Keke Rosberg believes his son's title win will boost his confidence for 2017 and beyond.

Yesterday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix not only saw Nico Rosberg become the second driver in the history of the sport to emulate his father in winning the title, it also saw Stirling Moss regain his title as the winningest driver not to claim the crown.

In winning the title, 34 years after his father Keke became world champion, Nico joined Damon Hill as the only champion son of a champion.

Though he watched events unfurl from Dubai, hours after the race Keke joined his son as the celebrations got underway.

Speaking to reporters, the Finn said that finally getting the monkey off his back, in winning the title, Nico will be a stronger force in 2017 and beyond.

"I don't know if the dynamic changes, but a happy man performs better than an unhappy man," he said. "He is going to raise the game a little bit next year like everybody does when they win the championship. Jenson did it. I did it. And that probably will happen. It goes with the game."

The Finn, who in his title winning season (1982) only won one race, says he knew that his son would eventually win the title.

"I thought it would come," he said. "I had a rule when I came to Formula One; there are three things you want to achieve. You have to win your first race, you have to win Monaco, and you have to win the championship.

"That is what I said to Nico and now you can put a cross on it and say 'I have been there and done that'.

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1. Posted by cathalobrien, 29/11/2016 13:03

"Usedtobe: That is simply not true. Hamilton had some very bad races, what gremlins did he have in Singapore? If he brought his A game to every race rather than moan like a child for time to time he would of still won this championship."

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2. Posted by Superbird70, 28/11/2016 17:08

"Nico will have to raise his game to just to deal with the threat from Ferrari and Redbull. "

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3. Posted by Usedtobe, 28/11/2016 16:17

"Given that Hamilton won every race when he didn't had gremlins on his car, Nico have to raise his game a lot to be a real theat to the guy on the other side of the garage or rely on more gremlins no matter how deserving a champion he is. "

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