Talk:Keke Rosberg

Flying Finn
"The original Flying Finn"? Keke might be called one of them, but I definitely don't think is "the original". -- 80.186.38.189 15:44, 6 June 2006 (UTC)


 * So would it be fairer to call him the original 'Flying Finn' in Formula One? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.109.66.150 (talk) 15:17, 8 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Not really. Although unsuccessful, Leo Kinnunen used the term on his Surtees TS16. Prolog 14:13, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

picture
Doesnt look like Keke on the Wolf pic?--&mdash; Typ932T 18:23, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's Keke for several reasons:
 * (as mentioned in the picture's description), Rosberg didn't start driving for Wolf until after the Monaco GP. (According to Mike Lang's Grand Prix!, Hunt didn't even quit the team until a couple of weeks after Monaco, so I'd be very suprised to see Keke in team gear at that race).
 * I'd be suprised for a driver to be wearing exactly the same outfit as the mechanics
 * The hair colour looks too dark for Keke.
 * I think it's just a mechanic who looks (admittedly, quite a lot) like Keke. DH85868993 (talk) 07:14, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

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Ethnicity?
Was he part of the Swedish-speaking population of Finland? I assume so based on his name + place of birth. The Finnish wiki says: Perhe oli suomenkielinen, vaikka kunta oli enimmäkseen ruotsinkielinen. It would be good to add the information or more details on this. a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 09:09, 6 December 2023 (UTC)


 * I can't really find sources on it, but it would be interesting if some could be found. TylerBurden (talk) 20:33, 6 December 2023 (UTC)


 * He is not: see this "Ask from Helsinki City Library" answer (also already used as a source in the article, i.e. ref #4) that quotes two books about Keke Rosberg. By the way, you can always pretty easily find sources for "big Finnish names" if they're Swedish-speaking Finns (which is a term used of Finnish people whose mother tongue is Swedish - not for any Finnish person who speaks Swedish fluently), but there are very, very rarely sources for someone being a Finnish-speaking Finn because that's the basic assumption. "I assume so based on his name + place of birth" - note that many Finnish-speaking Finns have Swedish-language surnames and a Finn born in Sweden in the 20th century isn't rare at all due to the massive Finnish immigration to Sweden during the 20th century. 62.113.190.191 (talk) 16:39, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I didn't know. a455bcd9 (Antoine) (talk) 09:39, 8 December 2023 (UTC)