Nico Rosberg is now in his 5th season in F1 and has found his way into last year's championship winning team after 4 years at Williams. Rosberg has never won a race (although you could argue he deserves to be credited with the Singapore race in '08) but was taken on to replace the WDC from 2009. The arrival of Michael Schumacher has somewhat overshadowed Nico at Mercedes but, so far at least, he has been faster than the most succesful driver ever in F1.
So, is Rosberg a Champion in waiting? Is he a likely race winner but not good enough to win the WDC or was he trading on his father's name to get into F1 and his nationality to secure the Mercedes seat? For me, Rosberg was good at Williams but as he has never had a really good team mate to make a comparison with it's difficult to judge his performance.
Will 2010 prove that Rosberg is the real deal or another moderately talented driver without the capability to move to the highest level?
So, is Rosberg a Champion in waiting? Is he a likely race winner but not good enough to win the WDC or was he trading on his father's name to get into F1 and his nationality to secure the Mercedes seat? For me, Rosberg was good at Williams but as he has never had a really good team mate to make a comparison with it's difficult to judge his performance.
Will 2010 prove that Rosberg is the real deal or another moderately talented driver without the capability to move to the highest level?