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Not to be confused with Michael Schumacher or Mike Schumacher.

Mick Schumacher
Schumacher in 2019
NationalityGermany German
Born (1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 (age 25)[1][2]
Vufflens-le-Château, Switzerland
Related toMichael Schumacher (father)
Corinna Schumacher (mother)
Ralf Schumacher (uncle)
David Schumacher (cousin)
Sebastian Stahl (stepuncle)
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2019
Current teamPrema Powerteam
Car number20
Starts46 (48 entries)
Wins3
Podiums11
Poles2[a]
Fastest laps4
Best finish12th in 2019
Previous series
2016
2015–16
2017–18		Italian F4 Championship
ADAC Formula 4
FIA Formula 3 European Championship
Championship titles
2018FIA Formula 3 European Championship

Mick Schumacher (German pronunciation: [ˈmɪk ˈʃuːmaxɐ]; born 22 March 1999)[1][2] is a German racing driver, currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Prema Theodore Racing and being affiliated to the Ferrari Driver Academy.[4] He began his career in karting in 2008, progressing to the German ADAC Formula 4 by 2015. After winning the 2018 FIA F3 European Championship, Mick progressed to Formula 2 in 2019, where he won the sprint race at the Hungaroring. He is the son of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher and nephew of Ralf Schumacher.

Career

Schumacher started his motorsport career in 2008. To avoid attention because of his famous father, he started his career under the pseudonym 'Mick Betsch', using his mother’s maiden name.[5]

Karting

In 2011 and 2012, Schumacher drove in the KF3 class of the ADAC Kart Masters, ending in 9th and 7th respectively. In the Euro Wintercup of the KF3 class he was 3rd in 2011 and 2012 and in 2012 was 3rd in the KF3 Rating DMV Kart Championship. In 2013 he finished 3rd in the German Junior Kart Championship, and the CIK-FIA Super Cup KF juniors. In 2014, Schumacher used the name 'Mick Junior',[5] and started in International and National Junior Championships, ending the season 2nd in the German Junior Kart Championship[6] as well as in the European and World Championships.[7][8] Although he did not race in karting under his real surname, his successes in karting were picked up by the international press.[9][10]

ADAC Formula 4

At the end of 2014 he completed test drives for Jenzer Motorsport in a Formula 4 racing car.[11] In 2015, Schumacher started racing in formula classes for the first time, racing for Van Amersfoort Racing in the ADAC Formula 4, using the Schumacher name.[12][13][14] In 2016, Schumacher remained in ADAC Formula 4 but switched to Prema Powerteam,[15] a team known for its close links to the Ferrari Driver Academy. He also entered the Italian F4 Championship and finished runner-up in both championships to Joey Mawson and Marcos Siebert respectively.

Formula 3

In November 2016, Schumacher made his first appearance in Formula 3 machinery by taking part in the MRF Challenge, a championship based in India. He competed in the upper Formula 2000 class and finished the series in 3rd place, collecting four wins, nine podiums and two pole positions. Schumacher finished behind Harrison Newey and Joey Mawson, but ahead of his future Formula 3 and Formula 2 competitors Jüri Vips and Felipe Drugovich.

Mick Schumacher during the FIA Formula 3 round at Norisring in 2018.

In April 2017, Schumacher made his debut in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Prema Powerteam.[16] He finished the season in 12th place, his best finish being a 3rd place at Monza.[17] Schumacher was the lowest finisher of the four Prema drivers, however he was the third-best-placed rookie in the championship.

Schumacher continued driving for Prema in the 2018 championship. He suffered a slow start to the season, eventually taking his first win at the fifteenth race of the year at Spa-Francorchamps, almost halfway through the season. Prior to this race, he sat in 10th place in the championship, 67 points behind championship leader Dan Ticktum. However, Schumacher dominated the latter half of the season, taking seven more wins, including five consecutively. He ended the season as champion, 57 points clear of 2nd-placed Ticktum, taking eight wins, fourteen total podium finishes, seven pole positions and four fastest laps.

Formula 2

Schumacher moved up to the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2019 with Prema Racing, alongside Sean Gelael.[18] At the first round of the season in Bahrain, Schumacher started 10th and finished 8th after passing Nobuharu Matsushita on the final lap, giving him reverse-grid pole position for the sprint race, in which he finished 6th. Schumacher started from 7th in the feature race at Baku but was forced into retirement after a spin. He recovered from 19th to finish 5th in the sprint race. He failed to score points at Barcelona, suffering a collision in the first race and a time penalty for an illegal overtake on Jack Aitken in the second. At Monaco, Schumacher collided with multiple cars in the feature race, bringing out the red flag. He would fail to score points in either race. A double retirement came at the Circuit Paul Ricard, after he was involved in a collision with teammate Gelael in the first race and suffered a puncture in the second.

