After being dropped by Haas at the end of last year, Mick joined Mercedes as their third driver - acting as their reserve a🐼nd simulator d🅠river, stepping in should either of the team’s main drivers couldn’t race.

Mick was credited for Mercedes’ improved car setup during the Spanish Grand Prix, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton lauding him for the role he played.

The you🐠ng German is set to drive th🍌e Mercedes W14 for the first time this week in a Pirelli test.

“His work in the simulator was explicitly praised by Hamilton in Barcelona,” Ralf wrote in his latest column for Sky Germany. “I'm happy for Mick. He makes decisions with the engineers in the simulator for the development and coordination of the car, so Hamilton🦩 and Russell have to trust him. 

“If 💖that works, it is all the more beautiful because he then becomes an importan♔t part of the team and is also considered that way. Mick decides in which direction the car is developed and his feedback is enormously important for the team.”

Ralf also believes it’s a🧸n opportunity for Mick to impress as he looks to return 🦋to F1 for 2024.

“For him personally, this is very important for two reasons,” he added. “On the one hand, he gets a confirmation between the simulator work and reality. For a driver, it is very important that you get a feeling in the car. And then, 🔯of course, he can also show that he can be fast in the car.&nbꦦsp;

“People will look and you can certainly draw comparisons to the o༺ther drivers and teams. Mick can set an exclamation mark - even ♓in a team. He can show that he can also implement what he does in the simulator on the track.”