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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 Wednesday in Bahrain that the 21-year-old would be the regular driver for the 2021 season. He received a multi-year contract, the exact duration was not specified. “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 simply speechless,” said Mick Schumacher after the official confirmation of the commitment. “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.
Schumacher will drive with starting number 47. He decided on this number because the 4 had already been awarded to the British McLaren driver Lando Norris and the 7 to the Finn Kimi Raikkonen. “The 4 and 7 are my favorite numbers,” the 21-year-old said Wednesday. So it changed to 47, especially since there is a special mathematical feature. “If you add up all of our family’s birthdays, it’s 47,” he said. His first call after reaching an agreement with Haas was to his family. “Of course you were happy with me. We are all looking forward to next year. ” A dream came true for him. “Of course it is an incredible feeling. I definitely haven’t realized one hundred percent yet. I’m happy it’s starting soon, ”said Schumacher.
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 promotion to the elite class is the preliminary end of a simple training program 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.
