And then there was me, much more smooth and controlled. THERE’S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO BE FAST: “My girlfriend and her mum were standing on the trackside watching and even though the cars were exactly the same without any markings, it was so easy for them to see which car was me and which was my dad, because he was just going sideways, jumping over everything, and never going straight. “And my dad had been winding me up for years, saying ‘Ice, that’s my territory, you have no chance there.’ġ. How is F1 driver Nico Rosberg a different driver to his dad, ex-Formula One world champion Keke Rosberg? Rosberg thinks it over, leaning forward on a French Renaissance Versace chair in a meeting room of the Blackman Hotel in Melbourne. “We were recently ice rallying in Finland and it was a father-son competition,” Rosberg says. But until now he hasn’t been able, or willing, to answer it. What’s in a number? More success for Rosberg, who is the current Australian and Monaco Grand Prix champion… You see, he recently changed the number on his car to ‘6’ the same one his father, Keke Rosberg used when he rose to Formula-One World Champion in 1982. With the important business out of the way, let’s begin the story proper with Nico and numerology.

We discovered this firsthand when we caught up with Rosberg a second time at the “Inside the Wave” Gala at SIHH 2014. And two, that the new, dressier Aquatimer models pair surprisingly well with a suit. One, that a Big Pilot is a perfect sartorial match for a racing firesuit. What can we learn there? Well, a few things actually. I/trending 18502 INTERVIEW: 9 Things I Learned From Nico Rosberg Andrew McUtchenīefore we get into the lessons in life, let’s begin with IWC-sponsored Rosberg’s wrist game.

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