25 Facts About Keke Rosberg

Keke Rosberg was the first Finnish driver to compete regularly in the series, as well as the first Finnish champion.

Keke Rosberg is the father of 2016 Formula One World Champion Nico Rosberg.

Keke Rosberg had a relatively late start to his Formula One career, debuting at the age of 29 after stints in Formula Vee, Formula Super Vee, Can-Am, Formula Atlantic, Formula Pacific and Formula Two, then "feeder" series to Formula One.

Keke Rosberg immediately caught the attention of the Formula One paddock with a superb drive in the non-Championship BRDC International Trophy at Silverstone in just his second race with the team, emerging victorious after many of the big names had been caught out by a tremendous downpour.

Keke Rosberg was not able to qualify for a race afterwards, and was signed by another uncompetitive team, ATS, for three races after the Theodore team scrapped its unreliable car design.

Keke Rosberg returned to Theodore after they acquired chassis from the Wolf Formula One team, but these were uncompetitive and Rosberg returned to ATS to end the season.

Keke Rosberg next emerged with the Wolf team, midway through the 1979 season.

However, the team was having difficulty staying solvent, and Keke Rosberg had problems in finishing races.

Keke Rosberg soon had to change teams again when Wolf left Formula One, and signed with Fittipaldi Automotive which had bought the remains of Walter Wolf's squad.

Keke Rosberg secured his first two point-scoring results in the 1980 season, including a sensational podium at the season-opening race at Buenos Aires, but the uncompetitiveness of the Fittipaldi car meant that Rosberg often failed to finish or qualify.

Keke Rosberg consistently scored points and earned his first victory in the Swiss Grand Prix at Dijon-Prenois late that year.

Keke Rosberg won the championship with a five-point lead over Pironi, who had missed the last four races of the season due to injuries sustained at the German Grand Prix.

Keke Rosberg finished in 5th place to give him 5th place in the championship.

Keke Rosberg managed to qualify 4th in his Ralt RT4 Ford despite spending most of the day with fellow aviation enthusiast Lauda attending an air show at the nearby Essendon Airport.

Keke Rosberg used the new engine to good effect, winning the Detroit Grand Prix and claiming pole in the next two races in France at the Paul Ricard Circuit and the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Keke Rosberg gave the winners trophy to his race engineer, Frank Dernie.

Just as the Honda engine began producing regular results, Keke Rosberg decided to leave Williams at the end of 1985 and signed for McLaren, winners of the 1984 and 1985 Drivers' and Constructors' championships.

At the time, Keke Rosberg's move to McLaren for the 1986 season had seemed a master stroke as they were the championship team of the previous two seasons, having done so in dominating fashion.

Keke Rosberg dominated the final race of his Formula One career, the 1986 Australian Grand Prix, though he did not win.

Keke Rosberg, who had made up his mind in mid-1984 that he would only race for two more years, had no regrets about leaving Williams and joining McLaren at a time when the Honda engine was starting to come on strong, while the Porsche built TAG engine was starting to show its age.

Keke Rosberg was a key element of Peugeot's extremely competitive sportscar squad in the early 1990s.

Team Keke Rosberg ran for another year in the DTM, until the series collapsed, and has been present in Formula BMW, German Formula Three, the Formula Three Euroseries and A1 GP since.

Team Keke Rosberg returned to the revived DTM in 2000, entering two Mercedes.

Success, or even just scoring points, became harder with each passing season and Team Keke Rosberg quit the series after their 2004 campaign, only to return in 2006, this time with Audi.

Keke Rosberg later spent a long time managing his countrymen JJ Lehto and future world champion Mika Hakkinen.