F1 Champion Admits His Health Is Failing in Worrying Update During Rare Interview - The Mirror
- Keke Rosberg, the 1982 Formula 1 champion, admitted in a 2025 interview that his health is declining due to Long Covid and aging.
- His health struggles stem from complications after a coronavirus infection during the pandemic combined with his advanced age of 76 years.
- Rosberg, living in Monaco near his 2016 champion son Nico Rosberg, explained the pandemic period was confusing with lingering symptoms causing fatigue and reduced activity.
- He explained that he once kept track of tasks that remained unfinished, but now his list consists of activities he is no longer able to accomplish.
- This admission highlights the severe and lasting impact Long Covid has on many, while Rosberg reflects on both his and his son's championships as milestones amidst his condition.
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A world champion in the early 1980s, Keke Rosberg (76 years old), the father of Nico Rosberg, has been in charge of the disease that has been gnawing him for several years.
F1 champion admits his health is failing in worrying update during rare interview - The Mirror
Time waits for no man and 76-year-old Keke Rosberg, famed in the Formula 1 world for winning the 1982 world title with Williams, admits his health is not as strong as it once was
Formula 1 World Champion in 1982, Keke Rosberg now lives away from the media world. At 76, the Finn admits that his health has been deteriorating for several years. The shadow of Covid, the weight of time, and a life slowing down... A rare and moving account from a paddock legend.
40 years ago, Keke Rosberg was one of the fastest men in the world, now the 76-year-old Finn has to step on the brakes – because of health problems!
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