Nick de Vries was successful at Monza.
It could make Mick Schumacher the overall loser and Michael Schumacher’s son could be forced out of Formula 1. It all depends on the team manager’s gut feeling.
Mick Schumacher, son of multiple world champion Michael Schumacher in his second year with Haas. Last year his team was hopelessly last, but he dominated his teammate. This year Dane faced veteran Kevin Magnussen and initially had to see himself undefeated, but over the summer the first WC points came.
The question is whether this is sufficient.
Magnussen has a contract until 2023. But Mick Schumacher does not, and the number of places in Formula 1 is significantly reduced. Yesterday, Yuki Tsunoda was introduced for season 3 with AlphaTauri and the only teams that have no places left are Alpine, Haas, and Williams.
– Nothing has happened on this so far, I’m talking to Gene (the team owner at Haas) and we’ve gathered the information, but nothing else has happened, says team manager Günther Steiner for German RTL.
Did Mick Schumacher leave Formula One?
He notes that all drivers with a super license are on the team’s roster, including drivers like Nico Hulkenberg, who left Formula One two years ago but joined Aston Martin.
– We have to think about what makes our stability better, is it the experience and she has a driver like Nico. We don’t want to be seventh or eighth every year and the tough decision we have to make is now what’s best for us and which driver is best for us? It’s not about whether someone is good or bad.
Young or seasoned? These are the questions on your mind all the time. It’s a 50-50 decision. With a young driver, you don’t know how far it can take you and an experienced driver, how close he is to ending his career and how excited he is. It’s not possible to make it a mathematical formula, but you have to make the decision with your gut feeling.
For Mick Schumacher, that could mean his Formula One career is over. He has no other hot options for 2023.
Is Nico Hülkenberg an option for Haas?
At Williams, there is a lot of interest in Nyck de Vries, who joined the team at Monza and scored his first World Championship points on his debut. De Vries was also invited to test with Alpine, but the factory team prefers Pierre Gasly, who has a contract with AlphaTauri. There, Red Bull’s Helmut Marko could consider dealing with the matter if he finds a driver in his ranks who can take over from Gasly – but is not interested in Schumacher.
This makes Haas the most realistic, but Steiner is considering other solutions that might spark interest around the team.
One of those is Nico Hulkenberg, 35, who has driven more than 180 Formula 1 races over the course of 12 seasons.
“I think fans would have loved seeing the Hulk and Magnussen,” Steiner says and smiles.
It refers, among other things, to the fact that the Dane and the German had many disagreements both on and off the track. In 2017, the German directly intervened in Magnussen’s interview with Viasat Motor and said:
– Once again the most unsportsmanlike drivers.
While Magnussen replied:
– Suck my balls, honey.
Sucking my balls, on Monday pic.twitter.com/CmTG9TMtoh
– Guido van der Garde (@GvanderGarde) July 31, 2017
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Red Bull has dominated this year’s season, Max Verstappen has won the last five races and can secure the title in less than a week, Stallet won 12 of the year’s 16 races, while Mercedes, who have been strong in recent years, have yet to win.
Therefore, Red Bull boss Christian Horner was asked if he thought the team would dominate just as much in the future.
– I hope to cause Toto (Wolf, Mercedes team principal) a lot of pain in the coming years, he says.
– But that’s unlikely. We’ve had a very nice season, but we still have a long way to go. Ferrari is fast and Mercedes is sorting things out. Everything we learn this year, we must take with us into next year.
In addition, he denied rumors that the stable is about to offer a noticeably lighter chassis, which should give three-tenths of a lap.
– I don’t know where they came from, there are no plans for us to use a lighter chassis. We continue in the same way and are in good shape, quoted by motorsport-total.com.