72 Facts About Mick Schumacher

Mick Schumacher is a German racing driver who is the current reserve driver for the Mercedes AMG Formula One Team and McLaren.

Mick Schumacher began his career in karting in 2008, progressing to the German ADAC Formula 4 by 2015.

Mick Schumacher is the son of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher, nephew of Ralf Schumacher and cousin of David Schumacher.

Mick Schumacher was born in Vufflens-le-Chateau, and grew up in Gland.

Mick Schumacher is the son of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher and Western riding European Champion Corinna Schumacher.

Mick Schumacher's uncle Ralf Schumacher is a retired racing driver and former Formula One driver.

Mick Schumacher's cousin David Schumacher is a racing driver as well.

Mick Schumacher was skiing with his father when Michael suffered life-threatening brain injuries on 29 December 2013.

In March 2017, Mick Schumacher first talked publicly about his father, describing him as "my idol" and "my role model".

Mick Schumacher drove another of his father's championship winning cars, the Ferrari F2004, in a demonstration before the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix at Mugello, to mark Scuderia Ferrari's 1000th Formula One race, wearing his father's helmet for the occasion.

In 2011 and 2012, Mick Schumacher drove in the KF3 class of the ADAC Kart Masters, ending in 9th and 7th respectively.

In 2015, Mick Schumacher started racing in formula classes for the first time, racing for Van Amersfoort Racing in the ADAC Formula 4, using the Mick Schumacher name.

In 2016, Mick Schumacher remained in ADAC Formula 4 but switched to Prema Powerteam, a team known for its close links to the Ferrari Driver Academy.

Mick Schumacher entered the Italian F4 Championship and finished runner-up in both championships to Joey Mawson and Marcos Siebert respectively.

In November 2016, Mick Schumacher made his first appearance in Formula 3 machinery by taking part in the MRF Challenge, a championship based in India.

Mick Schumacher competed in the upper Formula 2000 class and finished the series in 3rd place, collecting four wins, nine podiums, and two pole positions.

Mick Schumacher finished behind Harrison Newey and Joey Mawson, but ahead of his future Formula 3 and Formula 2 competitors Juri Vips and Felipe Drugovich.

Mick Schumacher finished the season in 12th place, his best finish being a 3rd place at Monza.

Mick Schumacher was the lowest finisher of the four Prema drivers he was the third-best-placed rookie in the championship.

Mick Schumacher suffered a slow start to the season, eventually taking his first win at the 15th race of the year at Spa-Francorchamps, almost halfway through the season.

However, Mick Schumacher dominated the latter half of the season, taking seven more wins, including five consecutively.

Mick Schumacher ended the season as champion, 57 points clear of 2nd-placed Ticktum, taking eight wins, fourteen total podium finishes, seven pole positions, and four fastest laps.

Mick Schumacher moved up to the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2019 with Prema Racing, alongside Sean Gelael.

At the first round of the season in Bahrain, Mick Schumacher started 10th and finished 8th after passing Nobuharu Matsushita on the final lap, giving him reverse-grid pole position for the sprint race, in which he finished sixth.

Mick Schumacher started from 7th in the feature race at Baku but was forced into retirement after a spin.

Mick Schumacher recovered from 19th to finish 5th in the sprint race.

Mick Schumacher failed to score points at Barcelona, suffering a collision in the first race and a time penalty for an illegal overtake on Jack Aitken in the second.

At Monaco, Mick Schumacher collided with multiple cars in the feature race, bringing out the red flag.

Mick Schumacher would fail to score points in either race.

Mick Schumacher stalled on the grid at the Red Bull Ring and finished in 18th place before a charge through the field in the sprint race saw him finish 4th.

Mick Schumacher finished 8th at the feature race in Hungary, taking reverse-grid pole for the sprint race and holding the position to take his first win in Formula 2.

Mick Schumacher retired from both races in Russia, after an engine issue in the first and a collision with Giuliano Alesi in the second.

Mick Schumacher finished the season with 9th and 11th-place finishes in Abu Dhabi.

Mick Schumacher ended the season in 12th place in the championship with 53 points, considerably ahead of teammate Gelael, and took one win and one fastest lap.

Mick Schumacher continued with Prema in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship, joined by reigning FIA Formula 3 champion and fellow Ferrari Driver Academy member Robert Shwartzman.

