Hard blow for Mick Schumacher! At only 25 years old, Michael Schumacher's son recently wanted to follow in his father's footsteps by continuing his automotive career in Formula 1. Unfortunately, as the media clarified Motorsporton Saturday November 9, the young driver has not found a team in recent weeks. Although he has discussed with several teams (such as Alpine, Stake F1, Mercedes and even Audi) in recent weeks, Laila Hasanovic's companion has not yet convinced any of them to give him a second chance to the year 2025.
If the candidacy of Mick Schumacher was studied by Audi last week, it was unfortunately not chosen by the team – which preferred to start Gabriel Bortoleto. A choice which was recently commented on by the Sauber operations director. “Mick would certainly have been a good choice. Now, sometimes you have to make a decision, and I don't think there's a right or wrong to it: for me, it's more that it leaned towards Gabri, that's how it is. And I think we could ask Toto the same question [Wolff] : why Kimi [Antonelli] and not Mick? Sometimes you have to end up making a decision, and we made the decision to recruit Gabriel, we are delighted about it“, we were able to discover.
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Mick Schumacher: his uncle, Ralf Schumacher, remains optimistic
During a recent interview given on the airwaves of Sky GermanyRalf Schumacher recently shared more confidences about the world of Formula 1. An interview during which Michael Schumacher's brother obviously mentioned his nephew's wish to want to continue his career in Formula 1. Thus, if the 49-year-old driver estimated that the chances of seeing his nephew again in Formula 1 soon are low, however he later qualified his remarks. “Formula 1 is a crazy world, something can always happen“, he first recalled. Before continuing, optimistically: “He could also concentrate on his career in endurance, in a fantastic championship with Hypercars and LMDh, with factory teams.“
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