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alfredo

(60,327 posts) Fri Dec 2, 2016, 04:43 PM Dec 2016

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Nico Rosberg has retired

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/02/motorsport/nico-rosberg-retires-formula-one-mercedes-world-champion/index.html

" have climbed my mountain, I am on the peak, so this feels right," he wrote on his Facebook page."

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Nico Rosberg has retired (Original Post) alfredo Dec 2016 OP

Best of luck to him and his family Leontius Dec 2016 #1

I could tell he was destined to be the champ, alfredo Dec 2016 #2

Leontius

(2,270 posts)

1. Best of luck to him and his family

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Fri Dec 2, 2016, 08:18 PM

Dec 2016

A true champion and competitor, a man that displays real class and character, so unlike the last one.

alfredo

(60,327 posts)

2. I could tell he was destined to be the champ,

Reply to Leontius (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 2, 2016, 09:13 PM

Dec 2016

but I didn't expect this.

Smart of him. He's got a family that depends on him staying alive and healthy.

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