Mick
Schumacher is reportedly going to leave Ferrari at the end of the F1 Season. It is
said that the Haas driver, and son of 7-times World Champion Michael, will not
be retained by the American outfit for next year. Schumacher made his F1 debut
in 2019 with Haas off the back of winning the F3 Championship in 2018, but could not impress much.

Who
is Mick Schumacher?

Mick
Schumacher was born on March 22, 1999, and is a German racing driver who competes for
Haas in Formula One. He was born in Vaud, Switzerland  and grew up in Gland. He is the son of
seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher and Western riding European
Champion Corinna Schumacher.

Mick’s uncle Ralf Schumacher is also a retired racing
driver and former Formula One driver. Before the start of the 2017 ‘Belgian
Grand Prix’, he drove his father’s championship-winning Benetton B194. He drove
another of his father’s championship winning cars, the Ferrari F2004.

Schumacher
credits chess as being an integral part of his mental preparation before an F1
race. He stated, “I feel like these games kind of bring focus back”.

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Schumacher started his motorsport career in
2008. In 2011 and 2012, Schumacher drove in the KF3 class of the ADAC Kart
Masters, ending in 9th and 7th respectively.

In the ‘Euro Winter cup’ of the KF3
class, he was 3rd in 2011 and 2012 and was 3rd in the KF3 Rating DMV Kart
Championship. To avoid limelight because of his famous father, he started his
career under the pseudonym ‘Mick Betsch’, using the maiden name of his mother
but despite that his successes in ‘karting’ were picked up by the international
press.

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At
the end of 2014, he completed test drives for ‘Jenzer Motorsport’ in a Formula
4 racing car. In 2015, Schumacher started racing in formula classes for the
first time, racing for Van Amersfoort Racing in the ADAC Formula 4, using the
Schumacher name.

In November 2016, Schumacher made his first appearance in
Formula 3 machinery by taking part in the MRF Challenge, a championship based
in India. He competed in the upper Formula 2000 class and finished the series
in 3rd place, collecting four wins, nine podiums, and two pole positions.

In
April 2017, Schumacher made his debut in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship
and finished the season in 12th place. Schumacher moved up to the FIA Formula 2
Championship in 2019 with ‘Prema Racing’, alongside Sean Gelael. At the first round
of the season in Bahrain, Schumacher started 10th and finished 8th after
passing Nobuharu Matsushita on the final lap.

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He continued with ‘Prema’ for the
2021 ‘FIA Formula 2 Championship’, this time partnering the reigning FIA
Formula 3 champion, Oscar Piastri. He finished the 2021 season as vice-champion
with 2 wins, 3 fastest laps and 8 podiums in total. Not only that, but he also achieved a total of
192 points that year, albeit 60.5 points off champion Piastri. Following his
successful two F2 campaigns, Schumacher left the series.

The
youngster has won many titles in this short span of his career including 2018 ‘Toyota
Racing Series’, 2019 ‘FIA Formula 3 Championship’ and many others.