Can Mick Schumacher imitate his dad Michael in Formula One?
As the child of a Recipe One incredible, he had consistently accumulated consideration, even as a youthful racer managing the positions. However, when the then 20-year-old completed his first season in Recipe Two in twelfth spot, 213 focuses behind the inevitable boss notwithstanding driving for the best group in the title, questions were raised.
Maybe Michael Schumacher's child would never turn into a F1 title holder as well as could never make it into the highest level of engine hustling? Afterall, F2's past two heroes - Charles Leclerc and George Russell - had won the title in their introduction seasons. The 2020 season was represent the moment of truth.
It was following the last race of that season in December that the youthful Schumacher, an individual from the Ferrari Driver Foundation, met with his PREMA Hustling group for such a leave-nothing-off-the-table conversations that are frequently an absolute necessity if there is to be positive change.
"After the last season, we plunked down with Mick and talked to be honest, an open conversation between one another, and we brought up the main thing where he needed to improve, and us also - where we needed to improve - and we worked out an arrangement to be prepared for the primary race [of the following season]," group head Rene Rosin discloses to CNN Game.
In under a year, and in a season shortened by the Covid pandemic, Schumacher's fortunes have changed. With one race remaining, he is driving the F2 title by 14 and, on Wednesday, it was reported he would race in F1 next season, where his dad, a splendid seven-time best on the planet, turned into a worldwide name.
The 21-year-old Schumacher has consistently been a capable driver, Rosin says, he only required opportunity to adjust following his advancement from European Equation 3, where he won the title in his subsequent year following a foreboding first season.
He expected to learn, for instance, how to oversee tires, from driving with the Hankook ones he was acclimated with in F3 to Pirelli, and conform to a heavier, all the more impressive vehicle.
"One of the solid purposes of Mick is once he gets the hang of something ... it's something that no one would move [from] him, that is an extremely solid point," Rosin adds.
"He's an exceptionally specialized person, he needs to comprehend everything 100% prior to setting up it.
"We've been cooperating effectively five years, and he's adult as a driver and adult as a man. He's essential for our group and a stunning driver to work with."