5 best achievements of Keke Rosberg's F1 career

Winning the World Championship

Grand Prix of Europe, Keke in action!

Winning an F1 world championship is every driver's dream. Just that now, as one looks back in time, Keke's epic moment, that arrived in 1982, feels like such a long time ago.

Moreover, that the handsome moustached driver became a recluse shortly after hanging his racing boots only adds a twinge of nostalgia and a somewhat sedate charm to that epic winning moment.

In 1982, Keke Rosberg, driving a Williams, put himself on top at the Swiss Grand Prix, perhaps another racing event that needs to return to the roster.

In that year alone, Rosberg, despite only winning a solitary Grand Prix, was able to secure impressive podiums at USA, Belgium, The Netherlands, Austria and along with one pole position at Brands Hatch, was able to claw at his fiercest rivals (that year) including the likes of John Watson, Pironi, Niki Lauda, and Alain Prost.

For a driver who was admirably cool under pressure and never seemed to get carried away whether, by victory or defeat, it has to be said, despite his famous races at Detroit or Monaco, the entirety of 1982 season was Keke's finest hour in the annals of F1.