Nico Rosberg: My Life After F1

Now on BBC News, an exclusive

interview, the BBC catches up with

former 41 champion, Nico Rosberg, to

hear about his plans for the future,

and his take

on this year's F1 championship.

There has been a big shock in the

Formula 1.

He won the F1

championship in the last weekend

that has announced his retirement

from the sport.

It announcement came

five days after he won the title for

the first day time, holding off

Lewis Hamilton in a thrilling

championship that went down to the

final race.

12 months ago, after achieving my

childhood dream and achieving the

World Championship, I decided to

call it a day. This is a story of my

past year and ran today and what I

want to achieve in the future. --

and where I am today.

Here's a

wonderful guy, really. Really sweet.

I think a lot of dad 's can't really

empathise with small children. To

me, it is even more wonderful to see

him as a dad, now.

But times, I

think, have changed, also. Nowadays,

dads to get more involved and do the

nappy changes. I think that is

pretty normal now, in the world,

whereas when I speak to my dad, I

mean to me he did not even know what

a nappy was. So I think there is a

bit of a... Exactly. I think it is a

nice change their happening in the

world. -- there.

First of all, super

brave, and we have had so many

reactions and personal reactions of

people who have said oh, you have

inspired me to take more time with

my family, or to step up and do what

I really want to do in life. I

really admire that. And so when he

took the decision, I was, of course,

a bit shocked, but very, very happy.

When he said, you know what, I think

I will stop, I am stopping...

She

was like, yeah, whatever... Total

rubbish to me now.

Initially, I was not a busy. I took

some time off to recover from all

the celebrations, as well. It was

pretty intense. At the same time,

though, you know, it was a starting,

yeah? Things move on quickly, and

they needed to put things into place

for this next step in my life. Had I

earn a living now, going forward?

Because all of a sudden the racing

goes away. Yes, of course, I have

great savings, but I want to keep

earning a living, of course. I don't

want to just rely on my savings.

Would you in courage or daughters to

get into motorsport?

I am actually

very happy we have two girls because

of exactly this point. No, I don't

think so. Just because I have, you

know, I have suffered a lot with

him, obviously. For me it is more

developed do was to watch a race.

Speaking about goal racing drivers,

I was in a TV show two days ago, and

it was small and you speak, so small

children against adults. And I had

to race against a nine-year-old

girl. Very, very sweet girl. And she

is ago car driver, though. She does

love and she does raises, and I had

to race on the show. And she beat

me. -- she does slalom. The same

track, present card, everything. And

you beat me by two seconds. And I

give it everything. So there are

some girls are really know how to

drive fast. -- same track, same

kart, everything.

I'm with you my bucket list. I was

in the moniker national team as a

tennis player when I was young. And

it was really a potential career

route at one point. My mother was

encouraged me that way. -- back on.

My mother wanted me to do tennis my

father wanted me to do the racing. I

chose the racing. I always wanted to

play tennis. The Roger Federer, of

course. Centre court, world box,

magical. Magical Ducie Roger Federer

on his way to save title, one of the

biggest achievement is the world of

sport has ever seen. You are in or

of what you see. And the English

etiquette that is there, yes? And

the peacefulness. This whole space

is just so quiet, and you hear every

little bounce.

So here are my favourite coffee shop

in Monaco, just waiting for our

arrival. We will go for a ride with

him and go around the F1 track. I

can talk about my expresses on the

track, the different corners to him,

so they would be great, looking

forward to it. -- so that should be

great.

How are you?

Good, good to

meet you. I'm excited our ride.

Yes,

go check out the F1 circuit.

I have

the pleasure of being in poll.

I

guess here on the backline circuit,

poll is even more important.

Isi

Gabsa the first corner first, it is

very likely to pass.

-- Monaco

circuit. Unless you make a big

mistake.

Exactly. What is the big

thing for you guys? The World

Championships of the Olympics?

Yes,

the World Championship saw the

living.

That is what Monaco is to

us. I went to school here. My school

is just over here right above the

Formula 1 track. I would have done

on the legends and dream that I

wanted to be there one day. -- I

would have looked down on the

legends. With the squad, you can see

the pen interface, it yes? We suffer

in the same way, but you just don't

see it so much. -- you can see the

pain on your face. The spectator

can't see how on the edge I am.

I

had no idea was like that. It would

be fascinating for people to see

that first man.

We are going at 180

194 the last hour the race.

Wow.

That is why I was West Ryde to slow

a lot my training, because they

can't... Is validity is the body not

to lives as -- that is why at I was

always going slow a lot in my

training, because I can't. I lost a

lot of weight last year in of the

season. I can't go died in the

middle of the season, because it is

and physically too tough.

