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Every Saturday this season before a Grand Prix, Nico Rosberg has received a text message from his father Keke offering some simple words of support from afar.
“Most of the time it’s like ‘pedal to the metal tomorrow, full stop, exclamation mark’,” Formula One’s newest world champion smiled on Sunday after achieving his lifetime’s ambition with Mercedes.
This time, for once, his father was there to congratulate him.
Sunday’s success under the Abu Dhabi floodlights made the Rosbergs only the second father and son combination to win the title and 1982 champion Keke became the first to actually see his offspring achieve the feat.
Britain’s double champion Graham Hill died before Damon won in 1996 which, as Rosberg senior said with a smile, makes him “the only alive one. Just.”

The older Rosberg was not physically present at the moment of glory, however as he watched the race on television at a friend’s house in Dubai before joining the paddock celebrations some time later.
Cigar in hand, and congratulated by a stream of passing friends outside the Mercedes team hospitality, he savoured the moment.
Nico Rosberg overcomes Lewis Hamilton’s negative tactics to win Formula One world title
For six years, the 67-year-old said, he has declined interviews about his son, but if ever there was a time to break the habit, it was now.
“There was no choice to come here [earlier],” he said. “If I had been here for three days doing nothing, there wouldn’t have been a peaceful minute for me.

“So we discussed it with Nico and I said: ‘Look, I can’t come. It doesn’t work’. So that’s why I didn’t come. I don’t think Nico knew exactly where I was, but he knew that I was in Dubai.
“I’ve only seen him for 45 seconds in the garage so I haven’t said that much. It’s a family sport and he knows what it means to me and to him.”
Tensions builds as Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton agree to disagree over reasons for crew swap ahead of crucial Abu Dhabi GP
Nico had needed only to finish on the podium to be sure of the title and he slotted in to second place at the start behind teammate and title rival Lewis Hamilton, who slowed the pace in the hope that others would be able to pass the German.
If the younger Rosberg was feeling the stress in the closing laps, so too was the older one.
“I took a deep sip from my beer and thought ‘Oh, this is going to get hot,” chuckled Keke.
Watch: Nico Rosberg’s video

Danke Mama und Papa ️️ pic.twitter.com/2h9qZLbjve
— Nico Rosberg (@nico_rosberg) November 27, 2016

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Like father, like son: proud Keke Rosberg savours Nico's Formula One title success

Nico Rosberg celebrates with his mother (right) and wife. Photo: Reuters

TO GO WITH AFP STORY (FILES) This file photo taken on June 24, 2006 shows Germany's Nico Rosberg (L) talking to his father, former Formula One World Champion Keke Rosberg, before the practice session for the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix at the Gilles-Villeneuve Circuit in Montreal, Canada. Nico Rosberg becomes the latest in an elite but growing list of world champions keeping it in the family after he wrapped up the Formula One world title on November 27, 2016, 34 years after his father Keke was crowned. / AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Mark Thompson

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 1982, file photo, Keke Rosberg, of Finland, raises his arms in victory after his fifth place finish in the Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas, assured him of the world driving championship. Keke Rosberg is considered one of the great swashbuckling drivers of Formula One , a hard-charging, speed-seeking thrill master who muscled his way to the 1982 championship. Nico Rosberg is one the verge of matching his father’s title but with none of his father’s flair. (AP Photo/File)

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British driver Lewis Hamilton and German Nico Rosberg, both of Mercedes, celebrate on the podium after finishing in first and second place respectively at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Photo: EPA

epa05630417 British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton, of Mercedes, celebrates after winning the Formula One Grand Prix of Brazil, at Interlagos race track in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 13 November 2016. EPA/SEBASTIAO MOREIRA

epa05630582 First placed British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton (C), of Mercedes, his second placed teammate, German Nico Rosberg (L) and third placed, Dutch Max Verstappen (R), of Red Bull, celebrate on the podium after the Formula One Grand Prix of Brazil, at Interlagos race track in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 13 November 2016. EPA/SEBASTIAO MOREIRA

Formula One - F1 - Brazilian Grand Prix - Circuit of Interlagos, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 13/11/2016 - Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton of Britain sprays champagne during the victory ceremony after winning the race. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker

Formula One - F1 - Brazilian Grand Prix - Circuit of Interlagos, Sao Paulo, Brazil - 13/11/2016 - Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates atop his car after winning the race. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker

Battling Lewis Hamilton beats Nico Rosberg in Mexico to keep his title bid alive

Winner Lewis Hamilton and third placed Sebastian Vettel celebrate at the end of the Mexican Grand Prix. Photo: EPA

epa05610544 German driver Nico Rosberg (2R), Mercede's team coodinator Tony Walton (L), British driver Lewis Hamilton (2L) and German driver Sebastian Vettel pose on the podium in the Grand Prix of Formula One of Mexico at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico, 30 October 2016. EPA/José Méndez .

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - OCTOBER 30: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP celebrates his win in parc ferme during the Formula One Grand Prix of Mexico at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on October 30, 2016 in Mexico City, Mexico. Clive Mason/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

epa05610543 British Driver Lewis Hamilton, from Mercedes team, in action during the Grand Prix of Formula One of Mexico at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico, 30 October 2016. EPA/José Méndez .

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Like father, like son: proud Keke Rosberg savours Nico's Formula One title success

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German emulates world title achieved by his father in 1982 after nerve-wracking second place in Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday