Steiner Willing to Sacrifice ’21 F1 Season for Haas Over Mick Schumacher’s Unique Racing Trait

Mick Schumacher will be making his debut in Formula 1, driving for Haas. The German will be part of an all-rookie driver lineup along with Russian Nikita Mazepin. 

The 21-year-old will be entering this season with the weight of expectations on him. Given the legacy he’s a part of, he will be expected to perform better than his teammate, and his performance will be under intense scrutiny. His father Michael Schumacher‘s records will be brought up every time he messes up. So, Mick will need to be mature to deal with that. 

His team boss, Guenther Steiner, certainly thinks he can deal with the pressure. He talked about how Mick always improves on his debut campaign in his sophomore season throughout his career.

This will be a transition year for Mick Schumacher, says Steiner

Steiner, in an interview,  said, “I haven’t worked with him yet. But when you look at his results, the first season was always … not bad, okay. But he always struck the second season.” (translated via Google Translate)

“I think that’s because in the first season he analyzes what he can do better and in the second he then does it. Instead of trying to go through the wall with his head in the first season. He’s very cool that he doesn’t have to show in the first season that he belongs here.”

Steiner thinks that this in line with the team’s philosophy. He said, “That is exactly my goal in Formula 1. The first year we go as a learning year, we know that. [2021] will be a transition year. And then the second year is what we want. Getting the best out of the boys. “

Schumi Jr’s career so far

Mick, throughout his career, has had a track record of improving on his performances year by year. 

In his debut in Formula 4, he finished 10th with 92 points in 2015. But the very next campaign, after switching to Prema, he improved his points tally to 322 points, which was enough for a second-place finish in the standings.

In F3, he finished 10th with 94 points in 2017 but won the Championship with 365 points in 2018.

In F2, the German finished 12th with 53 points in 2019. We all know what happened the next season; he stormed to the Championship in 2020.

So, if the 21-year-old has an underwhelming debut campaign in F1, fans of his need not fear. He will surely improve in 2022.