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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Swami" data-source="post: 28450" data-attributes="member: 13">Nico Rosberg retires: 'A classy move from a classy man'<img src="http://c.files.bbci.co.uk/12BE3/production/_90317767_bensonthm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />By Andrew BensonChief F1 writer<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">3 hours ago</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">From the section <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1" target="_blank">Formula 1</a></li> </ul>Share this with<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38185582&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Nico%20Rosberg%20retires%3A%20%27A%20classy%20move%20from%20a%20classy%20man%27&bodytext=&" target="_blank"> Digg </a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dialog/feed?app_id=58567469885&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2Fmodules%2Fshare%2Fclose&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38185582&picture=&name=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Nico%20Rosberg%20retires%3A%20%27A%20classy%20move%20from%20a%20classy%20man%27&description=&caption=&display=popup&" target="_blank"> Facebook </a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38185582&" target="_blank"> Google </a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38185582&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Nico%20Rosberg%20retires%3A%20%27A%20classy%20move%20from%20a%20classy%20man%27&summary=&" target="_blank"> LinkedIn </a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38185582&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Nico%20Rosberg%20retires%3A%20%27A%20classy%20move%20from%20a%20classy%20man%27&" target="_blank"> Reddit </a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38185582&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Nico%20Rosberg%20retires%3A%20%27A%20classy%20move%20from%20a%20classy%20man%27&" target="_blank"> StumbleUpon </a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Nico%20Rosberg%20retires%3A%20%27A%20classy%20move%20from%20a%20classy%20man%27&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Fformula1%2F38185582&=&" target="_blank"> Twitter </a></li> </ul>Copy this link<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38185582" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38185582</a><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/faqs/questions/bbc_online/sharing" target="_blank">Read more about sharing.</a><img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/480/cpsprodpb/13092/production/_92807977_nicorosberg.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Nico Rosberg's decision to announce his retirement from Formula 1 just five days after <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38123465" target="_blank">clinching his first world title</a> is a major shock - but perhaps it should not be.The German put everything into this season, as he explained in his statement on Friday. The pressure of those last few races was plain to see in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, in the way it peeled off him by degrees in the hours after the race.While thinking about how hard winning that title was, his thoughts turned very quickly to what it would take to try to beat Lewis Hamilton again in 2017. He clearly felt that at the age of 31, with a young daughter, he was not prepared to make those sacrifices any more.All in all, it is a classy move from a classy man.Jump media player<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/faqs/online/mp_accessibility_help" target="_blank">Media player help</a><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/38185582#afterFlash" target="_blank">Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue.</a><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/36182057" target="_blank">first four races of this season,</a> people up and down the F1 paddock were saying this was the best chance he would ever get of winning the championship. The thought was clearly in Rosberg's mind, too.Hamilton got back into the lead, only to lose it again. And he was poised to reclaim it only for his engine to fail while leading the race in Malaysia.Reading Rosberg's statement, his achievement in holding it together under immense pressure once fate turned the season his way that afternoon in Sepang - followed by his win in Japan a week later - comes into even sharper focus.<img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/12604/production/_92686257_2016_graphic.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />How Rosberg and Hamilton matched up in 2016"When I won the race in Suzuka, from the moment when the destiny of the title was in my own hands, the big pressure started and I began to think about ending my racing career if I became world champion," he wrote."On Sunday morning in Abu Dhabi, I knew that it could be my last race and that feeling cleared my head before the start."I wanted to enjoy every part of the experience, knowing it might be the last time. And then the lights went out and I had the most intense 55 laps of my life. I took my decision on Monday evening, after reflecting for a day."He added: "I gave it everything I had, didn't leave a stone unturned and I am not willing to do that again next year. Just following my heart. You only live once and this feels completely right."Not a great F1 driver, perhaps. But a great man, certainly, and a brave and singular one, too.Swami</blockquote>

Verification: What month follows July?