Schumacher stalled on the grid at the Red Bull Ring and finished in 18th place, before a charge through the field in the sprint race saw him finish 4th. Another sprint race points-finish came at Silverstone with 6th place. He finished 8th at the feature race in Hungary, taking reverse-grid pole for the sprint race and holding the position to take his first win in Formula 2. Schumacher qualified 6th at Spa-Francorchamps, but both races were cancelled due to an accident that caused the death of Anthoine Hubert. At Monza, he retired from the feature race from a power issue but recovered to finish 6th in the sprint race, also achieving the fastest lap. He retired from both races in Russia, after an engine issue in the first and a collision with Giuliano Alesi in the second. Schumacher finished the season with 9th and 11th place finishes in Abu Dhabi. He ended the season in 12th place in the championship with 53 points, considerably ahead of teammate Gelael, and took one win and one fastest lap.

He will continue with Prema in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship, joined by reigning FIA Formula 3 champion and fellow Ferrari Driver Academy member Robert Shwartzman.

Formula One

Schumacher was announced as a driver for the Ferrari Driver Academy on 19 January 2019.[4] Schumacher followed in his father's footsteps and cited Ferrari's big part of his heart and the special ties with the team within his family from childhood as a significant part of joining the team's academy. On 2 April 2019, Mick Schumacher made his debut behind the wheel of a modern Formula One car, piloting Scuderia Ferrari's SF90 during the first day of in-season testing at Bahrain International Circuit as the only debutant in the field. During the morning session of testing, Schumacher recorded a personal best time of 1:32.552 from 30 laps, placing him sixth fastest amongst other drivers after rain stopped the session twice.[19] Throughout the remainder of the day, Schumacher put in another 26 laps to set a final time of 1:29.976 on the softest available tyre compound, of which remained to be the fastest time until Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen set a lap of 1:29.379 five minutes later.[20][21] After Tuesday's test session, Schumacher said that he felt at home with Scuderia Ferrari and relished his first drive.

“I really enjoyed today," he said. "It felt like home in the garage from the very first moment with a lot of people that have known me since I was very young. The SF90 is incredible because of the power it has but it is also smooth to drive and that's why I enjoyed myself so much." Schumacher added he was impressed by the braking power of a modern F1 car. "It seemed to me you could brake later and later and the car would have made the turn anyway. I would like to say thank you Ferrari for this incredible opportunity."[22][23] Schumacher was to continue in-season testing for Alfa Romeo Racing the following day.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2015 ADAC Formula 4 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 22 1 0 0 2 92 10th
2015–16 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 4 0 0 0 2 51 10th
2016 ADAC Formula 4 Championship Prema Powerteam 24 5 4 2 12 322 2nd
Italian Formula 4 Championship 18 5 4 6 10 216 2nd
2016–17 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 16 4 2 1 9 215 3rd
2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Prema Powerteam 30 0 0 0 1 94 12th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 1 0 N/A 16th
2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Prema Theodore Racing 30 8 7 4 14 365 1st
Macau Grand Prix SJM Theodore Racing by Prema 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
2019 Formula 2 Championship Prema Racing 22 1 2[a] 1 1 53 12th
2020 Formula 2 Championship Prema Racing 24 2 0 2 10 215* 1st*

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2017 Prema Powerteam Mercedes SIL
1
8 		SIL
2
6 		SIL
3
17 		MNZ
1
6 		MNZ
2
3 		MNZ
3
6 		PAU
1
9 		PAU
2
11 		PAU
3
12 		HUN
1
9 		HUN
2
9 		HUN
3
11 		NOR
1
7 		NOR
2
12 		NOR
3
Ret 		SPA
1
6 		SPA
2
9 		SPA
3
8 		ZAN
1
6 		ZAN
2
9 		ZAN
3
11 		NÜR
1
8 		NÜR
2
15 		NÜR
3
11 		RBR
1
7 		RBR
2
10 		RBR
3
8 		HOC
1
11 		HOC
2
18 		HOC
3
18 		12th 94
2018 Prema Theodore Racing Mercedes PAU
1
16 		PAU
2
10 		PAU
3
7‡ 		HUN
1
4 		HUN
2
7 		HUN
3
3 		NOR
1
5 		NOR
2
9 		NOR
3
15 		ZAN
1
3 		ZAN
2
Ret 		ZAN
3
13 		SPA
1
4 		SPA
2
Ret 		SPA
3
1 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
1 		SIL
3
5 		MIS
1
1 		MIS
2
3 		MIS
3
5 		NÜR
1
1 		NÜR
2
1 		NÜR
3
1 		RBR
1
1 		RBR
2
1 		RBR
3
2 		HOC
1
12 		HOC
2
2 		HOC
3
2 		1st 365

