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KAlmost thirty years after Michael Schumacher’s debut in Formula 1, his son Mick will start in the premier class of motorsport. The Haas racing team announced on Wednesday in Bahrain that the 21-year-old would be the regular driver for the 2021 season. “I am firmly convinced that his performance earned him the opportunity to enter Formula 1. As a team, we have the opportunity to evaluate and promote a new driver because we are familiar with our racing package for 2021. I am looking forward to hearing about Mick’s contributions on and off the track, ”said team boss Günter Steiner.
“The prospect of being in Formula 1 next year makes me incredibly happy and I am speechless,” said Mick Schumacher after his confirmation. “I would like to thank the Haas F1 Team, Scuderia Ferrari and the Ferrari Driver Academy for placing their trust in me. I also want to express my love to my parents, I know that I owe them everything. I always believed that I would achieve my Formula 1 dream. As always, I will give it my all and look forward to this journey with Haas F1 and them.
His father, who suffered a serious ski accident at the end of December 2013, participated in a Grand Prix (in Belgium) for the first time in the late summer of 1991 at the age of 22. This mid-season mission to Jordan was a surprise. This was followed by transfer to Benetton for the next race and, in thirteen years, ascent to the world champion record with seven titles.
Mick Schumacher’s rise to the elite class is the preliminary end of straight-line training for the past six years. The German, who grew up in Switzerland and often socialized with racing on the kart track in Kerpen-Manheim in his father’s home country, demonstrated his ability to learn and assert himself after finishing second in the karting world championships in the formula classes. His overall victory in Formula 3 encouraged Schumacher Junior to have what it took to become a Formula 1 driver and continue to pursue his dream.
The achievements piqued the interest of the renowned young driver and led to his entry into the so-called Ferrari Driver Academy. Employees who belonged to the Scuderia during the Schumacher era with six serial designer titles still work there today. Last but not least, team boss Mattia Binotto. Mick Schumacher also found a strong advocate in former racing director Jean Todt, longtime president of the International Automobile Federation. The French are very attached to the family.
Binotto says: “Haas has a strong and well-established relationship with Ferrari and Mick, a talented young driver, will now be able to make steady progress in the team while still having the support of the Ferrari Drivers Academy. He has a long-term relationship with Ferrari and we will follow his progress all the time, both as a driver and as a person. We can’t wait to see him behind the wheel. “
The following Friday the following, Mick will drive the Haas for the first time in the first practice session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the end of the Formula 1 season. Then again the following Tuesday as part of the young driver tests. . So far, two Ferrari Driver Academy drivers have entered Formula 1. Frenchman Jules Bianchi drew attention to himself at Marussia before suffering a serious accident at Suzuka on his 34th Grand Prix in 2014 and as a result of his injuries. in the head in the summer of 2015. died. Charles Leclerc developed his talent with the help of Ferrari during a year at Sauber. In 2019 he came to the Scuderia as a regular driver and expelled Sebastian Vettel there.
