Mick Schumacher kehilangan tempat di grid F1 2023 setelah digantikan oleh Nico Hulkenberg di Haas; Schumacher telah menjadi bagian dari Akademi Pembalap Ferrari sejak 2019 tetapi sekarang bisa meninggalkan tim Italia untuk menjadi pembalap cadangan Mercedes.
Terakhir Diperbarui: 24/11/22 7:53 pagi
Toto Wolff telah mengkonfirmasi minat Mercedes untuk mengontrak Mick Schumacher sebagai pembalap cadangan karena orang Jerman itu “cocok” dengan tim.
Schumacher, putra juara dunia tujuh kali Michael – yang menghabiskan tiga musim terakhirnya dalam karir F1 bersama Mercedes, akan menjadi agen bebas setelah kehilangan kursi Haasnya dari Nico Hulkenberg untuk musim 2023.
Dengan Nyck de Vries telah meninggalkan perannya sebagai pembalap cadangan Mercedes untuk duduk di AlphaTauri, Silver Arrows memiliki ruang untuk cadangan baru untuk Lewis Hamilton dan George Russell.
Daniel Ricciardo sebelumnya dikaitkan tetapi telah bergabung dengan Red Bull dan Schumacher, yang ayahnya peraih gelar tujuh kali Michael mengemudi untuk Mercedes dari 2010 hingga 2012, sekarang diharapkan untuk mendapatkan peran tersebut.
“Mick adalah seseorang yang selalu dekat dengan hati kami karena Michael atau seluruh keluarga Schumacher,” kata Wolff di akhir musim Grand Prix Abu Dhabi.
“Dia (Mick) adalah pemuda yang cerdas dan santun. Dia sangat sukses di formula junior.
“Kami percaya bahwa kami dapat menjaganya jika situasinya terjadi dan dengan seseorang yang cocok dengan tim.”
Wolff menambahkan kepada Sky Sports di Jerman: “Saya pikir dia pantas mendapat tempat dan sekarang kita harus melihat apakah kita bisa melakukan sesuatu.”
Schumacher telah menjadi anggota Akademi Pembalap Ferrari sejak 2019, tetapi diperkirakan akan membiarkan kemitraan itu berakhir untuk mengejar opsi lain dalam olahraga tersebut.
Wolff menyarankan Schumacher dan manajernya Sabine Kehm untuk memutuskan apakah akan membuat kesepakatan dengan tim.
Mick Schumacher merasa dia telah mengeluarkan hasil maksimal dari setiap situasi dan ‘kecewa’ karena kehilangan kursinya di Haas.
“Kami belum benar-benar meletakkan pena di atas kertas, kami belum benar-benar mendekati persyaratan apa pun,” tambah Wolff.
“Saya melihatnya secara terbuka karena saya pikir dia cocok dan sekarang kita harus mewujudkannya, jika dia mau, Sabine menginginkannya dan kemudian kita melihat kita melihat ke mana arahnya.”
Binotto: Ferrari percaya Schumacher adalah pembalap hebat
Schumacher bergabung dengan akademi Ferrari pada 2019 memunculkan harapan bahwa dia bisa mengikuti jejak ayahnya dengan membalap untuk tim Italia, tetapi pemain berusia 23 tahun itu sekarang tampaknya akan mengakhiri hubungan tersebut.
Laporan muncul di pertengahan musim, karena masa depan Schumacher dengan Haas menjadi lebih diragukan, bahwa dia bisa kehilangan ikatan Ferrari, dengan tim yang membantunya maju melalui kategori junior dan ke kursi F1.
Kepala tim Ferrari Mattia Binotto mengatakan di Abu Dhabi bahwa sementara tim mempertahankan opini tinggi Schumacher, pembalap muda itu harus melakukan apa pun demi kepentingan terbaiknya sendiri.
“Mick, pertama, adalah pebalap yang hebat,” kata Binotto. “Saya pikir dia selalu berkembang sepanjang karirnya dan saya pikir dia juga berkembang selama musim ini.
“Jika Anda melihat kembali bagaimana dia memulai, di mana dia berakhir, saya pikir dia telah menunjukkan bahwa dia mampu berkembang.
“Kami sebagai Ferrari dan Akademi Pembalap Ferrari percaya dia adalah pebalap yang hebat sekarang. Setelah Haas entah bagaimana memutuskan pilihan yang berbeda untuk musim depan, kami benar-benar perlu duduk bersama Mick, mencoba memutuskan apa yang terbaik untuk masa depan. “
Nico Hulkenberg mengatakan dia segar dan lapar saat dia bersiap untuk kembali ke F1 secara penuh untuk pertama kalinya sejak 2019 setelah menggantikan Mick Schumacher di Haas untuk musim 2023.
Setelah gagal mencetak poin dengan mobil Haas yang sangat lambat dalam kampanye debutnya, Schumacher menunjukkan tanda-tanda perbaikan pada tahun 2022, finis kedelapan dan keenam dalam balapan berturut-turut di Inggris dan Austria.
Namun, ia tidak mampu menambah jumlah itu dan akhirnya kalah oleh rekan setimnya Kevin Magnussen dengan 13 poin.
Binotto melanjutkan: “Saya pikir keputusannya benar-benar yang terbaik untuknya.
“Kami tidak memiliki kursi untuk ditawarkan kepadanya saat ini dan saya pikir yang paling penting ketika Anda masih sangat muda dalam karier Anda adalah memastikan bahwa Anda mendapatkan kesempatan terbaik untuk Anda.
“Jadi kami akan sepenuhnya terbuka untuk pilihan yang berbeda tetapi sesuatu yang jelas sekarang kami perlu duduk bersamanya dan menyimpulkan.”
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