Mercedes will be prepared to release Mick Schumacher to a rival Formula 1 team in the years to come. Schumacher, 23, will be reserve driver in 2023, much like Dutchman Nyck de Vries last year who subsequently secured a full-time drive at Alpha Tauri this year. “Whether it’s with our team or whether we have to let him go, we don’t know yet.”. Although Gunther Steiner has said Schumacher was not even considered for the reserve seat at Haas this year, Wolff insists the German is a major new asset to Mercedes. “He has already driven the new cars and has been in Formula 1 for two years.

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