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“When will we stop running out of excuses for Mick Schumacher?”– F1 fans ask till when Mick Schumacher will survive on his name

Tanish Chachra
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"When will we stop running out of excuses for Mick Schumacher?"– F1 fans ask till when Mick Schumacher will survive on his name

Mick Schumacher got instant hype when he won the F2 championship in 2020, but he has failed to have a remarkable weekend since then.

Ferrari’s driver academy produced another driver with prospects in F1 after Charles Leclerc in the name of Mick Schumacher. A lot of fame for the German race driver comes with him because he is the son of the legendary Michael Schumacher.

But that doesn’t mean Schumacher is not a talented F1 driver. The 22-year-old race driver impressed everyone in his earlier junior racing series and gained prominence when he won the 2020 F2 championship.

That success also granted him a seat in F1 with Haas. Though his rookie year didn’t go well, it was more because of the quality of the car Haas had in 2021.

But this year, Haas has significantly improved. It can be argued as the fifth-best team on the grid, and with Kevin Magnussen, it is constantly competing for P4 and P5.

But on the other hand, Schumacher is yet to score his first points in his F1 career. Something disappointing in 2022 as Haas now can compete for points.

Also read: Alpha Tauri boss thinks Mick Schumacher has to outbeat K-Mag to achieve his Ferrari dream

F1 fans demand Mick Schumacher to improve

No doubt, Schumacher was born with a silver spoon. His father’s association with Ferrari gives him a longer thread in F1. But at some point, things will stop working in his way if he fails to perform.

The pre-shocks of that consequence are starting to occur. After the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, many fans outright criticised his P17 finish. They question his subsequent poor performances and when the German race driver will improve.

Meanwhile, Schumacher agrees that he missed an excellent opportunity to score points on Sunday. he explained the initial half-spin in lap 1 cost him his chances to do anything significant on Sunday.

“I think the start wasn’t great, making things more difficult than necessary. It was quite tight going through turns two and three, so it was never going to make things easy but unfortunately, we had that half-spin which cost us a lot of positions,” said Schumacher after the race.

Also read: K-Mag on what makes his Haas teammate Mick Schumacher stand out from the crowd

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra

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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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