The 2016 Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg is applying years of motor racing experience to a new role as team owner in the Extreme E electric off-road series that starts up in the Saudi Arabian desert this weekend. Rosberg told reporters during Friday's shakedown in Al Ula that he was wary of trying to micro-manage and his approach would be more Mercedes, the team with whom he won his title, than old-style Williams. He recalled how during qualifying for one race, Williams co-founder Patrick Head approached him and pulled open the visor of his helmet. 'Nico, if you continue driving like that you're going to put us out of business,' Rosberg quoted the famously blunt Briton as saying. 'So...
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