This is what the experts say about Schumacher’s debut: “Pure year of learning”

“But definitely not in the warm-up lap or right before the start,” said Schumacher: “You’re already so focused that thoughts like that don’t come up. By the time you put your helmet on, everything revolves around the race ahead of you.”

When his father Michael made his sensational comeback eleven years ago on March 14, 2010 in the Sakhir desert and raced to sixth place in the Mercedes, a ten-year-old named Mick Schumacher was also there, “but I don't really have anything special Memories of it. “I had absolutely no idea what that moment meant at the time,” recalled the German, who turned 22 on Monday. Mick Schumacher during test drives in Sakhir. © APA/afp / MAZEN MAHDI

The return of the Schumacher name to the premier motorsport class acts like a PR accelerator in the Corona crisis. “An enrichment,” the new Formula 1 boss Stefano Domenicali already called Mick Schumacher – the 55-year-old Italian was at Ferrari when Michael Schumacher took the title. “This is a name that has to be in Formula 1,” emphasized former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone Sport1 . High expectations? “It will be a pure learning year” But what can fans really expect from Mick Schumacher? Ecclestone says he inherited much of his father Michael's genius. He didn't have much time to get used to his new team and car during the three days of testing, which he also had to share with his Russian teammate Nikita Mazepin. The Haas car is also one of the weakest in the field. The focus is already on 2022, 2021 has to be survived somehow.

Experts are already warning in unison to let Mick Schumacher drive and give him time. “It will be a pure learning year for him. Accordingly, we shouldn’t all expect too much,” Mick’s uncle Ralf Schumacher recently said Sport1 . “He won’t have anyone who can teach him anything,” emphasized Ecclestone, who is sure that Mick Schumacher has what it takes to be a champion: “We just have to wait and see.”

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This is what the experts say about Schumacher’s debut: “Pure year of learning”

There is no room for big emotions in Mick Schumacher's racing car at his first Formula 1 Grand Prix on Sunday in Bahrain. There will definitely be one or two emotional moments.

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