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Wednesday 02 December 2020
Mick Schumacher has the Formula 2 championship in mind, but this triumph seems even bigger: The 21-year-old signs a contract with the Haas Formula 1 team and is promoted to the highest racing category, and he should still be in this Season. comes into use.
For weeks it had been more than indicated, the question no longer seemed yes, but only when Mick Schumacher will move to Formula 1. Now it is official: the 21-year-old is moving from Formula 2 to the premier class of motorsport and will compete for Haas in the 2021 season, the US racing team announced The future F1 newcomer tweeted: “I always believed this dream would come true” and spoke of an “incredible feeling that I couldn’t be happier.”
Schumacher is expected to drive his first kilometers for Haas this season: as the team reports, it will be used in the first free practice session at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (December 11, 10 a.m. German time), as well as in the last Formula 1 Race scheduled for the next young driver test.
For the son of record world champion Michael Schumacher, it’s the logical step after the driver, who is part of Ferrari’s junior program, has established himself as one of the best in the field this year in the junior category.
Before the end of the season this weekend in Bahrain, Schumacher leads the overall standings and enters the last two races as the championship favorite. After a possible title win, you would no longer be eligible to compete in Formula 2, but you will surely avoid this scenario with the Formula 1 cockpit.
30 years after his father’s debut
Like Schumacher, Russia’s Nikita Mazepin will join the team in 2021, Haas announced Tuesday. With three points, the Americans are second to last in the constructors’ championship. In October, Haas announced the separation of regulars Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen.
Schumacher belongs to Ferrari’s youth academy, so becoming one of the Scuderia’s partner teams was always the most likely option. Alfa Romeo was initially considered the favorite, but the former Sauber racing team announced in late October that it would also rely on former world champions Kimi Räikkönen and Antonio Giovinazzi in 2021. Schumacher follows his famous father for almost exactly 30 years after. Michael Schumacher, now 51, made his Formula 1 debut in 1991 and celebrated a total of 91 Grand Prix victories and seven World Championship titles at the end of his career in 2012.
Mick Schumacher leads the drivers’ standings in Formula 2 before the end of the season. With two wins and a total of ten podiums this season, he is the most consistent driver in the Formula 1 structure and demonstrated the driving development required by Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto. Among other things, Haas acquires the engines from the Scuderia.
