The Schumacher trait that will give Haas hope in F1 2022
Mick Schumacher’s knack of improving during his second season in a championship was a trademark of his junior formula career, so his progress during his rookie Formula 1 campaign with Haas was encouraging. His target now will be to turn that improvement into results as the team hopes to reap the rewards of sacrificing development in 2021
Bearing Formula 1’s most famous surname always meant that Mick Schumacher would struggle to go under the radar through his rookie season in 2021. Racing for the backmarker Haas squad, which opted against any development of its car so it could focus on the new regulations for 2022, Schumacher was able to get to grips with life in F1 with fairly low stakes.
Haas failed to score any points and, while Schumacher didn’t put in the kind of stunning campaign for a minnow squad a la Fernando Alonso at Minardi in 2001 or George Russell at Williams in 2019, there were plenty of encouraging signs. Schumacher outclassed fellow Formula 2 graduate Nikita Mazepin across the garage, winning their qualifying head-to-head 20-2 and only finishing behind the Russian in the race on three occasions. But it nevertheless required a shift in mentality for Schumacher, who stepped up as F2 champion.
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