Bernie Ecclestone: "Nico a world champion and nothing else"
- Published on 08 Dec 2016 19:20
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- By: Dominik Wilde
"Well, let’s just say he is a world champion," he said during the interview.
Bernie Ecclestone has said that Nico Rosberg won't be remembered as a legend.
Speaking to the Hindustan Times, the 86-year-old compared the retiring champion to contemporaries Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, and Fernando Alonso - all of which he says achieved more during their time in F1
"The other names that you mentioned (Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso) have obviously won more than a few times and have achieved more," he said. "So I would just call Nico a world champion and nothing else."
However,he did admit that Rosberg will be missed in future Formula One seasons.
"Okay, not as popular as Lewis but Nico was a very popular driver. So his absence is certainly not good for Formula One," he said.
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Replies (3)
Login to replyringo
Posts: 3,633
i can miss him :)
i think Lance Troll and Blehrlein could make some big accidents next year :)
Wolfgang
Posts: 313
Please retire as well Mr. Ecclestone.
Looks like he´s forgotten that Nico has beaten his great badmouthing legend lewis.
by the way this badmouthing seems to be typical british thing.. :-)
StigsSon
Posts: 35
That's a little bit stereotypical, Wolfgang.
As a Brit', I could say a lot about Germans too! ;-)