Mick Schumacher news: Will Ferrari decide the German driver's future?

Mick Schumacher's performance has improved dramatically in the last few rounds.

Mick Schumacher in a file photo (image:twitter)
By Mahaksh Chauhan | Jul 12, 2022 | 2 Min Read follow icon Follow Us

Guenther Steiner, Haas team principal, has confirmed that Ferrari has no final say in Mick Schumacher‘s future, despite the German’s recent better record. Schumacher ultimately collected his first Formula One points when he finished seventh in the British Grand Prix, before getting his elbows out in the Austrian Grand Prix sprint race to defend against Sir Lewis Hamilton, eventually surrendering the position to the seven-time champion. He was irritated that he couldn’t pass teammate Kevin Magnussen despite being clearly faster, but he went on to finish the main race in sixth place after passing the Dane. We are now seeing the talent that won Schumacher the title in both Formula 3 in 2018 and Formula 2 in 2020, giving him a better chance of staying at Haas after his contract expires at the conclusion of this season.

Steiner declined to discuss the specifics of Schumacher’s contract with Ferrari’s academy, on which he has limited knowledge. “I will not discuss any Ferrari contracts with us, and also about any contracts between Ferrari and Mick, because I don’t know them in detail anyway,” he told Motorsport-Total.com. The Italian did acknowledge, though, that the Scuderia do not hold all of the cards in the 23-year-contract old’s situation. “You can’t conclude that Ferrari is telling us what to do, we have a say in that,” said Steiner.

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Driver of the day

Schumacher, like the rest of the field, pitted many times in Austria as the tyres wore out quickly, so he was involved in some entertaining skirmishes with the likes of Fernando Alonso, Lando Norris, Esteban Ocon, Zhou Guanyu, and Daniel Ricciardo. He ultimately overcame Magnussen to finish P6, and he received Driver of the Day for the first time in his career, something he was overjoyed about.

“Oh I am? Wow! That’s very nice,” he exclaimed in the media pen. I was wondering when that [would happen], I thought about Silverstone but here’s great so thanks to everybody. Fighting again with Lewis was fun, I felt a lot different compared to yesterday today, obviously knowing that we had to take care about the tyres and stuff. But then, quite soon in the race, I felt that it wasn’t going to be a one-stop race just because of the way the tyres were behaving. The winds were very different and very difficult to manage because they were very much crosswinds in every corner so, yeah, it was tough out there but a lot of fun.” Schumacher said.

Spielberg was Haas’ first double-points finish in two consecutive races since the end of 2018, demonstrating the team’s progress this year. With six points in Styria, the German driver moves up to 15th in the Drivers’ Championship.