David is Mi🅺ck’s cousin and the son of ex-F1 d﷽river Ralf Schumacher.

Mick lost his place o🏅n the💖 F1 grid at the end of last season when Haas’ faith in him ran out, but his ex-teammate’s role has now been questioned.

“Mick's problem was that he couldn't really com♑pete with his teammate Nikita Mazepin in his debut year,” David Schumacher told . 

“Both were newcomers and Ma🐽zepin, who he🌊 dominated, was no benchmark. 

😼“But as a young driver you urgently need that in order to develop. 

“Only 👍in hisℱ second year did he have a strong driver as a teammate in Kevin Magnussen. 

“I don't think Haas gave him enough time to develop unde꧟r thꦏe circumstances. Because Formula 1 is incredibly complicated. 

“Luckily he can now learn everything in peace at Mercꦇedes that he couldn'tꦡ at Haas. I hope he gets another chance. If so, then he will convince, I'm sure.”

Mick is now Merce🔥des’ third driver and could yet to return to a full-time𓄧 F1 drive.

Mazepin, meanwhile, was sacked by Haas at the beginning of 2022 due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and his hopeไs of an F1 comeback appear slim.

Mic⛄k’s cousin David is a DTM racing driver - and he was asked about harbouring his own hopes of joining F1: “That's difficul꧙t to say. At the moment I'm fully concentrating on touring car racing, that's my focus. 

“I can't foresee what comes after that. This will evolve over the🌳 course of the year.”

David is another racing driver with the h🌠onour - but also the burden - of representing the legendary Schumacher family.

“It does have adꦍvantages but also disadvantages,” he said. 

“This may ♏sound strange to some, but it is true. In the junior categories it was definitely not a disadvantage. The name Schumacher absoluteꦛly opened doors. 

“On the other hand, people take a closer look at a Schumacher. Mistakes like now at the Norisring are – let's call 𓆏it that – by one or the other trying to exploit in the media. The positive things tend to get lost thꦅere. That's a shame, but can't be changed.

“As far as the competitors on the track are concerned, you can somet🦄imes get the feeling that the others are thinking: 'Here comes little Schumacher, but I wo💎n't let him pass'. 

“Or as the last time, a quote was compl♑etely taken out of context because I replied that Lewis Hamilton, like my fatherꦫ or my uncle, is one of my role models. 

“I have 🔥to live with that, I have to fight with it and that's what꧃ I'm doing. 

“Fortuna🦩tely, I also have my father at my side, whose experience and network I can fall back on from tim🎶e to time.”