Chinanews client, October 16th. Before last Friday, everyone was looking forward to the F1 debut of Schumacher’s son Mick Schumacher. Unfortunately, the gods were not beautiful. The bad weather led to the two practice sessions last Friday. The game failed to proceed normally.
Recently, the Ferrari team stated that they are re-planning the timing of Schumacher's debut, which may be in Abu Dhabi.
Data map: Mick Schumacher, son of the car king Schumacher.
With two remaining races in F2 this season, Mick Schumacher and another young driver Callum Elott are in the top two of the drivers' standings, and the other will come by the end of this year. Robert Schwarzman, a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy who made his F1 debut over the weekend, ranked fifth in the drivers' standings.
Ferrari Sports Director Laurent Meckis stated that Ferrari will make difficult decisions about the future of young drivers in the coming months.
"The drivers of the Drivers Academy performed very well this year. They invested a lot in such a difficult F2 Championship and finally achieved good results. Everyone knows that they have shown dominance in the F3 Championship last year, so we believe They are on the right path."
"They are getting closer to F1 and it is exciting to see them sitting in F1 cars. A few weeks ago, we saw them racing on the Fiorano circuit, and then we are about to witness their debut. What we have a headache is how to make a correct choice and at the same time continue to develop a few others. Although it is a headache, it is also a joyful choice."
Data map: On April 2, 2019, Mick Schumacher, the son of car king Schumacher, represented the Ferrari team in a two-day test after the Bahrain Grand Prix. This was the first time Mick Schumacher drove an F1 car.
With only 6 races left in F1 in the 2020 season, and considering the new circuit in the next few stations and the end of the F2 double race in Bahrain, Meckis said that the new plan may be to make Mick Schumacher and Callum Ellot debuted in a practice session of the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and it may also be possible for them to participate in the young driver test after the season.
Mekis said: "If you look at the calendar, there is no chance before Abu Dhabi. I don't think Portimão, Portugal will be an option. This is a new track and no one has ever run F1 here. In the competition, you certainly don’t want to lose a chance to practice. We will treat our partners fairly and reasonably and will not let them run on a new track where no one has data."
"The young people will compete in the last two races in Bahrain. We don’t want to disturb their championship, so the only chance for them to drive F1 is in Abu Dhabi. We will discuss with Alfa Romeo and Haas to see if it works. It remains to be seen whether everything will come true, but we will do our best to give them this opportunity, and after that it will be a young driver test..." (End)