Nico Rosberg is in a race against time. The former Formula 1 champion has moved away from growing industry pressures, including those involving being teammates with Lewis Hamilton, to focus on other pursuits.
Like climate change.
Rosberg’s schedule remains reserved.
Nico Rosberg: “It’s a big deal and motorsport can play a part, as always, in moving the industry in the right direction”
Founder of the Greentech Festival, Rosberg uses his eco-entrepreneur platform to preach environmental reform to the masses. Before it is too late.
Rosberg is an investor in the electric Formula E championship and owner of an electric team in the Extreme E series. He is calling on other motorsport figures to join his race. Rosberg needs a boost in his promotion of green technologies and the sustainability of our planet’s ecosystems. He was due to attend the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland last November.
In an interview with Reuters, Rosberg urged others to step up their efforts.
“The mobility industry is a very big emitter right now,” he said. “It’s a big deal and motorsport can play a role, as always, in moving the industry in the right direction.”
“If you have that perfect transfer of progress from race to road, that’s where motorsport needs to be.”
Rosberg’s aim is to help promote motorsport as a carbon neutral sport
Formula 1 has announced that the circuit has set a 2030 target to deploy zero-carbon machines. Over the next few years, F1 also plans to introduce fully sustainable fuels and continue to ban single-use plastic items.
Williams Racing struggled to earn points on the track last season, sitting eighth in the constructors’ standings with 23 points, but were the first F1 organization to sign up to the United Nations’ Sports for Climate Action program .
Rosberg warns that more action is needed for motorsport to become climate positive over the next decade. Before it is too late.
“In 2030 we may have synthetic fuels in airplanes that Formula 1 will help develop,” Rosberg said. “I think there’s going to be huge progress, and hopefully we can really have carbon neutral sport.”
Ex-Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas now understands why Rosberg walked away from F1 pressure
After spending five seasons as Hamilton’s team-mate at Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas has a better understanding of why Rosberg decided to retire just five days after winning a hard-fought drivers’ title against Hamilton in 2016. Many have questioned the decision steep since Rosberg announced his decision.
Not Botta. No more.
After becoming a Mercedes teammate with Hamilton, Rosberg struggled and failed to win F1 titles in 2014 and 2015 before finally breaking through. The race-to-race pressure became too much for Rosberg to handle. In his prime, he moved away to focus on things he considered more important.
Mercedes officials said they didn’t want another garage rivalry, so they brought in Bottas. For five years, Bottas toed the line. Now it’s George Russell’s turn.
“When I arrived at Mercedes I wondered why Nico was leaving,” said Bottas, reported by PlanetF1. “But now I can identify with him. I can say from experience that it is not easy.
The pressure may have pushed Rosberg into retirement, but he remains busy with more important work.
Like climate change.
Before it is too late.
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