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Formula 1 is rife with rumors that Mick Schumacher’s debut in the 2021 Formula 1 race will be confirmed this weekend at the Nurburgring.
The 21-year-old Formula 2 class leader will already make his free practice debut with Alfa Romeo on Friday, at the wheel of Antonio Giovinazzi’s car.
The official fan club of Mick’s famous father, Michael Schumacher, is excited.
“If it is true that Mick will race in Formula 1 next year, it will be golden times for us again,” fan club president Reiner Ferling told RTL.
For the moment, Schumacher is simply hoping it won’t rain on the icy Nurburgring.
“Hopefully it’s not so wet we can’t get out,” he said. “Otherwise, there will be more waiting.”
Schumacher said he knows it’s an important week for him.
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“Of course I have respect for everything,” he told the NTV station. “This is the first time that I have been in front of the big eyes: all the team leaders, all the CEOs, all the teams.”
In Germany and also Switzerland, where Alfa Romeo is based, authoritative media sources converge on the opinion that confirmation of a 2021 race deal for Schumacher is due this weekend.
Kimi Raikkonen is expected to be his teammate.
“I’ve known Mick since he was born,” Jean Todt, the FIA president who was once the head of Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari team and a close friend, told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
“He has had a good season. He has a very big name, but the name may open some doors, but it is not driving the car or having the success it is having.”
Previously, Schumacher’s manager, Sabine Kehm, credited Mick’s mother, Michael Schumacher’s wife, Corinna, for the leading role she has played in her son’s promotion to F1.
“Corinna is a person I love very much,” said Todt. “You really understand people in difficult times and she has been through a lot, but she was fantastic.”
