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Formula 1 driver Nico Rosberg takes on Sergio Aguero in race off video

Over the summer, Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One team driver Nico Rosberg challenged some of the world's best sportsmen to beat his time set in a proper F1 simulator before doing it for real around the famous Monza racetrack in Italy.


Rosberg set the pace with a lap time of 1:21.05 and was blown away by international football star Sergio Aguero’s time of 1:22.58, which put him at the top of the challenger board.

As a result, Aguero was brought to Donington Park Racing Circuit in the UK where he was given a driving lesson by Rosberg before being let loose in a race-tuned Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG.

He subsequently set impressive lap times only to be upstaged by Rosberg, who gave Aguero the ride of his life in a full-blown Mercedes DTM racer.

The Argentinian football star said at the end of the day, “I was very happy to win the Puma Race Off challenge and prove how fast I am in an F1 simulator, and today I showed Nico Rosberg how fast I can be on a real track.”

Rosberg, while equally impressed by Aguero’s performance, was determined to confirm his position at the top of the pecking order.

“Sergio sure knows how to drive. He’s a great guy but I didn’t want him getting too cocky so I enjoyed showing him what I could do in the Mercedes AMG DTM car. Now he knows what real racing is all about!”

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