5 best achievements of Keke Rosberg's F1 career

A fine record at Detroit Grand Prix- 1983 and 1985

Keke Rosberg

Throughout his entire career, Keke was able to grab no fewer than 17 podiums. To be honest, for drivers in those decades- the seventies and eighties- it wasn't such a bad result.

There weren't, after all, as many as 21 races on the calendar.

Yet, for Keke, for whom, winning was everything, tracks like Detroit produced important turnarounds; these were surfaces that extracted something special from his craft.

In both Grands Prix of 1983 and 1985- did Keke land up on the podium.

In fact, of his 17 podiums, Keke grabbed a podium on two separate occasions at Detroit, in the United States.

His first podium manifested in the way of a fighting P2 at the street circuit run of 1983. However, during the qualifying, Keke was only to grab a P11 right at the start in his Williams- Ford, not necessarily the strongest force in action when compared to the Ferraris, Brabhams, Lotuses. The real battle for Keke at the 1983 race in Detroit began from Lap 20 when he found himself close enough to battle, and then, pass the Brabham of Nelson Piquet, one of his oldest rivals as also among the finest competitors.

By Lap 29, race-leader Arnoux, barely in the lead, found himself being pursued by Keke's Williams. But a string of retirements, some luck and constant pursuit of the podium ahead kept Keke interested and in the end, he was able to land himself once again among the top three at Detroit.