Helmut Marko chose Nyck de Vries over Mick for “personal reasons”, claims Ralf Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher believes Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko opted for Nyck de Vries, rather than his nephew Mick Schumacher, at AlphaTauri for “personal reasons”.
Mick Schumacher (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Reserve Driver. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 5, Miami Grand Prix, Miami,
Mick Schumacher (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 Reserve Driver. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 5,…

Mick was dropped for F1 2023 by Haas in favour of veteran Nico Hulkenberg.

The German’s options were limited for 2023, with AlphaTaur༺i and Williams potential options.

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Williams signed F2’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Logan Sargeant, while AlphaTauri favoured de Vries, who impressed on his one-off outing at the Ital🔯ian Grand Prix.

Ralf - who won six races during his F1 career - revealed there wඣas a difference of opinion between Franz Tost (Alph🦋aTauri’s team principal) and Marko with regards to Mick.

“Franz Tost, as the team manager and team principal, initially wanted a different driver because he knows🌺 that it takes two to three ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚyears [to get drivers up to speed],” Schumacher said.

“The driver available on the market was Mick. Mick wou💮ld have made sense as well.

“But then Dr. Helmut Marko came along and, for personal reasons or what𓆉ever it may be, didn’t want that and chose Nyck de Vries, instead.”

Dr Helmut Marko (AUT) Red Bull Motorsport Consultant. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 20, Mexican Grand Prix, Mexico
Dr Helmut Marko (AUT) Red Bull Motorsport Consultant. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 20,…

Ralf believes Marko “has a problem” with the Schumacher namꦜe.

“It seems that Helmut Marko has a problem wi🍬th tওhe Schumacher name,” he added.

“Even though 🔯I have a good exchangeಞ with him personally, it seems he has some problem with Mick because otherwise, it’s not understandable to me why it didn’t work out from the beginning.

“ཧTo be honest, I don’t see anyone else in the squad who would fit in there at the moment.

🃏“That’s why I’m surprised by what Dr. Helmut Marko is do🔯ing.”

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