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      ‘Oh s***’ – Embarrassing moment F1 star drives past his own pit box after forgetting he’s switched teams

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      WE may be three races into the Formula One season, but old habits die hard.At least they do for Carlos Sainz, who suffered an embarrassing gaffe during Free Practice at the Japanese Grand Prix.Carlos Sainz suffered an embarrassing gaffe at the F1 Japanese Grand PrixCredit: GettySainz missed the turn-in for the Williams box during FP1, which saw him swear on the radioCredit: YouTubeThe Williams driver, who has picked up one point for the British constructor so far this season, was entering the pitlane to change his tyres at the Suzuka Circuit.Sainz’s race engineer, Gaetan Jego, was heard saying on the radio: “Box, box. Box, box. Remember we’re at the beginning of the pitlane.”However, ex-Ferrari driver Sainz embarrassingly missed the turn-in to his box and continued driving towards the end of the pitlane, believing that was where the team were based.Realising his blunder, the Spaniard said: “Oh s***! I missed it guys. I thought we were at the end, sorry.”READ MORE IN F1Jego, who has been with Williams since 2020, replied: “OK, so straight out, and we’re boxing again.”Embarrassed by the gaffe but able to laugh it off, the 30-year-old said: “Yeah, sorry about that.”Lewis Hamilton famously made a similar blunder in 2013 after joining Mercedes from McLaren when he stopped in the his old team’s box during the Malaysian Grand Prix.Sainz finished P10 in the session before matching the result in a chaotic FP2 which saw FOUR red flags waved after Jack Doohan and Fernando Alonso crashed out and two fires ignited trackside.Most read in MotorsportJOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUSHis use of explicit language is unlikely to see him punished by the FIA, who introduced controversial swearing guidelines last year which angered F1 stars after it was revealed they could land hefty fines for the act.However, in the driver’s briefing before the Australian Grand Prix, the rules were clarified to allow swearing in the heat of the moment if it was not offensive to others – although media obligations do not allow for any foul language.F1 suspended after fire at Japanese Grand Prix as three red flags cause chaos during practice Before arriving at Williams, Sainz had raced at Ferrari for four years.In that time he picked up four race wins and six poles, finishing fifth in the driver’s world championship standings three times and seventh once.Sainz made his F1 debut with Toro Rosso, now Racing Bulls in 2015, after coming through the Red Bull driver development programme.He raced with the team until late in 2017 when he joined Renault for the final four races of that season.The Smooth Operator would find his way to McLaren in 2019, securing his first F1 career podium at the Brazilian Grand Prix before adding a career-best P2 at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix.Ferrari came calling the following year, with Sainz picking up his first F1 win at the British Grand Prix in 2022.Read More on The SunDry conditions are set to hold for qualifying tomorrow before a cold front moves in with the chance of rain for the race on Sunday.Suzuka is the first of a triple-header which sees F1 travel to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in consecutive weeks. More

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      Lewis Hamilton adds house in exclusive Milan neighbourhood to multi-million pound property portfolio after Ferrari move

