Formula One World Champion Nico Rosberg discusses his decision to retire at a news conference in Vienna on Friday. (Reuters Photo)VIENNA: Nico Rosberg stunned the motor racing world on Friday by announcing that he was retiring only days after achieving his lifetime ambition by winning his first Formula One world championship with Mercedes. Rosberg, who was due to attend the governing FIA's gala prize-giving in Vienna later on Friday along with teammate and triple world champion Lewis Hamilton, did not say what he planned to do next. Rosberg was also the first German driver to win the Formula One championship in a German car. "Since 25 years in racing, it has been my dream, my 'one thing' to become Formula One World Champion.

Source: Bangkok Post December 02, 2016 14:03 UTC