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Nico Rosberg
One of the most talented and fastest drivers ever from Germany, Nico Rosberg, who won 9 of the 21 races held in 2016, would emerge as that year's world champion.
In so doing, the Wiesbaden-born driver would finish ahead of Lewis Hamilton, once a close friend and during those tectonic years at Mercedes, an arch-rival.
Every sport loves a great character. And perhaps it may not be entirely untrue to state that Rosberg along with Lewis Hamilton was responsible for giving modern Grand Prix racing its first real rivalry post the dramatic Senna-Prost saga of the eighties and early nineties.
But while to many Rosberg just got 'lucky' in finding great support from his team, seemingly more of a fan-theory instead of a rational thought regarding the 2016 Formula 1 season - a year where the world championship was decided in the season ending Abu Dhabi GP- it must not be denied that Nico delivered some excellent drives that very year at Australia, Bahrain, China, and Russia, winning all 4 back-to-back races.
Yet, one cannot help but wonder whether Rosberg, who finished his journey with 23 wins, 3 more than legends like Hakkinen, and 18 more than his father, Keke, an icon, would've found more reverence had he decided to stick around for 2017 and fought Lewis?
