Toto Wolff’s wish to “look after” Mick Schumacher has come true, with the German driver having been signed as the team’s new reserve driver for next season. However, Lewis Hamilton has doubts over how “closely” he’ll be working with the son of Michael Schumacher. Schumacher was, of course, dropped by Haas at the end of
MoreFour-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel has made yet further comments on the future of Mick Schumacher, who was dropped by Haas at the end of 2022 in favour of Nico Hulkenberg. The American’s handling of Schumacher has already been questioned several times; however, Vettel has since added that the outfit wasn’t a “good environment” for the 2020 F2 World
MoreFormula 1 post-season awards time is here, with multiple news outlets running their own polls to decide the best and worst drivers in multiple different categories. Autosport crowned Lewis Hamilton as the British Driver of the Year, but Express Sport were not as kind to the seven-time world champion, nominating him for the award of
MoreHaas decided to opt for experience over potential in 2023 by replacing Mick Schumacher, who has been with the team for two years, with 35-year-old Nico Hulkenberg. The team’s experiment in 2021 of appointing two rookies in the form of Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin was somewhat of a failure, as the youngsters inconstancy and tendency
MoreTeam principal ‘silly season’ is underway, with shock announcements coming out of Formula 1 teams on a seemingly daily basis over the winter break. Mattia Binotto was publicly defended by Ferrari, only to resign days later and Fred Vasseur has now left Alfa Romeo to replace the Swiss as team principal of the Scuderia. Andreas
MoreMick Schumacher’s inconsistency ended up being his downfall in 2022, as the highs of his P6 finish at the Red Bull Ring were often matched by the lows of the expensive crashes in Monaco. Gene Haas and team principal Guenther Steiner have both suggested that an inexperienced driver such as Schumacher ends up being too
MoreFollowing much speculation, Mercedes were incredibly pleased to announce the signing of axed Haas driver Mick Schumacher for 2023, with the German taking on the reserve driver role vacated by Nyck de Vries and Stoffel Vandoorne. Schumacher’s move to Mercedes also resulted in the German departing the Ferrari Driver Academy, who have supported him throughout
MoreAfter much speculation, Mick Schumacher has finally been announced as Mercedes’ reserve driver for 2023, following his departure from Haas at the end of the 2022 season. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff expressed his intent of wanting to bring Schumacher into the Silver Arrows fold, from the moment Nico Hulkenberg was declared as the German’s replacement
MoreWith his resignation from Ferrari having been announced to the world, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem thanked Mattia Binotto “for his contribution as the F1 Commission’s delegate” at Wednesday’s meeting of the World Motor Sport Council in Bologna. Attending the meeting is believed to have been one of Binotto’s final jobs, before departing the Maranello-based
MoreMichael Schumacher moved from Benetton to Ferrari ahead of the 1996 season, where he went on to win five consecutive world championships between 2000 and 2004. The legendary German, who is currently tied with Lewis Hamilton with seven championship titles, has been out of the public eye since 2013, when he suffered a severe brain
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