That is the view of his boss Gunther Steiner, as the son of F1 legend Michael Schumacher struggles to match experienced teammate Kevin Magnussen’s pace so far in 2022 – and makes uncharacteristic mistakes. “I said to him that the higher you climb in F1, the thinner the air gets.”. F1 legend Gerhard Berger insists that Schumacher’s full focus at present should be on getting in front of Magnussen – rather than positioning himself as the next Ferrari driver. “It would be very, very dangerous if he already started thinking about how he can get behind the wheel of a Ferrari now,” he told Sky Deutschland.

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