ܫFerrari has formally announced that Mick Schumacher, the son of seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher, has joined its young driver academy.

Schumacher Jr. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:won last year's FIA Euro♑pean Formula 3 title and will 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:step up to Formula 2 for 2019, but has previousl🦋y been unaffiliated with any🉐 F1 team or manufacturer.

Reports emerged earlier this week 🀅claiming Schumacher was poised to claim a place on the Ferrari Driver Academy, which has previously produced racers such Jules Bianchi and Charles Lec🍎lerc. Leclerc will become the first Ferrari Driver Acad🍒emy graduate to its full F1 team in 2019.

Ferrar♚i issued a statement on Saturday confirming Schumacher had become a full Ferrari Driver Academy member ahead of the 2019 season, when he will race for Prema in F2.

"Mick, who will be𝓡 racing in the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship, from next week will be taking part in the pre- season preparation activities with fellow FDA drivers," the statement fromꦜ Ferrari reads.

"The other 2019 FDA drivers are Giuliano Alesi and Callum Ilott, who will race in Formula 2 too, Ma♋rcus Armstrong and Robert Shwartzm🥂an, racing in FIA Formula 3, Enzo Fittipaldi, racing in FIA Formula Regional (Europe), and Gianluca Petecof in FIA Formula 4 (Italy and Germany)."

Mick's father claimed five of his seven F1 world championships during a 10-year stint with Ferrari, becoming the most succe▨ssful driver in F1 history in the process.

"I am thri🍬lled that Ferrari has entered a partnership with me and my next future in motorsport will be in red, being part of the Ferrari Driver Academy and also of the Scuderia Ferrari Family," Schumacher said.

"Again, this is another step forward in the right direction, and I can only profit from the immense amount of expertise bundled there. Be sure I will make everything to extract whatever helps me achieve my dream, racing in Formꦕula 1.

"It is more than obvious that Ferrari has a bi🗹g place in my heart since I was born and also in the hearts of ou൩r family, so I am delighted on a personal level about this opportunity as well.

"At this staꦇge it is however💟 also time to say thank you to my family, friends and partners who supported me all along and helped me arrive at this point.”

Mattia Binotto, team principal of Scuderia Ferrari, said: “For someone like me who has known him from birth, there’s no doubt that welcoming Mick into Ferrari has a special emotional meaning, but we have chosen him for his talent and the human and professional qualities that have already distinguished him despit🌳e his young age.”

With confirmation of thꦦe Ferrari Driver Academy line-up for 2019, Guan Yu Zhou and Antoni😼o Fuoco have both been dropped from the programme.