Nico Rosberg announced his retirement at the World Championship prizegiving. Not the hottest news but it does make for an interesting situation in the off season.
Niki Lauda is furious because he wasn't warned in advance but racing drivers are human. Niki is particularly annoyed to learn that Nico would have continued if he hadn't won, but of course, why would you give up the chance to achieve your life's ambition when you're in the best car and team combination?
However, having achieved it, and great wealth, and having a young family, well, other things will come to mind. And frankly Mercedes are in no trouble whatsoever, they still have Lewis, who, whatever you think of him has to be a top three talent and half the grid are chasing Nico's seat to keep Lewis honest. Nothing to worry about.
Verstappen probably has a watertight contract with Red Bull and we fans wouldn't want to see Mercedes have it all their own way, but boy what a showdown that would be!
Anyway Christmas is coming and car enthusiasts might be interested in this.
