“I’ve been doing since karting”– Why Mick Schumacher checks other cars after every race?

“I’ve been doing since karting”– Mick Schumacher reveals why he have a peek at the other cars after every race; he thinks it’s beneficial.

Mick Schumacher, after his debut, disclosed a peculiar habit of having a peek at the other cars; obviously, all of them are currently faster than his Haas.

But recently, he talked about why he does that, and he confessed, he has been doing it since he was in his karting days, and it allows him to learn.

“Let’s say like this has been something that I’ve been doing since karting really,” Schumacher told select members of the media, including RacingNews365. “And, it’s always good to know this, especially how tyres look of other cars to be able to understand and learn from that.”

“Because tyres are like an open book, they will show you every little mistake and every little detail of other cars and most of my car, so inspecting other cars was always a part and I definitely will keep doing it.”

Because the part for me is at the end is the closest I will get to another car, I cannot walk into anybody’s garage and say ‘hi there, I’ll just check out the car’ and then leave, you know. So definitely, it’s a good place to look at.”

Mick Schumacher even made Sebastian Vettel look at his car

Schumacher not only inspects other cars but also convinced his compatriot and mentor on track Sebastian Vettel to have a look at his car, and we could only wonder what they were discussing.

Schumacher is currently struggling at the back of the grid, with his car having little to offer him this year. Haas has promised that they would invest more in making a competitive car next year, and they haven’t spent their tokens in 2021.

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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