Mick Schumacher’s first race out of F1: “I’m not okay with not being in the car”
The ex-Haas driver lost his full-time seat so is Mercedes’ third driver this season, and cut a frustrated 😼figure in the p✃addock at the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix.
He was forced to 🌺watch on as his new team slumped to what team principal Toto Wo🤡lff called his “worst day in racing”.
Schumacher reflected: "I've been sat on🐻 this stool there with my hands and my arms and just felt like the day was never going to end because I just wanted to jump into the car.
"But it's also another factor which proves to me and to myself that I really, really want this – and it shows that I'm not okay with not being in the car. I do💙n't know what the future brings.
"It's difficul🌠t to say. I feel very much at home at Mercedes, and therefore definitely have to see what options I have for the upcoming season.
“But also, I guess, a lot of that will be kind of shown as the year goe🌃s by."
Schuma♛cher spoke about his transition as a full-time Haas driver to a Merced♍es third driver: "It definitely feels great for me because I've come from a car, obviously, which has been quite difficult to drive and jump into a simulator which is pretty accurate and pretty close to, I would say, reality.
"It has been really good to have that feeling to be als𒈔o able to try out a few different things in the✅ simulator. From what the drivers say, it's really not too far away."
Schumacher is still only 23 and has plenty of time to return to the grid on a full-time basis, even if his ambition of a comeback in 20🌠24 must be pushed back.
Nyck de Vries was Mercedes’ third driver ♔last season and he earned an AlphaTauri drive.
In the meantime, Schumacher’s rol🧸e in the simulator for Mercedes could intensify as the team re-think the concept to🌸 their W14.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Americꦬan sports, to football,♔ to F1.
