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A few days ago, Mick Schumacher sketched out how he imagines his first season in Formula 1.

Be there when it counts, that could be his motto.

"Even if it is a bridging year for us: If the option arises, the spark of luck plays along, we will give everything to use the luck and bring the results home," said the 21-year-old newcomer "Auto , Motor and Sport ”.

He had to wait the first few races to give a well-founded answer about what he could expect this year, said Schumacher: "Of course I make a lot of myself. I want to get used to the team very quickly so that I can feel very good." feel good - and you are with me.

If we can do that, the results will come too. "

The son of record world champion Michael Schumacher will make his debut for the American Haas team in the coming season.

The racing team, supported by Ferrari, only occupied the penultimate place in the constructors' championship last year.

The two drivers at that time finished 19th and 20th in the final ranking.

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Be aware of the car's potential.

“And if there should be some crazy races like last year, maybe a podium will come out one day.

Sure, that's a dream, but we can dream, "said Schumacher.

Schumacher as an alternative to Mazepin

This mixture of confidence, hunger for success and realism brings Schumacher a lot of appreciation in Formula 1.

Also from the competition.

AlphaTauri team boss Franz Tost, an expert for young drivers, has just spoken up.

The Austrian has already had many newcomers to Formula 1 under his wing at Toro Rosso, AlphaTauri's predecessor team.

In the Red Bull junior team, Tost now relies on 25-year-old Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda, a talented Japanese Formula 2 driver (third place in 2020), who at 20 is also the youngest driver in the field.

Alpha Tauris team boss Franz Tost

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Tost says of Schumacher that he appreciates his approach: “Mick is not the type of driver who gets into a car and immediately risks everything.

He does it step by step and makes sure that he has everything under control in order to then strike properly. "

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In an interview with “Auto, Motor und Sport”, Tost attested that Schumacher was a driver “who first looked at everything and then continued learning.

There are others who are incredibly fast but don't know why.

It is important that you take one step at a time and call up what you have learned over and over again.

Mick does it really well.

That is why I am firmly convinced that he will make a difference in Formula 1. "

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Schumacher's Team Haas, like AlphaTauri, is to be regarded as a newcomer, in this case for Ferrari, from which the US team obtains many components for the car.

Alongside Schumacher, Haas relies on Nikita Mazepin as the second driver.

He is 21, the son of Russian billionaire Dimitri Mazepin and has a long history of scandal.

It ranges from brawls with driver competitors, nasty verbal missteps and sexual harassment, which he even documented himself.

His new team was horrified, but left them with a warning.

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Tost has now passed a damning verdict on Mazepin, who is also a debut in Formula 1.

He characterizes it as Schumacher's complete alternative.

Tost said: “I could be brutal now and say: You cannot make a tiger out of a cow.

In the end, it always depends on how much brain a driver has and then switches on in the cockpit. "

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Tost used to be a racing driver himself, but then worked in various positions in teams.

In his long time in motorsport, says Tost, it has crystallized from his point of view that “in the end, only those drivers who are intelligent and know why they are doing something - and who also behave accordingly” will prevail.

The test drives in Sakhir / Bahrain from March 12th to 14th will provide the first indications of this.

These are the only official tests of the teams before the first Grand Prix on March 28th, which will also take place at the Bahrain International Circuit.

Whether Mazepin takes the allegations against himself to heart is doubtful.

Self-reflection shouldn't necessarily be one of his strengths.

Rather, he should feel confirmed in his worldview.

He likes to attribute criticism of himself to his origins.

“Russians”, he once complained, “are viewed differently”.

There is "hardly any other Russian driver who has so much hate".