Former Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher admitted that he is not sure if his nephew Mick should continue alongside Haas for the 2022 Formula 1 season or rather risk a move to a different Ferrari-powered team. There have been rumours pointing to the possibility that Scuderia Ferrari may want to push its junior driver up the Formula 1 grid by relocating him to Alfa Romeo for 2022, given that Kimi Raikkonen will most likely retire at the end of the current season.
However, the Italian side recently commissioned a new building at Maranello dedicated to its technical program in support of customer team Haas. The small American outfit effectively wrote off 2021 in order to focus exclusively on the new rules for next year and beyond.
“Is the team hoping to get a Ferrari copy in 2022?” wondered veteran Formula 1 journalist Roger Benoit, writing in Blick – “What is clear is that for Haas and Ferrari, the full focus is on the new cars,” he added.
When asked to comment on the Mick Schumacher options, Haas Team Principal boss Gunther Steiner explained that the 22-year-old son of Michael Schumacher will most likely be staying: “The silly season has just started. We still have to look at a few things, but we are not far from confirming our drivers for 2022.” – he added.
As for Ralf, whose own son David won a Formula 3 support race in Austria at the weekend, he isn’t sure how to advise his nephew: “It’s much too early to judge,” he told Sky Deutschland – “Alfa is a little better than Haas at the moment. But the question is which team is developing, and what. A lot will change at Haas in the next year, but Alfa has been at this level for many years. So I don’t know what my advice is at the moment.” – the former Formula 1 driver concluded.
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