The “pressure” of matching up with Kevin Magnussen triggered Mick Schumacher’s high speed crash and hospitalisation in qualifying for the Saudi Arabian GP. Former driver Christian Danner agrees, admitting he thinks Schumacher’s crash was “a result of the pressure that was building up”. “In Kevin Magnussen, he now has a teammate who really shows him how high the bar is. He has to work his way up there slowly because Magnussen is doing such a good job,” he said. “What is clear is that Magnussen is a different challenge than Mazepin. “It looked very dramatic of course,” Schumacher said, “but every racing driver puts accidents like that behind them very quickly.

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