In his golden days at Mercedes, Nico Rosberg posed a serious challenge to Lewis Hamilton. The teammates fought each other for the title of champion, and this rivalry even divided the whole team.
N. Rosberg said that in order to reduce the competition of pilots on the track, Mercedes introduced a special rule. The German and the British, having collided with each other, had to pay for the repair of their cars themselves.
“Lewis and I caused an accident and the team made us pay for it. We had to sign a contract that stated that in the event of a collision, no matter whose fault it was, we would have to pay for the damage ourselves. I remember that I had to pay 360 thousand for one accident. pounds sterling. It was really painful, so we tried to avoid collisions”, said N. Rosberg.
The former racer also admitted that he spent the first money he earned in the Williams team for repairs.
“When I had the first 80k in my account, it was gone immediately because my father had taken out a loan to pay for the F-2 accident I caused. There I crashed the car and it cost 80 thousand.
At that time, it was intended that my sponsors would pay for everything, but the accidents were not included. So, we had to take a bank loan and covered it with the first salary”, said N. Rosberg.
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