Bernie Ecclestone questions Mick Schumacher’s F1 career moves: ‘At Red Bull…’

Ex-F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has suggested that Mick Schumacher would have been better served joining Red Bull’s driver programme as a route into F1, rather than Ferrari’s.
Mick Schumacher (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Reserve Driver at a team photograph. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 23, Abu Dhabi
Mick Schumacher (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Reserve Driver at a team photograph. Formula 1 World…

Schumacher made his F1 debut with Haas in 2021 alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nikita Mazepin.

The German fare🐻d solidly in his debut year but his true leve🅷l of performance was unclear given Mazepin's struggles.

In 2022, Schumacher was put against 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kevin Magnussen, with the pair evenly-matched, on race day a🍸t least.

However, a number of high-profile crashes led to Haas to replace him with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nico Hulkenberg for 2023.

This left Schumache൩r without an F1 drive, joining Mercedes as a third 🎉driver.

Giving his opinion on Schumacher’s career trajectory, Ecclestone told RTL: “He has to fight, he has to stick with it and show that he is still in a position to deliver goo🐈d performances.

“The peopleꦍ will then find him, and he d▨oesn’t have to find the people who offer him the opportunity to race.

“In the best-case scenario, people will see him and say: We need him. And no𓆉t the other way around: he is looking for someone who will take him in because of his name. He should forget his name and develop as a person.

“At Red Bull, for example, he would have been better understood, they would have helped him and led him up.🅘”

Mick Schumacher (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Reserve Driver. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 20, Mexican Grand Prix, Mexico
Mick Schumacher (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Reserve Driver. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 20,…

Schumacher will spearhead Alpine’s hypercar p🍨rogramme in the World Endurance Championship in 2024.

That’s prꦚobably the only and best thing he can do at the moment,” Ecclestone🅺 added.

“It’s good that he can show himself, ideally with goo🍬d performances. Then it could happen that those responsible in Formul🎐a 1 rethink and say: ‘Maybe we made a mistake. “We’ll try again.

“The difficult question is: How and when?”

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