Yeah.

Sysops cycling to use the leg

muscles. I lost one kilo of leg

muscle in the summer. In Japan after

the summer I was on poll by a few

hundred to the second from Lewis

Hamilton. And the legs were for

hundreds of the second. That gave me

a lead that has won a race.

That is

a cool story of how that worked out.

You had to stop cycling key lose

that extra kilo. -- cycling so you

could lose.

There is annoying TV

work and there is fun TV work. This

is one keyword. Chris joining me, it

is great because I'm a big fan of

the sport, and I like a lot myself.

And I was circling Mosul. She is.

That was good fun. It was

fascinating to me to learn a little

bit more about F1 and to hear

actually how physical abuse. I have

to admit I have watched on collision

a few times and just thought they

just said in a car, those guys, they

must be really skilled getting

around all the corners, the way they

do, but at the end of the day, they

are sitting in a car. They are not

paddling.

You have no idea what it

means to suffer, yeah?

Exactly.

Every F1 driver since they basically

sweating at 190 beats a minute. For

two hours in a race. It is, yeah,

absolutely, it does state that does

put things into perspective a little

bit.

And now you'll go back to

training?

Yeah, yeah, I have offer a

bit than I need is to be back into

shape and go for the new season if

it is OK, I might tell you one of

these days. They welcome.

-- very

welcome. A very, very special place,

Oxford union. Special people have

come here and spoken I believe.

Albert Einstein...

Albert Einstein?

That is big shoes to fill.

The

reigning world champion, please join

me in giving a warm welcome to Nico

Rosberg.

Which engine you prefer?

The V8 or the V6? The sound in our

sport is guitars.

And of the ten on

-- and be V10 was incredible. I

would really go back to that. It is

difficult. The manufacturers in the

sport there to show that we think

about the future of the world. And

the manufacturers want to have their

technologies which are relevant to

the road cars, which are small

engines. So you can understand that.

But for the fans of the sport as

well, the entertainment factor,

V10s. Because that is so special.

And today I was at track, and the

V6s do not sound good. It is

unfortunate.

Like a little

motorbike?

Laker moped. Yeah, like a

moped. -- like a moped. Great to see

how enthusiastic there were about

our sport. Everybody knew Formula 1,

loved it, and you're the details.

That was very surprising. Did not

expect that. Perfect. I do stuff

that is along the lines of my

passions. Oxford, I would have

always gone that, English university

route. I had a place in it through a

university to study aeronautics. It

was great to talk from a seat where

Einstein was one sitting. To talk to

students that are the most

intelligent people that are living

on this planet, the students there,

yes? They will do incredible things.

Wow, that is amazing. The doctors

can virtually practice operating on

humans.

Press on the buttons for two

seconds, and at The will is gone,

and we glide backwards, so you can

stretch out your legs and we can do

whatever.

Why add is that southern

world where it is important to me to

build credibility in that area,

yeah? Seven people to be seriously.

Because one thing is that I think I

can do it, that people do not use

usually, there is no benefit. So

takes a bit of time to some

credibility. The general Formula 1

driver is a big, big narcissist. In

other then sell them things is the

best in the world. And it is always

the other guy's fault. They give you

a certain strength in this crazy

environment, where you are judged by

millions and millions of people

every little moment, what you're

doing. There are some prejudice in

the business world when it comes to

F1 racing drivers. Because they

don't necessarily expect you to

other competencies. I was more on

the other side. I am more sensitive

less narcissistic. But, you know, at

times difficult. But the strength in

question myself or the time. When I

stopped, I have savings are correct,

yeah? I need to do something with

that now, yeah? One thing is being,

of course, passionate about cars.

Cars Jedha played a very soon. And

mobility in general. It will relish

-- revolutionise our lives. And we

are looking to improve emissions and

global warming, and all about. Not

really. It is electric cars and

improve that. It is when the

infrastructure improves as well to

50 cars with energy. So when you get

more solar power, more wind,

turbines, and this is a things, and

autonomous cars will be huge for the

way we lives. Reading. Efficiency in

our lives, ease of living, massive.

It will change everything with the

push of a button. A drone will lend

here, you know, or wherever. A man

carrying a drone, had jumped in, it

refers to the destination. No flame

person required. It is just

autonomous. It will be awesome. And

this is just around the corner. And

this is just the corner. Unable with

a start-up sky because in the

start-up world there are fascinating

people. People who are daring to

people who are embedded, creative

geniuses. The meat, beginners people

and discussing with them has been

interesting. I really dig into that.

