Nico Rosberg has credited Michael Schumacher as an essential element in the success of Mercedes in Formula 1 over the past three years, while admitting that Formula 1’s greatest driver was inspirational in his own championship winning year.
Speaking during a television interview, Rosberg recalled the 2010 to 2012 when he was Schumacher’s teammate at Mercedes, “It was an exciting time and a big challenge. This is an enormous effort to have such a strong team-mate. You can see why he is seven times world champion.”
Rosberg and Schumacher spear-headed the Silver Arrows return to Formula 1 as a works team in 2010, with the seven times F1 World Champion ending a three year sabbatical from the sport.
The period coincided with Red Bull’s dominant streak at the pinnacle of the sport. In 56 races Schumacher scored only one podium, but laid the foundation for the success that followed in the wake of his departure.
Rosberg acknowledged that Schumacher had a “significant part in the fact that I am a Formula 1 World Champion.”
“His attitude, his keep-fighting spirit as he took the whole team forward with him, inspired and motivated me,” added the 2016 Formula 1 World Champion.
Ross Brawn, who was Mercedes team principal at the time recalled, “We no longer had the success of earlier years [at Ferrari], but his dedication was the same.
“Winning was still a part of his DNA. No one should underestimate how much Michael did for the success that the Mercedes team now enjoys,” added Brawn
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