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Nico Rosberg in numbers

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F1i looks at Nico Rosberg's F1 career in numbers, including where the 2016 drivers' champion ranks on the all-time winners list

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Nico Rosberg's shock retirement last weekend has quickly seen the focus switch to who will replace the reigning drivers' champion at Mercedes.

While Mercedes gets to work compiling a shortlist of the drivers available in 2017, we're going to try and put Rosberg's career into a bit of context with the stats from his 11 seasons in F1, and where he ranks alongside the other world champions in the sport.

So, let's start with the big one...

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

1 (2016)

Equal 16th on the all-time list

GRAND PRIX VICTORIES

23 (First: 2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Last: 2016 Japanese Grand Prix)

Equal 12th on the all-time list

POLE POSITIONS

30 (First: 2012 Chinese Grand Prix, Last: 2016 Japanese Grand Prix)

8th on the all-time list

FASTEST LAPS

20 (First: 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix, Last: 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix)

14th on the all-time list

POLE, FASTEST LAP, LED EVERY LAP

2 (First: 2016 Russian Grand Prix, Last: 2016 European Grand Prix)

Equal 9th on the all-time list

PODIUMS

57 (First: 2008 Australian Grand Prix, Last: 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix)

12th on the all-time list

POINTS

1594.5 (First: 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix, Last: 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix)

4th on the all-time list*

RACE STARTS

206 (First: 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix, Last: 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix)

14th on the all-time list

OTHER RECORDS

9 - Number of wins in one season (2016)

Equal 8th on the all-time list

7 - Consecutive wins (2015 Mexican Grand Prix - 2016 Russian Grand Prix)

Equal 2nd on the all-time list

4 - Consecutive wins from the start of a season (2016)

Equal 3rd on the all-time list

6 - Consecutive pole positions (2015 Japanese Grand Prix - 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix)

Equal 6th on the all-time list

11 - Pole positions in a season (2014)

Equal 7th on the all-time list

6 - Wins from pole position in a season (2016)

Equal 9th on the all-time list

60 - Front row starts

6th on the all-time list

111 - Races before first win (2012 Chinese Grand Prix)

5th on the all-time list

1533 - Laps led

12th on the all-time list

7 - Races led every lap

Equal 8th on the all-time list

55 - Races led for at least one lap

Equal 10th on the all-time list

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.