Ferrari insider on the scenario that would lead to Mick Schumacher joining Alfa Romeo in 2021. How Mick could join Alfa in 2021.

Mick Schumacher, given his role in the Ferrari Academy, could be in pole position for a place at Alfa Romeo-Sauber in the event that Kimi Raikkonen decides to retire from Formula 1 at the end of the current season:

“Schumacher junior is at a crossroads. He has already turned 21. Mick has escaped the current trend: he has not offered himself hostage to the frenzy. In agreement with mother Corinna, who did not hinder his wishes, he opted for gradual, slow but constant programming of his career.

No brutal acceleration in deference to marketing. For Mick the sponsors would have guaranteed by now a Formula One place on the grid wheel: but does he want immediate visibility? There is something in Mick that refers directly to his father’s lucid pragmatism. Michael, seven-time Formula 1 world champion, said that you have to earn things one step at a time. Not by change did he need five seasons to win the title with Ferrari. […] Following the program agreed with the leaders of the Maranello team, in this fatal and sad 2020 Mick is preparing to compete, virus permitting, in the second season in Formula Two. The first went so-so. A victory, some top finishes.

Experience limits which need to be filled. But also a huge desire to learn: a characteristic, this, inherited from the parents. In theory, Mick, which is followed by the excellent Italian technicians of the Prema team, should make his debut at Spielberg, in Austria, coinciding with the start of the F1 world championship. The turning point? It will depend on the results. The feeling is that of a promising progression. In case of positive results, the door of Alfa Romeo would open at Schumi 2 exactly 30 years after his father’s debut in Formula One, with Jordan. The Sauber team is a Ferrari satellite, even if it remains to be understood how the virus situation will affect the competitive investments of the Maranello company. If plans remain confirmed and if Mick has a strong 2020 season, in 2021 the possible farewell of Kimi Raikkonen would free a place. And it would be the closing of a circle: at the end of 2006, it was Kimi who replaced Schumi senior in red”. – Ferrari insider Leo Turrini said, for ‘Il Resto del Carlino.’