Nationality: Finland
Date of Birth: 6 December 1948
Drivers championships: 1982
Grand Prix victories: 5
Races started: 14
Pole positions: 5
Teams:
McLaren 1986,
Williams 1982 - 1985,
Fittipaldi 1980 - 1981,
Wolf 1979,
ATS 1978
Keke Rosberg career
Keke Rosberg started his career with the Wolf and Fittipaldi teams that did not give him a competitive car. For 1982 he moved to Williams and won the drivers championship with consistent points scoring in the normally aspirated Williams against the more powerful but less reliable turbo charged cars. The Williams was less reliable in following seasons and for 1986 he moved to McLaren who had won the championship for the two previous years, but he could not get the same performance from the 1986 McLaren that his team mate Alain Prost did, who won the championship in the same car.
Previous seasons
1986
Team: McLaren
Position: 6
Points: 22
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 1 This was a mix of some good results and some non-finishes.
1985
Team: Williams
Position: 3
Points: 40
Race wins: 2
Pole positions: 2 The FW10 was a better car than the previous year giving 5 podium finishes and 3rd in the drivers championship.
1984
Team: Williams
Position: 8
Points: 20.5
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 0 This was a difficult season as the car was difficult to handle with the Honda engine.
1983
Team: Williams
Position: 5
Points: 27
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 0 Whilst he had some good results at the start of the season the engine was comparatively less powerful towards the end of the season.
1982
Team: Williams
Position: 1
Points: 44
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 1 The move to Williams brought him his first and only drivers championship with 1 race win and 6 podium finishes.
1981
Team: Fittipaldi
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This years Fittipaldi was slow and unreliable..
1980
Team: Fittipaldi
Position: 10
Points: 6
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 The Fittipaldi was a slightly better car and he was 3rd in the first race of the season.
1979
Team: Wolf
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 He only completed one race this season.
1978
Team: ATS / Theodore
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 His first season in F1 was some races in some non-competitive cars.