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      LEWIS HAMILTON has expanded his stunning property empire with a luxury Italian pad after joining Ferrari.The 40-year-old has had a hot and cold start to life on track with the iconic Formula 1 team.Lewis Hamilton has added a stunning new Milan property to his portfolioCredit: AFPHamilton owns property across the world ranging from Monaco to London and Geneva to ColoradoCredit: Instagram / scuderiaferrariHis new property is not far from Ferrari’s operating base of MaranelloCredit: Instagram / lewishamiltonOff track Hamilton has captivated the imagination with his extensive fashion shoots, with Ferrari sponsor Puma reporting an eightfold increase in sales of team merchandise since his arrival.And he has also wasted no time in adding a new home to his already impressive roster following his move to Italy.PlanetF1 previously reported Hamilton was considering a purchase in Modena and Bologna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and close to Ferrari’s operating base of Maranello.However, Italian publication Corriere della Sera have now claimed Hamilton has chosen a new property in a posh Milan neighbourhood.READ MORE IN F1Davide Valsecchi, a former F1 test and reserve driver told the outlet: “He bought a house in Porta Nuova, one of Milan’s most exclusive neighbourhoods.”Porta Nuova is central to an ambitious urban development project and consequently has price well above the average of the rest of the city.It is reported the region has an average rate of around £8,200 per square metre, while the rest of the city is value around £4,600 per square metre.Hamilton’s primary residence is known to be in the Principality of Monaco.Most read in MotorsportBEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UKThe 2,000 square foot apartment is understood to be located in the Fontvieille district, which he is said to have paid £8.3m for, though now the properties can easily fetch upwards of £30m.He also owns properties in London, Geneva, New York and Colorado.Lewis Hamilton models new Ferrari gear but fans notice ‘hideous’ issue The Brit’s London mansion, built in the 1830s by renowned builder Samuel Johns, can be found in Kensington and reportedly cost him £18.2m to buy in 2017.The seven-time F1 champion previously owned a three-floor £34m penthouse in Tribeca, New York City in 2017.Two years later Hamilton is known to have then splashed out on another £32m New York property, this time in Manhattan which contains a swimming pool, private gym and a squash court.However, Hamilton is believed to have sold his Tribeca property in in 2021 for a staggering £38.3m.Further west, the Brit owns a ranch in Aspen, Colorado, where he has said he spends a lot of time during F1’s winter break.He is said to have scoped out a £12m property in Beverly Hills, California, but it is not known whether he brought the pad.Hamilton also owns a three-bedroom property in the Alpine foothills of Geneva, Switzerland, though not much else is known about it.By his own admission, the F1 star’s time on the road means he is ever really “home”.He said: “I’ve never really been home [before].”In my winter, I go to the mountains [in Colorado], which I really see as my main home, because it’s a house and it’s full of love and memories from people, the family that come every winter.”Where I live in Monaco, it’s been somewhere I go back to, and I’d call home, but it lacks those memories. I’d be there for short periods of time. So it’s not been the easiest.”Hamilton has had a number of high-profile relationships over the years.However, in a recent interview Hamilton addressed his relationship status.He said: “I’m hungry, driven, don’t have a wife and kids. I’m focused on one thing, and that’s winning. That’s my No. 1 priority.”According to the Sunday Times at the end of 2024, Hamilton’s net worth is £350m, making him the ninth wealthiest individual on the Rich List 40 under 40.Read More on The SunThat worth is also bolstered by a stunning car collection, estimated to have a value of £13m. Hamilton revealed plans earlier this month to design his own Ferrari road car, including the legendary F40 as a base. More

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      I’m an F1 world champion who launched new career making ice cream and mozzarella after buying 2,500-acre Hampshire farm

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      EX-FORMULA ONE star Jody Scheckter has a unique place in the sport’s history.Born and raised in East London, Cape Province in South Africa on January 29, 1950, Scheckter’s illustrious career with McLaren, Tyrrell, Wolf and Ferrari led him to 10 race wins from 112 race starts.Jody Scheckter went through a stunning career change after becoming an F1 world championCredit: AlamyScheckter is the only African F1 driver to have won an F1 raceCredit: News Group Newspapers LtdHe became F1 world champion with Ferrari in 1979Credit: GettyAfter retiring he opened a weapons simulation firm in AmericaCredit: AFPHe became world champion with Ferrari in 1979 and the South African remains the only driver from his continent, let alone nation to win an F1 race or be crowned world champion.Following his racing career, Scheckter worked as a pundit for a variety of broadcasters including ITV.A venture into business soon followed with a weapons simulation firm in America which had boomed to a revenue of more than £100million by the early 1990s.However, Scheckter eventually swapped the loud bangs and roar of car engines and firearms for a completely new line of work; organic farming.READ MORE IN F1Scheckter opened a pioneering 2,500 acre farm in conjunction with biodynamic principles, meaning it excludes synthetic fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides.The Laverstoke Park Farm in Hampshire was home to sheep, cows and most notably water buffalo, which were used to make mozzarella cheese from 2009 – a UK first at large scale.The farm, which produced items like ice cream and sparkling wine, won a number of awards including the Taste of Britain award while Waitrose, Ocado and Gourmet Burger Kitchen were some of its customers.Since 2012 the farm has held the CarFest South every August, which raises more than £1m for UK children’s charities every year, while the Universal Cookery and Food Festival was held there in 2016.Most read in MotorsportBEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UKHowever, the farm was forced to shut down its buffalo farming and diary manufacturing operation at the start of 2024.An announcement on the company website cited “unprecedented levels of cost increases including our energy costs that more than doubled earlier last year”, as the reason for the closure. Lewis Hamilton hailed for ‘masterclass’ sprint victory before Ferrari star immediately takes aim at ‘yapping’ criticsThe company added it had tried diversifying into new products and introducing new production methods but had to close down its buffalo farming and dairy manufacturing.The site has remained operational as a composting site, continuing to take in greenwaste, while it also continues to host CarFest with no more changes being anticipated.Schecker has been married twice, first to Pamela Bailey and now to current wife Clare Fawkes, and has six children.Two of Scheckter’s children, Toby and Tomas – both from his first marriage – followed his career to become racing drivers.Toby got as high as F3 and won the SKUSA SuperNats kart finals in Las Vegas in 2004, while Tomas also made it to F3 but then moved to race in IndyCar between 2002 and 2011.Scheckter started out his F1 career in 1972 as an erratic racer labelled a “madman” by Emerson Fittipaldi following a crash at the 1973 French Grand Prix.Fittipaldi, then the reigning world champion, went so far as to call for Scheckter to be banned from the sport.His case was not helped when he caused a huge crash at the British Grand Prix, with eight cars destroyed in what is one of the biggest F1 crashes of all time.The Grand Prix Drivers Association added their voice to those demanding Scheckter be removed from the motorsport, although he survived after McLaren agreed to “rest” their driver.Scheckter’s driving took a dramatic turn after he was the first driver on the scene when Francois Cevert was killed in a crash in 1974, saying: “From then on all I was trying to do in F1 was save my life.”Read More on The SunHe straightened himself out and fine-tuned his talent to eventually become a world champion in 1979, becoming the last driver to score an F1 title with them until Michael Schumacher 21 years later.One more season with Ferrari followed before he retired from the sport in 1980.Jody Scheckter eventually opened an organic farm in HampshireCredit: Times Newspapers LtdIt was the UK’s first large scale buffalo mozzarella farmCredit: Alamy More

