Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto confirmed that Haas driver Mick Schumacher is continually being ‘coached’ by the Maranello team as part of his improvement process. The Ferrari Academy Driver member hopes to one day get the opportunity to race for the team and retrace the steps of father, who won five world championships with the Italian side.
Mick Schumacher won the Formula 2 title back in 2020 which earned him a place with Haas for the 2021 Formula One season, his first year in the sport. However, Mick had to settle for constantly fighting at the back of the grid with his teammate Nikita Mazepin, due to the poor performance of the Haas car in 2021.
Still, the previous season was an invaluable experience for Mick Schumacher who will split his duties for the 2022 championship by driving for a second season with Haas while also serving as a reserve driver at 11 grands prix with Scuderia Ferrari.
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Antonio Giovinazzi, who lost his Formula One seat with Alfa Romeo for 2022 and will compete in Formula E, also remains involved in F1 as a Ferrari reserve for the remaining 12 events in the record-breaking 23-event championship.
Evaluating Mick Schumacher’s overall role as a reserve, Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto pointed out that “Mick is still part of the Ferrari Driver Academy which means we are still coaching him as a driver even today. In 2021, he was followed by Ferrari engineers dedicated to the Ferrari Driver Academy programme to support him in his development and that will continue next year. A simulator will be available to him at Maranello. But we’ve an entire programme [with him] because in still being part of an academy, it’s part of our objective to continuously try to develop them as drivers. Again, the final objective one day, is they will prove to be capable to be a Ferrari driver.” – the Ferrari Team Principal concluded.
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