Mick Schumacher was never considered for a reserve driver role at Red Bull in 2023, Dr Helmut Marko insists. Having lost his Haas race seat after two mixed seasons, 23-year-old Schumacher is now strongly linked with a test seat at Mercedes next year. “Imagine the chance he gets if one of the two race drivers gets sick,” former F1 driver Marc Surer told Champ1 when asked about Schumacher’s likely Mercedes role. “Suddenly he’s then probably racing one of the best drivers.”. But Red Bull’s Marko says there was another reason why Schumacher wasn’t considered for a test role in 2023.

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