Mick Schumacher’s F1 Return Gets Strong Backing as Alpine Echo Toto Wolff’s Sentiments

It’s always a heartbreaking scenario to see a driver lose their seat in F1 despite putting in the best efforts and because of circumstances. That was the case with Mick Schumacher who lost his Haas seat despite picking up his level of performances just for instant results. However, this undesirable scenario did not affect others’ level of confidence in the young German. Alpine VP Bruno Famin proved that recently.

The German has signed with Alpine to drive for their World Endurance Championship (WEC) team. Schumacher will maintain his Mercedes reserve driver duties while testing his racing mettle, which he is supremely confident about in the world of endurance racing. However, the German has no experience in the series. Will that hamper his performance? Famin echoed Toto Wolff‘s comments when he expressed his disagreement with the suggestion.

Alpine VP backs Mick Schumacher to make a confident return to racing

After spending an entire year on the sidelines as the Mercedes reserve driver, Schumacher is set for another similar year because the F1 grid is already locked. This is exactly why the WEC racing seat is a golden opportunity that he has taken despite lacking any experience in the series. However, this doesn’t concern the Alpine VP as he expressed while speaking to Daily Sports Car.

“But having Mick bringing his experience to a very high level. He is still a Mercedes reserve driver and he has a very long and a good experience of what is a top-level Formula One team. He has two full seasons with Haas and he will bring us some ideas and methodologies to help put the bar higher for sure – which is what we want. I think he’s a very, very clever guy, a very well-educated guy. And I have absolutely no doubt about his capacity to share the car with his teammates,” said Famin while speaking to Daily Sports Car.

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The VP of Alpine is extremely confident in the German’s ability, despite the WEC being a completely new playing field. In fact, Famin isn’t the only one who backed Schumacher to excel when he returns to racing, his boss Toto Wolff does too.

Toto Wolff expresses his confidence in Mick Schumacher ahead of his WEC debut

The Austrian boss was the one to give the young German a lifeline after his Haas ousting. This reserve role at Mercedes is a menial task, as working with a top F1 team like the Brackley outfit would’ve helped him gain a lot of crucial F1 experience. Banking on that, he got the opportunity to drive for Alpine’s WEC team. Speaking about his chances, the boss was extremely confident.

When asked about his WEC chances, he said, “Mick is a good driver, deserves to be in F1, but there isn’t any place free. There isn’t any vacancy of cockpit. I think him going to WEC which is a world championship with a constructor, with Alpine, is a very good opportunity for him. I believe he’s going to do a perfect job and it keeps him sharp racing and maybe coming back into Formula 1.”

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We are not sure if the WEC opportunity will open F1 doors for him, but one can certainly hope just like Toto Wolff is. It will be interesting to see how he fairs in endurance racing.