After his debut at the beginning of 2021, Mick Schumacher has already completed a season and a half as a Formula 1 driver, but only in the last two races has he managed to finish in the top ten, scoring the first points of his career in the sporting career. highest category of motorsports.
These two results, added to a couple of battles on the track with very famous drivers, such as Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, have quickly erased the critical voices about the young German driver, giving way to praise and speculation about his future.
It is no secret that Mick Schumacher is part of the Scuderia Ferrari young driver academy and that, obviously, they would like to see him sooner or later at the controls of one of their single-seaters, but until several weeks ago it was only “because he was the son of Michael Schumacher”, and there was even talk that he could lose his seat in the Haas F1 Team.
Now, after two weekends in which his feelings have improved remarkably, everyone seems to see a bright future in F1 again in Mick. However, his compatriot and world champion from the 2016 season, Nico Rosberg, believes that he should ignore these comments and focus on continuing to learn.
Mick Schumacher fighting on track with Lewis Hamilton at the 2022 F1 Austrian GP.
“Mick had a difficult start to the season and we are all happy that he has taken a step forward,” Rosberg told Eurosport Germany . “When I open the newspapers I don’t see any criticism of him and this shows, once again, that the craziest thing about our sport is how quickly results can change.”
“It just takes a good race and a battle with Verstappen for everyone to forget your past mistakes. Mentally it’s very important for him, I’m sure that will help him for the next races.”
“However, I don’t think he is ready to make the move to a top-tier team at the moment. He still has a lot to learn and the last few races have shown that he is learning. He shouldn’t be in a hurry at the moment.”
“The role model for Mick could be George Russell, who stayed at Williams for three seasons and has come to Mercedes very well prepared,” Nico Rosberg concluded.
At this time and after passing the halfway point of the 2022 Formula 1 season, Mick Schumacher is in 12th position in the drivers’ standings with 12 units, practically half that of his partner, Kevin Magnussen who has 22 points.
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