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Vettel backs Schumacher for F1 comeback with Williams (racingnews365.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Mick Schumacher has been kinked with a return to the grid to replace a struggling Logan Sargeant at Williams.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Come on. We are not on reddit, check the facts and make fair assumptions.

In the second half of his last F1 season Mick was much better than Magnussen and didn't crash at all. In endurance he had no crashes at all and is besides the fastest driver for Alpine.

The boy is not the next Verstappen, but a solid driver that shows potentials, a really great team player and is learning from his mistakes. Give him a fair chance and judge afterwards.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're right this isn't Reddit, and whilst my comment was somewhat tongue in cheek, it still remains that Mick did around £3m worth of damage to his car in 2022. Crashing heavily in Jeddah at the start of the season, for second time, having done so the previous season... Then splitting his car in half at Monaco.....& in the second half of the season had a big shunt into the barriers during FP1 in Japan (October 2022), on an in lap.... Whilst he did improve, he's been out of an F1 car for over 18months, & would probably not be the best option....

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

He’s the reserve driver for both Mercedes and McLaren, which means he spends a significant amount of time in simulators and occasionally gets test runs in their cars. He’s also done Pirelli tire testing and even had a shootout for Alpine. All done in more recent F1 cars than his Haas days.

No crashes, no complaints—just praise from several team principals. Steiner crafted a particular narrative around him, but without that, he’d likely be seen in the same light as Drugovich or any other experienced reserve driver familiar with Merc engines.