Mick Schumacher won’t return to F1 in 2025 with Sauber, which has chosen Gabriel Bortoleto; is the German’s profession over? Sauber-Audi has made its determination: Mick Schumacher won’t be Nico Hulkenberg’s teammate subsequent season. As an alternative, the group has chosen Brazilian driver Gabriel Bortoleto, presently in rivalry with Isack Hadjar for the F2 championship, who will make his F1 debut in 2025.
Mick Schumacher had not too long ago been among the many potential driver candidates for Sauber within the 2025 season, on an inventory that included present drivers Bottas and Zhou, in addition to Argentinian Franco Colapinto, whose debut has shifted the plans of a number of groups for the long run, together with Pink Bull. In the long run, nevertheless, the 2020 F2 champion was neglected by the Swiss group and will likely be absent from the F1 lineup for the third consecutive 12 months.
Mick Schumacher’s Profession
Mick Schumacher made his F1 debut in 2021 driving the Haas VF-21, the least aggressive automotive within the historical past of the American group, the place he scored zero factors and persistently completed on the again with teammate Nikita Mazepin. The 2022 season was higher, with flashes of velocity and stable performances in a number of races that earned him sixteenth place with 12 factors, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient: the American group opted for the return of Nico Hulkenberg.
Mercedes continued to help Schumacher, providing him a 3rd driver and testing contract, permitting him to drive the Mercedes W14 and McLaren MCL60 within the 2023 Barcelona and Portimao checks. In 2024, he debuted within the WEC Hypercar class, driving the Alpine A424. His “mortgage” to Alpine additionally enabled him to drive the Alpine A522, the 2022 F1 automotive, throughout a take a look at session at Paul Ricard.
Schumacher’s return to F1 in 2025 appeared virtually sure. He was rumored as a possible teammate to Albon at Williams, however the British group selected Carlos Sainz. He was instructed as a late-season alternative for Sargeant, however Williams opted for his or her Academy driver, Franco Colapinto. He was additionally talked about as a potential Mercedes teammate for George Russell if Kimi Antonelli was promoted to Williams, however Mercedes determined to advertise the Italian driver immediately with out a step by means of Grove. He was linked as a possible teammate to Gasly at Alpine, however Australian Jack Doohan was chosen as an alternative. And eventually, he was thought of for the Sauber-Audi seat alongside Nico Hulkenberg, however the group went with Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto.
A Quicker and “Youthful” F1
Does the failure to safe the Sauber seat in 2025 imply the tip of Mick Schumacher’s F1 profession? Not essentially, because the German nonetheless considers F1 his high precedence. Nevertheless, time is just not on his aspect.
F1 is getting sooner, not solely on the monitor but in addition by way of debuting drivers. The common debut age has dropped considerably in recent times: Gabriel Bortoleto, Oliver Bearman, and Kimi Antonelli had been born in 2004, 2005, and 2006, respectively, far youthful than Mick Schumacher, Drugovich, and Pourchaire, who had been born in 1999, 2000, and 2003. Sarcastically, Mick Schumacher, at 25, is the “oldest” of this group, however even the three F2 champions are already “out of time,” as Pourchaire himself has mentioned—regardless of being solely 21, the Frenchman is conscious he might by no means safe an F1 seat.
The fomer Ferrari Driver Academy member stays accessible for F1, and maybe there’ll nonetheless be a chance to see the F2 champion as a primary driver within the coming years. Sadly for him and lots of different younger, promising drivers, F1 groups are already specializing in drivers born within the late 2000s.
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