Talk:Nico Rosberg

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Contents 1 Race Starts 2 Trivia 3 Citizenship? 4 Youngest fastest lap? 5 Citizenship

[edit] Race Starts

It says 19 in the stats, but when you go to edit it it says 1. Strange.

Somebody, for some reason, had vandalised the template. I fixed it. Should be 2 race starts for Rosberg now, yeah? (in a few hours from now that is) --Mal 01:02, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

It says in the trivia that he has started more races than his father. This needs clearing up, as his father started 100+ Grands Prix to Nico's 2. Is this statement to include karts, junior formulae, and formula 1?

I believe that is the meaning of this commonly quoted statistic. 4u1e

[edit] Citizenship?

I am not sure but isn't Nico Rosberg a dubble citizen both Finnish and German? User: Dr.Poison

I think he competes as a German for the purposes of F1. Perhaps a note in his bio would be appropriate if its true about his dual nationality. --Mal 05:34, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

He does have the passports of both countries, and therefore isn't solely German despite competing under the German flag. I changed nationality to "German/Finnish" (this way around because he is registered German in F1, even though F comes before G in the alphabet). --HJV 15:22, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

I thought Germany doesn't accept dual citizenship. Am I wrong? Švitrigaila 12:50, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

In Germany every law has exceptions and exceptions from these exceptions ;-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.164.255.210 (talk) 14:46, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Youngest fastest lap?

I've just moved some words on Nico across from Keke Rosberg, which seem better suited to being here. There's a suggestion in them that Nico was the youngest driver to set a fastest lap. Anyone know if this right? 4u1e

That's my understanding, yes. But it would take some detailed reading of statistics to be certain. Adrian M. H. 18:13, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

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Does this count as a reference for the Williams aptitude test score? http://www.totalf1.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4527 The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Wikimuku on 27th August 2006

No. Because it is a forum discussion. The aptitude test result was widely reported, notably in Autosport's interview with Rosberg in Spring 2006. I am not sure of the issue number. Adrian M. H. 18:13, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Citizenship

I'm not trying to cause trouble, but can anyone point me to any evidence that Nico Rosberg has Finnish citizenship (as opposed to heritage)?

It seems to be 'common knowledge' that he has dual German-Finnish citizenship. We know he has German citizenship, since he holds a German passport (evidenced by racing as a German in F1 - FIA rules state that the nationality of a driver in FIA world championships is that of their passport). That does not mean he doesn't have a Finnish passport as well (I assume he would have to choose one to race under), but now that I've looked, I haven't found a clear statement anywhere from a reliable source that he actually holds Finnish citizenship. The articles on German nationality law and Finnish nationality law suggest that he is entitled to both, although the possibility of losing his Finnish citizenship at the age of 22 exists.

I've edited the infobox to remove Finnish from the F1 infobox - the infobox gives the nationality the driver races under, and Rosberg races under the German flag in F1. The text should of course refer to both nationalities. Hope someone can point me in the direction of some good sources. Cheers. 4u1e 10:56, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

An anon user has added this ref, an interview in which Rosberg seems to make it clear that he has two nationalities. It's not quite watertight, since he may not have been using the terms in their strictest sense, but it's pretty good. The nationality in the F1 infobox, however, remains as German because FIA rules don't allow drivers to compete under dual nationalities and the FIA unambiguously list him as German for this purpose. Cheers. 4u1e (talk) 17:38, 14 December 2007 (UTC)