{"id":47420,"date":"2009-11-23T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/11\/23\/officially-official-mercedes-gp-confirms-nico-rosberg-for-2010\/"},"modified":"2009-11-23T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T23:30:00","slug":"officially-official-mercedes-gp-confirms-nico-rosberg-for-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/47420","title":{"rendered":"Officially Official: Mercedes GP confirms Nico Rosberg for 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Motorsports<\/a>, Hirings\/Firings\/Layoffs<\/a>, Mercedes-Benz<\/a><\/p>\n

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Following earlier speculation, the newly-acquired Mercedes Grand Prix<\/a> team has confirmed its first driver for the upcoming Formula One season. As expected, Nico Rosberg will be switching places with Rubens Barrichello, the departing Brawn GP driver who moves to Williams<\/a> for next year.<\/p>\n

24-year-old Rosberg is the son of former World Champion Keke Rosberg, but he has earned a reputation all his own. After winning the inaugural GP2 Series title in 2005, Nico became the youngest driver to test an F1 car and was subsequently hired by Williams F1, for whom he’s raced for the past four seasons. This year, he placed a respectable seventh in the drivers’ championship, but there’s no telling what he can accomplish with his new World Champion team.<\/p>\n

Although he holds Finnish citizenship, Nico was born in Germany, raised in Monaco and races under a German license. The new Mercedes team is tipped to be pursuing an all-German driver lineup<\/a>, with eyes locked on departing arch-rival BMW’s Nick Heidfeld to join Rosberg behind the wheel, while rumors of Michael Schumacher’s return<\/a> or Kimi Raikkonen’s change of heart<\/a> persist. <\/p>\n

Details are the press release after the jump, where the team repeatedly refers to the return of the Silver Arrows, leading us to wonder exactly what banner the new team will fly when it hits the grid next year.<\/p>\n

[Source: Mercedes GP | Image: Clive Mason\/Getty]<\/p>\n

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