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      How much is Lewis Hamilton being paid by Ferrari this season?

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      LEWIS HAMILTON’s blockbuster move to Scuderia Ferrari shocked the world of motorsport – and with it came terms Mercedes couldn’t match.The seven-time world champion was Mercedes’ golden boy, but a failed boardroom role and under-performance on the track led to a split and Hamilton moving to Ferrari.Lewis Hamilton has signed a mega-money deal with FerrariCredit: PAHamilton is the highest paid Ferrari driver of all time – double what Michael Schumacher was offered at his peakCredit: gettyAt the Brackley-based team, Hamilton, 40, continued to be the biggest star in the sport and one that brought immeasurable amounts of marketability and attention.His Formula One resume on the track remained incredible and he commanded a wage packet amongst the sport’s highest ever earners.Hamilton’s Mercedes contract, which contained a break clause which he activated, had him earning around £43MILLION per year.Money is reported to have been less of a reason of his departure, with the biggest reason said to be Hamilton wanting to be a valued member of the organisation after his racing career. READ MORE IN F1 He has also received a significant pay-rise for his two-year deal, however.How much is Lewis Hamilton being paid by Ferrari this season?Hamilton will earn a base salary of £48m annually.The former McLaren star remains behind Red Bull driver and modern rival Max Verstappen in annual salary.Verstappen’s £58.9 million-a-year deal keeps him, once again, at the top of the standings.Most read in MotorsportHamilton’s contract with Ferrari runs until the end of 2026, with an option for 2027. Hamilton will also earn additional bonuses should he win races this season.The Stevenage-born superstar will also obtain the sought after ambassador role he craved on a multi-year deal. He supersedes new team-mate Charles Leclerc, who is earning £21.2 million a year including bonuses.Whilst fellow British drivers George Russell and Lando Norris, take home £18.1 million and £27.5 million respectively. More

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      ‘Lewis Hamilton was surprised to hear what happened’ – Timo Glock opens up on death threats after Brit’s maiden F1 title

