Poor Callum Illot, already got the confirmation that he won't get a F1 seat next year...
I find the whole thing a bit strange with driver choices here at the end of the year. I fully expected Mick to partner Kimi and that publicity alone would be Gold but they decide to keep Gio? I have nothing against him but I am simply not impressed. Someone else should be given a chance in that seat...Illot or Schwartz...just my opinion. I have no idea how Haas is getting Mick, I don’t really think they deserve that deal but I expect it was an offering from Ferrari to keep them in the fold and get them more Ferrari Tech. Hopefully Mick places well and they can finally announce he and Mars by the last race. I sure hope they can give Mick a halfway decent car next year because they really have sucked wind this year, rear suspension problems and all.
Yes, Callum seems to be one nobody is considering for any seat, yet he could win the F2 crown. Where do you go from there if not into F1 ?
He has too much to lose. The family wants to set him up for success and good reputation; 2 races would give him experience but may ruin his confidence. It’s better for him to do all the winter preparation and do a full season Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
It would be nice to think that Ferrari take the WEC/LM Hyper car thing seriously and maybe Callum could be involved in that.
Does Haas still get the rear end from Ferrari? If so, Ferrari has indicated next year they'll use tokens to upgrade the rear end (yep...we're at that stage again!). The Ferrari rear end really sucks. If Haas has the same one it explains part of the problem. Also if Ferrari have a decent engine for next year expect them all to move forwards somewhat.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.breaking-mick-schumacher-to-race-for-haas-in-2021-as-famous-surname-returns.66XTVfSt80GrZe91lvWVwJ.html Vamos Mick!!!!
A great weekend. Such a solid job by Mick yesterday in the Feature Race moving from P18 to P6 (and the fastest lap points), to maintain his 14 point lead on Ilott. He got a great start in the Sprint Race today, moving into second quickly and then hard to fault him for trying to get out in front to win the WDC atop the race podium. Mick's lockup was tremendous. Oooof. Even with that flat spot, he did a masterful job keeping Ilott at bay knowing Ilott would need either a P1 or P2 (with fastest lap) to take the WDC. Mick was hard on himself in the post-race, but that defending he did versus Ilott while the two front runners got separation was huge. Ilott put a lot of wear on his tyres trying to get past Mick. When Mick pitted for Softs and then claimed the fastest lap, he put Ilott into a situation of needing to win the race to win the WDC. With about 9 laps to go and Ilott running P3, I thought the intense jousting between Daruvala and Ticktum for P1 might result in them both crashing out, handing Ilott the both the race and WDC lead. In the end, Ilott's tyres were shot and he faded. Congratulations to Mick Schumacher an F2 WDC well-earned
Congratulations Mick!! F1 is waiting for you. His dad must be proud. I wish he could able to watch his son in all this.... #VamosMick
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Was hoping he goes Alfa— New Schumacher Haas F1 deal just "needs t's crossed and i's dotted" By:Filip Cleeren Co-author:Oleg Karpov Jul 23, 2021, 10:07 AM Haas Formula 1 team boss Gunther Steiner expects Mick Schumacher to pen a new contract for 2022 soon, saying there just "need to be a few t's crossed and a few i's dotted."
I just read today Bottas is front runner for Alfa if Mercedes decide to exercise their option on Russell. I rather see Schumacher at Alfa.
At this point, chosing between Haas or Alfa-Sauber is a bit of a gamble. I don't expect any of them to be front runner in 2022 anyway.
I’d caution you’re declaration might very well turn out to have been a tad premature with the benefit of future hindsight.
That is the problem with F2 these days. It was an independant series years ago, with different championships in Europe, France, or South America, but it is now a feeder series parallel to F1, and run at the same locations. Many years ago, a driver could stay many years in F2, not anymore. Now it's considered as a step to F1, and there are not always seats available to reward the F2 laureates.
