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Nico Erik Rosberg (born 27 June 1985) is a German Formula One driver for Mercedes Formula One team. Born in Germany as the son of Finnish former world champion Keke Rosberg, he races under the German flag in Formula One, but has also briefly competed for Finland in early stages of his racing career. Rosberg holds dual nationality of these two countries; however, reputed to be fluent in five languages, he does not speak Finnish.

Rosberg won the 2005 GP2 Series for the ART team, having raced in Formula 3 Euro Series previously for his father Keke Rosberg's racing organisation Team Rosberg. Rosberg entered Formula One in 2006 with Williams, the team with which his father had won the 1982 championship.

For the 2010 Formula One season, Rosberg joined the re-branded Mercedes team, formed by Mercedes's takeover of 2009 Constructors' Champion Brawn GP. Since then, Rosberg has enjoyed his most successful period, winning 21 Grands Prix and earning 29 pole positions. His biggest career achievements have been in 2014 and 2015 when he finished runner-up in the Formula One World Championship behind team-mate Lewis Hamilton and being the fourth driver in history to win the Monaco Grand Prix three times in a row and being the fourth driver in history to win 7 Grands Prix in a row. Rosberg is currently second in the 2016 Formula One championship 2 points behind after the 2016 Italian Grand Prix.