This article originally appeared on TheDrive.com.
Less than one week after being crowned World Champion for the first time in his career, Nico Rosberg has announced his retirement from Formula 1. In a statement Friday morning, the erstwhile Mercedes-AMG driver said that winning the title has been his “dream” and “‘one thing.”
"Through the hard work, the pain, the sacrifices, this has been my target. And now I’ve made it. I have climbed my mountain, I am on the peak, so this feels right.”u200b
Rosberg’s retirement is a total shocker, both abrupt and unprecedented.