Mick Schumacher Reveals the ‘Nostalgic’ Feeling While Driving Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari F2004

Earlier in 2020, Mick Schumacher was part of Ferrari’s one of the most special race weekends in F1 at Mugello. Cherishing the 1000th race in F1, the Maranello outfit offered the young German with an incredible opportunity in front of the Italian crowd.

During the race weekend at the Tuscan Grand Prix, Mick drove one of his father’s championship-winning cars around the circuit; the Ferrari F2004, to be precise, which the seven-time world champion, Michael Schumacher, drove over the course of the 2004 F1 season. Interestingly, that was also the car that gifted Michael his final title in the sport.

Amidst such iconi stories residing in the car, his son, Mick opened up about his emotions while driving the Ferrari for a lap around Mugello.

What did Mick Schumacher say?

Speaking to Haas, Mick revealed that the nostalgic feeling engulfed the entire Ferrari crew when the F2004 showed up on the grid.

“Obviously, the emotions were high,” he said. “My emotions itself were pleasure driving the car, but we’re also, you know, nostalgic just thinking about what this car has achieved, and also how old our car is and it’s still running so beautifully. 

“So yeah, definitely, loads of emotions and loads of fun driving the car.”

Mick was racing in F2 at the time and, similar to his father, battling hard for the championship title. After a strong mid-season, Mick propelled to secure his first-ever F2 title. And then arrived the alluring offer from Haas, which the German couldn’t resist, and carved himself the way into the world of F1.

The astonishing story of Ferrari F2004

Michael may have won seven world championship titles in his career, but one can reckon that his most successful year in F1 was 2004.

Why, you might ask?

Well, the number says it all. The German gained 148 points over the season, which was his highest tally over his F1 career. What’s more, the season witnessed Michael win 13 races out of the entire 18 races.

And once again, he managed to beat his personal best of 11 wins in a single season, which was accomplished earlier in 2002.

The German also secured two extra podiums in 2004, meaning, he was in the top 3 over 3/4th of that season, not to forget the eight pole positions.

Such was the dominance that Michael managed to show over his final championship-winning year. The numbers do look quite massive but are never impossible to achieve.

So, can his very own son, Mick, manage to break the seven-time world champion’s accomplishments in F1? Well, let’s see what the future holds.

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