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Nico Rosberg makes a flying visit to Barcelona F1 testing

When Formula 1 left Abu Dhabi at the end of last year it had crowned a new World Champion in Nico Rosberg, thus setting up a mouth-watering prospect for 2017, with Lewis Hamilton keen to re-claim the title from his friend-turned-adversary. Just five days later, during an otherwise quiet Friday lunchtime, Rosberg dropped the bombshell that he had decided to walk away from the sport on top, thus leaving Formula 1 without its reigning champion for the first time since 1994. He retained his links to Formula 1 through his role as an ambassador for Mercedes, having stunned even the manufacturer itself, after last year’s decision to extend contracts until 2018, following a protracted...
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