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Nico Rosberg saved a child from drowning in the millionaire’s playground of Monte Carlo.

Mercedes star Rosberg had to leave his seven-month-old daughter, Alaia, in a cot on a jetty while he dived into the ocean fully clothed to swim to the rescue.

The five year-old boy’s parents were sitting on the beach and were totally unaware their son had been dragged into trouble by the dangerous undertow.

By the time the boy’s friends had alerted them, the German son of the former champion was dragging him ashore.

Rosberg, who defends his lead in the world championship in Bahrain on Sunday , is a strong swimmer after years of competing in triathlons.

When wife Vivian arrived from their penthouse palace nearby the boy’s shocked family were taken to their home and helped recover.

Mercedes ace Rosberg has refused to comment about the incident which happened the week before the season started.

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