Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto feels Ferrari Driver Academy member Mick Schumacher is performing well in his first Formula 1 championship, although the son of seven-time F1 champion Michael Schumacher had to spend most of the team in the back of the grid due to the poor performance of the Haas team.
Most importantly, Mick Schumacher was able to consistently finish ahead of his teammate Nikita Mazepin and seems to have settled into Formula 1 relatively quickly. Scuderia Ferrari is now confident he will be able to further improve in the second half of the season.
“Mick in his very first year in F1 driving for Haas, [and] I think we said at the start of the season that the objective for him was first no pressure, but to make sure that he is learning,” – Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto said.
“So 2021 has to be for him an important year in terms of learning and I think if we look at that objective he is doing well. He is learning, he is progressing. Obviously a few mistakes, but that’s part of the learning process. I think overall in terms of balance so far, we can be happy. What’s important for him is to continue developing and progressing in the second half but I’m confident he can do that.” – he added.
“If I look at the junior drivers for the Ferrari Driver Academy, I think there’s no doubt that overall in terms of results it is not as good as last year when, I think especially in F2, we had great results, which is not the case [at the moment]. So I think overall we cannot be as happy as we were.” – Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto concluded.
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