Mercedes defends ‘new possibilities’ as Schumacher’s Formula 1 owner

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff praised Mick Schumacher’s talent and personality, and said the “off” year could be good for the German to have a new opportunity as a Formula 1 owner

Mick Schumacher will start a new phase of his career a Formula 1🇧🇷 After Haas announce his departure, this past Thursday (15th) the German was announced as a reserve Mercedes in 2023. The new team has already taken the opportunity to defend the new hire, e Toto Wolff he said he deserved another chance as a starter in the category.

Even before the announcement, the Silver Arrows chief stressed his sympathy for the driver and his family on the F1 podcast, Beyond the grid: “I really like Mick and I like the family – how they raised their kids with this incredibly famous name – and I think he deserves a chance,” she said.

It’s worth mentioning that Mick came from a successful career at the grassroots. He has won the titles of European F3 in 2018 and the Formula 2 in 2020, switching to Haas the following year. Toto has stated that she has always impressed him with his personality. “The first time I met him was in his first year in Formula 3 [europeia] in Hockenheim he is a good person. [Ele] won the F3 [europeia]won F2, it can’t come out of nowhere,” said the Mercedes boss.

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The first season in Formula 1 was staged by a team that concentrated most of its efforts on the 2022 car, the first with the new regulations. In the season that has just ended, Schumacher’s performance fell short of expectations, especially when compared to his teammate, Kevin Magnussen🇧🇷

Toto commented on the transition process to the main category of world motorsport and the importance of a reserve year to “re-evaluate”.

“He won [o título da Fórmula 2] and this is not easy. Things can go against you in your early years in Formula 1. He was under pressure to get results and that doesn’t help, and Formula 1 is brutal. Maybe, in a way, having a year off as a third driver, similar to what Daniel [Ricciardo está fazendo com a Red Bull] – it might help to reevaluate yourself and put yourself in a better place and hopefully find a place again [no grid titular]🇧🇷

Going to Mercedes, Mick follows in the footsteps of his father, Michael. He retired from the category for the first time in 2006, at Ferrari, and returned four years later to race for the German team between 2010 and 2012. However, Wolff believes that no comparisons should be made between the two. “Obviously everyone is different, and I wouldn’t do Mick or Michael justice by commenting on them here,” he said. “Certainly Mick is an intelligent young man who can fly,” he concluded.

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