Nico Rosberg

The 2016 Formula One champion Nico Rosberg’s “shock” retirement just five days after clinching the title with a harrowing second-place finish behind team-mate and bitter rival Lewis Hamilton in the season’s final race at Abu Dhabi has left his now-former Mercedes AMG team scrambling to find a replacement, according to numerous news reports and comments from F1 insiders.

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