Nico Rosberg: 'For me there are four potential world champions'

The Formula 1 season is about to start. That means a lot of analysis and predictions. Who will become world champion and which team can surprise.

Former world champion Nico Rosberg reveals at [Gazzetta Dello Sport that he sees four potential world champions. "We are starting a season where for me there are four potential world championship winners, and that is very interesting."

Not for the long haul

So the German sees four potential winners. In the interview, he reveals that they are Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas. Yet he is not entirely charmed by Bottas. In contrast to last year when Rosberg had high expectations of the Finn.

"Yes, every year there are races where you think, 'OK, now he can do it, he can fight with Lewis'. But then Hamilton comes back and Bottas goes into the dark. Even this year I would never say: no, Bottas is not in the fight, because on a dry lap he is so fast, he is always able to beat Hamilton. But in the long run, on continuity, he doesn't make it. And then this year I think Sergio Perez will also be in the game," said Hamilton's former college.