It has been equal right. That is

also I am going to silicon valley.

That is the ultimate epicentre of

start-ups. People are not scared to

fellow there. In our society, people

are really scared to fail. And that

holds us back, yeah? Over there, it

is normal to fail. And you're

expected to fail.

Are you prepared to fail?

I don't

like failing, I don't like losing,

so it's going to be difficult.

Five

or ten years time, where is Nico

Rosberg and what is he doing?

That's

not an easy question. Really

important for me is that I find a

good balance personally in my life,

that I am very happy and at ease. I

spend a lot of time working with my

mental training, studying, I studied

psychology for many years, serving

ten years I would like to be in a

better position for myself and my

family. It could be being a manager

and having a couple of drivers. I

enjoy that because you can really

experience similar emotions to when

you are driving yourself. So that's

cool, because the emotions when you

win and have success as a driver are

so intense. It's not easy to find

that elsewhere in life. But there is

an opportunity if you work with

other drivers and support them and

become part of their team to relive

some of those emotions, so that

could be something in the longer

term.

If you hadn't won the title in

2016, would you have continued?

Going into the last race, absolutely

one of the most intense or nervous

moments in my life, because this was

the start to something else. Whether

I get my dream or not. And you never

know if you will get a second

chance. The rules were changing, it

was totally different. I had no idea

if I could build the car. I knew its

was crucial. I've done so much

meditation and nothing help in that

moment. The only thing that helped

was suddenly the realisation that

this could be my last race, because

I knew if I win I was stopping and

that they need clarity all of a

sudden to take in and enjoy the

moment. So very strange and

therefore I knew that if I didn't

win I would continue because I don't

ever give up and I want to achieve

what I set out to do.

Lewis Hamilton

is the four-time world champion.

Quite an incredible achievement. But

you are the only guy who has taken

him on head-to-head and beaten him

at the world title.

How does that

feel? It's very nice to hear that

and I'm very proud of that and it

makes my achievement little bit more

special, because I know that next to

me was Lewis and he's an incredible

driver and I've beaten him in the

way it all happened. Perfect.

Can I

talk to you about fear. Does that

enter your mind? Is it something you

were able to force out as a young

driver?

Are not as crazy as some of

the other guys. -- I'm not. Back in

2016 is an example. We were doing

360 on a straight, or something. In

the city. Then we were jumping along

the straight and on the left-hand

side was the pitlane entry. Going

past their every single lap we were

thinking if something fails in the

car and go into that it's finished.

So there were a few moments where I

did a bit scared.

Fortunately it

never slowed me down.

Your most

satisfying race win? One of the most

satisfying ones was winning Monaco

for the first time. My father always

told me since I was young that there

were two things you needed as a

Formula 1 driver. Monaco and the

World Championship. Monaco was

special for me because it was my

home. My way to school was the way

through the tunnel, the way my mum

would drive me to school. But the

entire weekend and every single

practice session, qualifying, the

race, I was able to share it with

friends and family and our prints.

Wonderful.

Your most embarrassing

moment in Formula 1?

I have way too

many. It's horrible, those ones.

Really not good. An example, I took

out my teammate Mark Webber in the

last race. In Singapore I ran

second. Singapore would have been

such a great achievement. And I went

over the white line as well. So many

tough moments when you do something

so stupid.

Have you had a situation

where maybe some of the Formula 1

fans have said, Nico, we are really

disappointed he retired?

Every day.

A lot of people say, so cool and

happy you found your way and you

achieved what you set out to do.

Even a lot of people say, I can

understand that you stepped away.

And some people saying it's such a

pity, we would love to see you

battle Lewis Hamilton again and be

in the mix, right at the front. It's

a mix which is normal and I

understand that, because it was a

pretty extreme thing to do and some

people understand, some people

don't, but for me it was the right

ring. Jet skiing time with my

daughter. The last one of the year,

which will be cool. Going to wear a

wetsuit. This is for the person who

didn't ring swimming trunks, which

is me, which was not very clever.

One of the most special things in

life is friends and family because

that's where you get the most

pressure. It sucks because in our

lives the least... We spend so

little time with our friends and

family because we are so busy

working and doing everything else.

That's so pity, that we are so bad

at doing that. So was an incredible

day, going on the yacht in the south

of France. That beautiful day.

Laughing, eating, messing around on

jetskis. For me that was as good as

it gets, personally.

Sebastian Vettel?

Fernando Alonso?

So I asked if she knew... What names

she knew in Formula 1. I started

with my name. Didn't know that.

Hamilton, knew that. Sebastian

Vettel? No clue.

But you need to top that out. --

chop.