MICK SCHUMACHER’S affiliation with Ferrari is set to end once the F1 season is complete, according to reports.
The German, 23, is in his second season driving for Haas.
But when his Ferrari Driver Academy contract expires at the end of the year, Schumacher will not be kept on, report Motorsport.com.
Haas have not confirmed the news but driver Antonio Giovinazzi is reportedly being lined up as the youngster’s replacement.
That would leave Schumacher without a team, though his close friend Esteban Ocon has backed him to join Alpine.
He said: “What I would like is for Mick to race with me, that is clear cause he is my good friend, but that is not going into the bosses’ ear. I’ll let them decide.”
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Schumacher joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2019 – a year after winning the European F3 championship.
He was given his first taste of F1 in Bahrain in April 2019, before having a second outing for Alfa Romeo the following day.
Later that year he teamed up with Haas in Abu Dhabi but only scored his first F1 points at Silverstone this year.
Schumacher followed up that success with a sixth-place finish in Austria but it is believed he has not done enough to earn another year.
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As a result, the family’s long-held connection with Ferrari appears to be coming to an end.
His father Michael won five F1 titles with the Italian team in an iconic ten-year spell.
Ex-Ferrari team principal Jean Todt even still visits the German twice a month – eight years after he suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Source: Motorsport - thesun.co.uk