Mick Schumacher then went on a run of 5 consecutive podiums from Spain to Monza, including a win in the Feature race at Monza, and took the Championship lead at Mugello.

Mick Schumacher won the feature race at the next round in Russia and came third in the sprint race which was shortened due to a crash between Luca Ghiotto and Jack Aitken.

Mick Schumacher produced a good recovery drive up to sixth with the fastest lap.

Mick Schumacher joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in January 2019, citing Ferrari's ties with his family as a significant reason for joining.

Mick Schumacher commented that being with Ferrari "felt like home" and that he was impressed by the braking power of the SF90.

Mick Schumacher continued in-season testing for Alfa Romeo Racing the following day.

Mick Schumacher was due to make his Formula One practice debut at the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix in the first practice session, driving for Alfa Romeo in place of Antonio Giovinazzi.

Mick Schumacher instead made his practice debut at the 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, driving for Haas in place of Kevin Magnussen.

Mick Schumacher later made an appearance for Haas at the post-season young drivers' test.

Ahead of the 2021 season, Mick Schumacher requested to use the 'MSC' abbreviation for his name, shown on TV coverage.

Mick Schumacher had previously raced under the 'SCH' abbreviation in Formula 2.

Mick Schumacher drove for the Haas team in 2021 after signing a multi-year contract, alongside Nikita Mazepin, with whom he raced in go-karts.

Mick Schumacher chose to race with the number 47 as his two favourite numbers, 4 and 7, were already in use by Lando Norris and Kimi Raikkonen respectively.

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto said that he expected Mick Schumacher to have a "very difficult" first season, but added that he believed he could drive for Ferrari as early as 2023.

Mick Schumacher spun on the first lap but was able to continue, eventually finishing last of the remaining drivers in sixteenth place.

Mick Schumacher crashed heavily in practice for the Monaco Grand Prix and the team was unable to repair his car in time for qualifying.

Mick Schumacher performed one of the only on-track overtakes of the Grand Prix, passing Mazepin at the Grand Hotel Hairpin on the opening lap.

Mick Schumacher caused qualifying at the French Grand Prix to be red-flagged after crashing, although this secured him fifteenth place on the grid and marked his first appearance in the second segment of qualifying.

Mick Schumacher crashed in the final practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix and was forced to miss qualifying as his car was not repaired in time.

Mick Schumacher avoided the collisions on the opening lap and was classified twelfth in the race, later commenting that he was proud of his performance after having on-track battles with Max Verstappen.

At the Turkish Grand Prix, Mick Schumacher reached Q2 and qualified fourteenth, the highest qualifying position of his Formula One career at this point.

Mick Schumacher started the Mexico City Grand Prix fourteenth on the grid but was eliminated at the first corner after a collision with Esteban Ocon.

Mick Schumacher ended his debut season nineteenth in the drivers' championship, ahead of teammate Mazepin but with no points scored.

Mick Schumacher continued testing for Ferrari during the season, completing test sessions in the SF71H at Fiorano Circuit.

Mick Schumacher remained with Haas for the 2022 season, partnering Kevin Magnussen.

Mick Schumacher served as a reserve driver for Ferrari during the season, sharing duties with Antonio Giovinazzi.

Mick Schumacher missed the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after a high-impact crash in qualifying.

Mick Schumacher was transferred to hospital for precautionary checks and was released with no injuries.

Mick Schumacher made his racing return for the Australian Grand Prix, starting fifteenth and finishing thirteenth.

Mick Schumacher was running in the top ten with three laps remaining of the Miami Grand Prix, but collided with Sebastian Vettel during an overtake attempt and dropped to fifteenth.

Mick Schumacher reached the third qualifying session for the first time in Formula One at the Spanish Grand Prix but finished the race outside the points.

Mick Schumacher had a heavy crash that split his car in half at the Monaco Grand Prix, causing the race to be red-flagged.

Mick Schumacher improved his best qualifying position at the Canadian Grand Prix, starting sixth.

Mick Schumacher was running in seventh place until an engine failure ended his race.

Mick Schumacher reached Q3 again at the Dutch Grand Prix but finished outside the points.

Ahead of the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Haas announced that they would part ways with Mick Schumacher following the 2022 season.

Mick Schumacher is a hard worker, has a calm and methodical approach and is still hungry to learn and improve as a driver.