Michael Schumacher’s son, Mick, could have an official Components One drive throughout a race weekend for the primary time subsequent week on the Nürburgring, Alfa Romeo and Ferrari mentioned on Tuesday.
Schumacher will get the apply drive in an Alfa Romeo on October 9 on his house monitor in Germany as a member of Ferrari’s younger driver program, taking on Antonio Giovinazzi’s automotive for the primary session of the weekend.
“I’m overjoyed to get this opportunity in free apply,” Schumacher mentioned in an announcement. “I’m going to organize myself effectively, in order that I can do the very best job for the group and acquire some useful knowledge for the weekend.”
The 21-year-old Schumacher leads the Components 2 standings after successful races in Monza and Sochi. He gained the European Components 3 championship in 2018 and examined a Ferrari F1 automotive in Bahrain in April 2019. He’s additionally performed demonstration runs in his father’s previous vehicles, most not too long ago this month forward of the Tuscan Grand Prix in a championship-winning 2004 Ferrari.
Ferrari mentioned two different drivers in its academy program can even get apply drives.
Callum Ilott, a British driver who’s second to Schumacher in F2, will drive a Haas on the Nürburgring on the identical day as Schumacher. Russian driver Robert Shwartzman will drive in apply for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Dec. 11, although Ferrari hasn’t mentioned for which group.
The German spherical was added to the F1 schedule after the coronavirus pandemic disrupted the season and can be formally referred to as the Eifel Grand Prix after a close-by mountain vary. The Nürburgring final hosted F1 in 2013.
