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Schumacher to get two years at Haas says Binotto Mick Schumacher, Eifel GP 2020 © Alfa Romeo Mick Schumacher will get at least two years to settle in at Haas, according to Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto. "I think it will be very difficult for him at the start," the Italian said, referring to the promotion to Formula 1 of Ferraris leading driver academy member. "If you look at his previous appearances in Formula 2 and Formula 3, then you can see that he had his best season in the second year ...

20 December, 2020 Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto expects Mick Schumacher to have a tough Formula 1 debut with the Haas team next year before getting more up to speed in 2022. Schumacher, the son of Ferrari great and seven times F1 world champion Michael, won the Formula Two title this year and has graduated to the U.S.-owned team with close ties to Maranello. Haas scored only three points this season and ended up ninth of the 10 teams. “I think it will be very difficult for him at the start...

Vasseur not sure why Schumacher went to Haas Mick Schumacher, Eifel GP 2020 © Alfa Romeo Frederic Vasseur says he isnt sure why Ferrari has placed Mick Schumacher at rival Ferrari-powered team Haas for 2021 and beyond. "Beats me," the Alfa Romeo boss told Blick newspaper. "Maybe it made more sense for Ferrari to take Mick to Haas and keep Giovanazzi with us for the stability of the team. But I dont know," he added. What the situation does indicate is that Ferrari and Alfa Romeo may be moving ...

A divorce coming? Vasseur even admitted that it is possible Alfa Romeo will split with Ferrari completely in the near future. He clarified: "We are tied to Ferrari until the end of 2021. Then we have to go over the books because the next contract should be from 2022 to 2026 with the new cars." When asked if that next deal will be with Ferrari, Vasseur answered: "You can never say that. Its like a marriage - there is not a guarantee that you will stay with the same woman forever. In a partnershi...

“The position we are still defining,” Steiner told reporters. “For sure, it will be a very senior position, obviously. Simone was at Ferrari for a long time in a very senior position now, so he wouldn’t come without having that one, it would be no point arriving there without a senior position. “The connection to Mick is not direct. Obviously we work very close together with Ferrari, so when it was discussed we needed to reinforce our technical team after we went a little bit backward...