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Latifi to use Rosberg's race number

Williams driver, Nicholas Latifi has revealed that his race number in F1 will be 6, the number previously used by Nico Rosberg. The decision to use the number has nothing to do with the 2016 world champion but rather its association with Latifi's home city of Toronto. 'Toronto is widely referred to as 'The 6',' said Latifi, according to Motorsport Week, 'which is partly down to Drake, who's also from Toronto. 'He mentions the name in one of his early songs,' he said of the Canadian rapper, 'and one of his albums was originally called 'Views from the 6'. 'Other 6 links are that Toronto was one divided into six districts,' adds Latifi, 'and that the two telephone area codes for Toronto start...
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