And this protection, this halo around your head, which recently saved a couple of lives in the last five years, because Max Verstappen, who's now the four-time world champion at the moment, he landed on Lewis Hamilton's head in Italy with the full car, and it …”
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F1's US fan base grew from 20M to 50M in six years
“Just in the U.S., you've gone from, in the last couple of, like, six years, twenty million fans to, like, fifty million fans.”
Disclosure
Nico Rosberg retired immediately after winning his championship to exit on top
“I never wanted to exit on the way down. That's something I definitely wanted to avoid. I wanted to exit at the top, and that was my moment, and I decided to pull the trigger.”
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Mercedes calculates a $2 billion annual brand ROI from Formula One
“Mercedes, there's a calculated return on investment, which is two billion worth for their brand annually.”
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Top Formula One teams make $200M to $300M in annual profit
“Like these teams make 203 hundred million dollars in profit every year.”