All that was missing was the official announcement, which arrived this morning: Mick Schumacher is no longer a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, the youth program which he joined back in 2019. During this time, the German driver celebrated winning the F2 title in 2020, making his F1 debut with Haas in 2021, scoring his first championship points in 2022. The decision by Haas to focus on Nico Hulkenberg to complete the pairing of drivers with Kevin Magnussen in 2023 was a clear sign of the official announcement which marked the end of the relationship between Mick Schumacher and the Ferrari Driver Academy.
“Scuderia Ferrari and Mick Schumacher have mutually decided not to extend their collaboration, after working together for four years with Mick having been part of the Ferrari Driver Academy.
Mick joined the Ferrari family through the young driver programme in 2019 and, as an FDA driver, competed in Formula 2 for two seasons with the Prema Racing team. He won three races and secured the 2020 championship title. The following year, he made his Formula 1 debut with the Haas F1 Team. He raced for the team for two years, starting in 43 races and scoring 12 points, finishing 6th in this year’s Austrian Grand Prix and 8th in the British Grand Prix. In addition, he covered the role of reserve driver for Scuderia Ferrari for the 2022 Formula 1 season.
Scuderia Ferrari thanks Mick for these four years and the many kilometres covered together, and wishes him all the best for the future.”
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Mick Schumacher will join Mercedes as Reserve Driver for 2023. He will conduct a busy programme of simulator driving at Brackley. Mick will also be trackside with the team at all Grands Prix during the 2023 season
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