How the World Cup has helped make Mercedes Nico Rosberg feel more German
With Finnish roots and brought up in Monaco the Mercedes driver has never been a big favourite in his homeland, but that is changing and he will have their support at the British Grand Prix
Nico Rosberg does not strut around the Silverstone paddock attired in lederhosen and munching Bratwurst but no one would be entirely surprised if he did, because he has suddenly become German. It is a disconcerting turn of events for the already fully stretched Lewis Hamilton before Sundays British Grand Prix. Not only does Hamilton find himself up against a formidable and thoroughly prepared foe but also a large and powerful nation.
Rosberg, of course, born in Wiesbaden, in south-west Germany, 29 years ago, has always been German. It is just that Germans could not get their heads around the notion until recently. His father Keke, the 1982 Formula One world champion, was so Finnish he might have had a blue cross tattooed on his forehead. He was one of those crazy, sliding and sometimes rolling drivers we know and love from rally driving and who are often Finnish.
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