Mick Schumacher’s relationship with Ferrari is to conclude in December, meaning that the German driver will be a free agent as he searches for a seat for 2023.
Schumacher’s original Ferrari Driver Academy contract will come to what one source called a ‘natural end’ after this season.
Although there has been no confirmation from Haas, its accepted in the paddock that Schumacher won’t be retained by the US-owned team for a third season in 2023, with Antonio Giovinazzi currently a favourite to land the seat.
The remaining open drives on the grid include, Alpine, Williams, McLaren, Alfa Romeo and Alpha Tauri. The latter being associated with IndyCar driver, Colton Herta.
Schumacher first became associated with Ferrari at the start of 2019, when he was announced as a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, having won the previous year’s European F3 championship.
He was given his first F1 test in the SF90 in Bahrain, in Aprin 2019, before having a second outing for Alfa Romeo the following day. He then raced with Ferrari’s support for the Prema F2 team in 2019 and 2020, winning the title in his second season.
With Charles Leclerc, and then more recently Carlos Sainz locked into long-term deals with the Italian team, it has become obvious there is no race seat on the horizon for Schumacher.
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