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2019 Prema Racing BHR
FEA
8 		BHR
SPR
6 		BAK
FEA
Ret 		BAK
SPR
5 		CAT
FEA
15 		CAT
SPR
12 		MON
FEA
13 		MON
SPR
11 		LEC
FEA
Ret 		LEC
SPR
Ret 		RBR
FEA
18 		RBR
SPR
4 		SIL
FEA
11 		SIL
SPR
6 		HUN
FEA
8 		HUN
SPR
1 		SPA
FEA
C 		SPA
SPR
C 		MNZ
FEA
NC 		MNZ
SPR
6 		SOC
FEA
Ret 		SOC
SPR
Ret 		YMC
FEA
9 		YMC
SPR
11 		12th 53
2020 Prema Racing RBR1
FEA
11 		RBR1
SPR
7 		RBR2
FEA
4 		RBR2
SPR
Ret 		HUN
FEA
3 		HUN
SPR
3 		SIL1
FEA
9 		SIL1
SPR
14 		SIL2
FEA
7 		SIL2
SPR
2 		CAT
FEA
 CAT
SPR
 SPA
FEA
 SPA
SPR
 MNZ
FEA
 MNZ
SPR
 MUG
FEA
 MUG
SPR
 SOC
FEA
 SOC
SPR
 1st* 215*

* Season still in progress.

Personal life

Schumacher is the son of record-breaking seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher and the Western riding European champion Corinna Schumacher. His uncle Ralf Schumacher is a retired racing driver. His cousin David Schumacher is a racing driver as well. Schumacher was born and grew up in Switzerland, living in Vufflens-le-Château until 2008, and then in Gland.[24][25]

Schumacher is the stepnephew of Sebastian Stahl, and grandson of Elizabeth and Rolf Schumacher.

Schumacher was skiing with his father when Michael suffered life-threatening brain injuries on 29 December 2013.[citation needed] In March 2017, Mick first talked publicly about his father, describing him as "my idol" and "my role model".[26]

Before the start of the 2017 Belgian Grand Prix, he drove his father's championship-winning Benetton B194.

Notes

  1. ^ a b 0 poles achieved during qualifying, and 2 poles scored as a result of the reverse grid in the sprint race.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mick Schumacher is born". Verstappen Info Page. 25 March 1999. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Schumacher, Mick Germany – ADAC Formel 4 Driver 2015". ADAC Formel 4. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Formula 2 poles". results.motorsportstats.com. Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Mick Schumacher joins the FDA". Scuderia Ferrari. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Schumacher-Sohn Mick: Großer Name, große Erwartungen (German)". Der Spiegel. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Deutsche Junior-Kart-Meisterschaft 2014 (German)" (PDF). kart-dm.de. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Result FIA CIK Karting European Championship 2014" (PDF). FIA-CIK-Homepage. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Result FIA CIK Karting World Championship 2014" (PDF). FIA-CIK-Homepage. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Schumi jr vice iridato nei kart: "Ma io voglio il Mondiale" (Italian)". gazetta.it. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Mick Schumacher vice-champion du monde (French)". L'Équipe. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  11. ^ "Mehr Motorsport – Mick Schumacher testet im Formelauto (German)". Aufstieg in den Formelsport?: Motorsport-Magazin.com. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  12. ^ "ADAC Formel 4 – Mick Schumacher fährt für Van Amersfoort Racing (German)". Einstieg in den Formelsport perfekt: Motorsport-Magazin.com. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  13. ^ "Nachwuchspilot: Schumacher-Sohn Mick startet in der Formel 4 (German)". Der Spiegel. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  14. ^ "Michael Schumacher's son Mick signs deal to race in Formula 4". BBC. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  15. ^ Medland, Chris (19 February 2016). "Schumacher moves to Prema in F4". F1i. Chris Medland. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  16. ^ Simmons, Marcus (24 December 2016). "Mick Schumacher confirms 2017 European F3 campaign with Prema". Autosport. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  17. ^ Michael Schumacher's son "has a lot to learn" after finishing 12th in maiden F3 season – Ross Logan, Daily Express, 17 October 2017
  18. ^ "Mick Schumacher to compete in F2 with Prema Racing in 2019 | Formula One®". Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  19. ^ "Ferrari F1 test 'felt like home', Mick Schumacher says". ABC News. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  20. ^ "2019 Bahrain F1 Test Live". Crash. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
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  22. ^ "Mick Schumacher second fastest at Bahrain F1 test in Ferrari". 2 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  23. ^ Richards, Giles (2 April 2019). "'It felt like home': Mick Schumacher second in testing on maiden F1 drive". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  24. ^ "Gland – vues ariennes" (in French). SwissCastles.ch. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  25. ^ "Mick Facts – Career". mickschumacher.ms. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  26. ^ Mick Schumacher declares father Michael as his idol – Autoweek, 29 March 2017
Sporting positions
Preceded by FIA Formula 3 European Championship
Champion
2018 		Succeeded by
Robert Shwartzman
(FIA Formula 3 Championship)
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