Schumacher rocks Formula 1

After the exciting points days, Mick Schumacher can now downshift a bit again, at Schumacher this week almost everything revolves around 1 hp. At the CS Ranch – CS are the initials of mother Corinna Schumacher – European titles in reining will be awarded until Sunday. Mick Schumacher’s sister Gina is one of the best in this riding discipline. Just like Mick in Formula 1.

For many, he really arrived after the strong performances at Silverstone and Spielberg. “It could be Mick’s final awakening,” wrote the Spanish sports newspaper “Marca”.

Chosen as driver of the race

On Sunday evening, Mick Schumacher left Styria for his adopted country of Switzerland with a smile – and a bit incredulous. The fact that he had been voted “Driver of the Day” by the fans surprised the sixth-placed driver of the Austrian Grand Prix. “I am? Wow!!!” he replied with wide eyes.

Eighth place and four points the week before, sixth place and eight points now. Mick Schumacher climbed to 15th place in the classification. In front of him: buddy and adviser Sebastian Vettel, the four-time world champion has just collected three more points from the first eleven races of the season in his Aston Martin.

“The form curve is clearly pointing upwards,” said Mick’s uncle Ralf Schumacher in Sport1’s “AvD Motor & Sport Magazin”. Mick has “earned a lot of respect in the team” with his appearance. Not only because he was faster than his stable rival Kevin Magnussen, but also because of his “super duel” with Lewis Hamilton. He drove there very cleverly.

The seven-time world champion himself was amazed during the lap-long and initially unsuccessful attempt to overtake Mick Schumacher: the Haas racing car was “insanely fast” on the straight.

But Mick Schumacher also got the best out of it. It is clear that he will certainly not be able to achieve such placements in the long term. The performance of the car fluctuates too unpredictably for that. But it is also clear that after his uninstructive first year of training with a car that is not at all competitive, he can now show what he has already proven with his titles in the formula racing series 2 and 3: uncompromising, but clean attacking and defending.

Max Verstappen fought

In Silverstone he had fought with world champion Max Verstappen. In addition to Hamilton, two-time champion Fernando Alonso was also included in Spielberg.

“Mick drove really well, defended well and always on the sporting side,” praised Head of Mercedes Motorsport Toto Wolff. Mick Schumacher’s own team boss, Günther Steiner, spoke of a “fantastic race” after the two serious accidents suffered by Michael Schumacher’s 23-year-old son.

Now, in front of the American team owner Gene Haas, Mick Schumacher provided the best arguments for the upcoming negotiations for a new contract. For Uncle Ralf Schumacher, who was also in Austria as a Sky expert, it is only “a matter of time”. (dpa)