FILE PHOTO: Mercedes' Formula One World Champion Nico Rosberg of Germany speaks during a news conference as he announces his retirement in Vienna, Austria December 2, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
(Reuters) - Nico Rosberg is applying years of Formula One 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.
The 2016 world champion 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.
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