Following two successive title defeats to Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton, Rosberg finally got one over on the Briton during a fiercely contested 2016🐠 campaign to secure his maiden world championsh♈ip. 

Rosberg pipped Hamilton to the world title by finishing second in the final race in Abu Dhabi, before announc💞ing his shock retirement just five days later at the FIA’s prize giving gala. 

Speaking in an interview with Men’s Health Magazine, the German admitted he꧃ doubted whether he would b🦩e able to maintain his performance levels after such a demanding season. 

“[I was] afraid that at some point I woꦉuldn’t be good enough and that no team would want me anymore,” Rosberg said. ꧒“I wanted to decide for myself.”

Rosberg, who has since returned to the F1 paddock as a pundit for Sky Sports,﷽ said he “gave up his identity” by deciding🧸 to walk away from a sport his life revolved around. 

“In a waᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⛄ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚy, I gave up my identity,” Rosberg explained. “Everything in my life was racing: my mechanics, my engineers, my team-mates, even my social environment.

“To put all that to zero in one fell swꦫoop was a shock to my system. Then 🍬there was the addiction to recognition and success.

“I had never asked myself what oﷺther passions I had. There was always just the next race.”

Rosberg said his greatest challenge once his F1 career was over was finding meaning in life, adding: “I also invested a lot to get to know myself”ꩲ.