In his long and varied career, Keke Rosberg is best remembered for winning the Formula 1 world championship for Williams in 1982. But the Finn was adept at driving in different disciplines, including prototypes and touring cars, and was also a prolific driver manager whose charges had the opportunity to benchmark themselves against the old master during his spell with Opel’s DTM team between 1993 and 1995.
One of those proteges, two-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Manuel Reuter, selects Rosberg as his favourite team-mate when Autosport joins him in the Grasser Racing truck at the Nurburgring. Reuter, now the team manager at the Lamborghini DTM outfit, praises the “really strong and straightforward” Rosberg, who “motivated me to find the last half-two percent” in himself that was needed to scoop the 1996 International Touring Car Championship title.
