Mercedes have confirmed Fernando Alonso is being 'considered' as a potential replacement for Nico Rosberg - but Pascal Wehrlein remains the favourite to succeed the... read more »

Pascal Wehrlein will remain patient as he continues to be linked to the vacant Mercedes drive in place of retiring World Champion Nico Rosberg. read more »

World champion Nico Rosberg will be tough to replace because it is like losing a corner of the Mercedes Formula 1 car, says the team's executive technical director Paddy Lowe read more »

Pascal Wehrlein says he would feel "ready for the job" of replacing Nico Rosberg at Mercedes for the 2017 season, following the World Champion's shock… read more »

From an A for new World Champion Nico Rosberg to a B grade - marked down for bad behaviour - for Lewis Hamilton, PlanetF1 hands out the 2016 report cards. read more »

Nico Rosberg has been crowned a worthy World Champion, but with a narrow five-point margin over Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton, it was a close-run… read more »

This week Mercedes has found itself in a remarkable and unusual situation as it looks to replace reigning world champion Nico Rosberg for next year. Most of the grid is locked... read more »

Niki Lauda wants to "give a Christmas present" to an F1 driver as Mercedes search for a replacement for retiring world champion Nico Rosberg. read more »

For only the sixth time in history, the defending Formula 1 World Champion will not line-up on the grid, with Nico Rosberg retiring. Here, GPUpdate.net reflects… read more »

The world of motorsport has reacted to F1 world champion Nico Rosberg s decision to retire at the top read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he would always want to defend a Formula 1 world title, rather than retire from racing as champion like Nico Rosberg has read more »

Mercedes chairman Niki Lauda says half of the Formula One grid are putting themselves forward for Nico Rosberg's vacant seat next year. In a surprise announcement on... read more »

World Champion Nico Rosberg says he would have stayed in Formula 1 for another season had he not beaten Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to this year's… read more »

Nico Rosberg was officially crowned 2016 F1 world champion at the FIA's prizegiving gala, just hours after announcing his shock retirement from the sport. read more »

Nico Rosberg officially crowned 2016 F1 champion at FIA gala read more »

Lewis Hamilton says Nico Rosberg's decision to retire was "not a surprise", despite the newly-crowned World Champion stunning most of the sport with his… read more »

VIENNA, Austria -- Retiring Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg says he would have continued for at least one more year if he had not won the title this season. In a... read more »

The retiring Nico Rosberg has been officially crowned as the 2016 Formula 1 World Champion during the FIA's annual Prize-Giving Gala at the Hofburg Palace in… read more »

On Friday afternoon the Formula 1 world was stunned by the news that newly crowned World Champion Nico Rosberg announced he is to retire with immediate effect. This news came... read more »

Nico Rosberg announced on Friday that he will be retiring from Formula 1 as World Champion. GPUpdate.net flicks through behind-the-scenes photos of his final… read more »

Lewis Hamilton says "it was not a surprise" that world champion and Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg announced his retirement from Formula 1 with immediate effect. read more »

Nico Rosberg announces his retirement from Formula 1 with immediate effect, but is it the right time for the current champion to step down? read more »

No sooner had the shock subsided at news of Nico Rosberg's retirement than one question overwhelmed the reaction to the F1's world champion announcement: who will... read more »

It's safe to say Nico Rosberg's retirement announcement on Friday took the Formula One world by surprise -- and it didn't take long for rumours of his... read more »

VIENNA, Austria -- Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff has praised the bravery of Nico Rosberg after the newly-crowned world champion announced his retirement from Formula One... read more »