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      TIMO GLOCK was scared to leave the house after being hit with death threats over claims he helped Lewis Hamilton win the world title in 2008. It was the German who was overtaken by Hamiltonon the last corner, of the last lap, of the last race 17 years ago in Brazil to win his maiden title by a single point.Lewis Hamilton won his maiden world title in 2008 with McLaren in the dying moments of the last race of the yearCredit: AFPHamilton overtook Glock who was struggling on dry tyres on an increasingly wet surfaceCredit: Getty Images – GettyHis girlfriend at the time Nicole Sherzinger celebrated wildly at the last-gasp winCredit: YouTube/FORMULA 1The whole McLaren garage went bezerk as Hamilton overtook Glock on the last corner of the last lapCredit: YouTube/FORMULA 1The title fight between Hamilton at McLaren and Ferrari’s Felipe Massa that year went down to the final race. Victory for Massa and a sixth place or lower finish for Hamilton would have secured Massa the title at his home race.Starting the final lap, Hamilton was in sixth place,  but overtook Glock at the final corner as the German driver struggled with dry tyres in the rain.Ferrari’s garage even began boisterous celebrations before victory was snatched away from them in the dying moments, leaving Massa’s dad stunned and a mechanic headbutting the wall in frustration. read more F1 storiesFormer F1 driver and Sky Sports pundit Glock told casino.org: “I don’t think he (Hamilton) ever realised the full impact of it all. “I was happy social media wasn’t as big then as it was now, or I’d definitely have been in even more trouble than I was.”It didn’t have an impact on my career. I just thought about what happened there, and I don’t think I did anything wrong.“Felipe or Lewis didn’t realise what was going on in the background, or what was going on with my side of things. Most read in Motorsport”I had an interview with Lewis two or three years ago, where we talked about 2008. He was surprised to hear what happened with me, in the aftermath of it all.”Timo Glock has opened up about that dayCredit: GettyFelipe Massa’s dad thought his son had won the title in Brazil but was left stunnedCredit: YouTube/FORMULA 1A Ferrari mechanic even headbutted the wall in frustrationCredit: YouTube/FORMULA 1Hamilton went on to win six more titles, leaving him the joint all-time record holder with Schumacher on sevenCredit: HandoutGlock, who was driving for Toyota at the time, received death threats after the raceCredit: AFPGlock had to get a police escort to the airport following the race in Sao Paulo, with officers walking him on to the plane. He received hate mail telling him he should be banned from racing and death threats once returning home. Many people’s views of events changed after F1 released in-car footage of Glock struggling to keep a dry-shod car on track amid increasingly wet conditions.He added: “I think because social media wasn’t as prominent, nobody saw what was happening. In general, I just tried to get on with my job. “It was still weird to go to Brazil the following year, or years even, but at the end of the day, it was a big story and it’s still mentioned whenever that race comes up in the calendar. “Overall, I have no problems with it. It’s all in the past now.” Glock reckons Hamilton can grab a record eighth title with Ferrari, with him currently level with Michael Schumacher on seven. Hamilton suffered heartbreak at the Chinese Grand Prix last time out when he was disqualified for the skid block on his car being half a millimetre under the minimum width. Ferrari need to get their act together in Japan on April 4-6 with his teammate Charles Leclerc also disqualified after the race due to his car being underweight. This came after Hamilton’s heroic victory in the sprint race on Saturday, which bagged him eight points in the table. Glock said: “I think he can win a title with Ferrari. “If the car suits him and the package is there, he will be challenging at the right end of proceedings for sure. It’s of course his ultimate goal.Read More on The Sun”He will push and try everything to reach that. It will be interesting to see how his first part of the season goes. “I think it will give us a good idea of how he will get on generally at Ferrari after the first half of the 2025 season.”  More

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      I was in a helicopter with Lewis Hamilton as it was forced to make an emergency landing – but he didn’t even notice

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      SIR LEWIS HAMILTON once slept through a helicopter making an emergency landing, F1 legend David Coulthard has revealed.The incident took place 12 years ago when the now-Ferrari driver was doing a feature with the BBC and the Red Arrows at RAF Scampton.Sir Lewis Hamilton once slept through a helicopter making an emergency landing due to bad weatherCredit: GETTYDavid Coulthard was on the flight with Hamilton and couldn’t believe he slept through the ordealCredit: GETTYShortly after being picked up at Battersea, Hamilton, whose car number is No44, decided to get 40 winks in the back of the chopper.Bad weather conditions forced the aircraft to perform an emergency landing in a field, where it sat for 45 minutes.Hamilton, however, was completely oblivious to the stop or the fact that the chopper had been grounded for the best part of an hour as he was flat out.Former McLaren star Coulthard was on board the flight and recalled the incident by saying: “Well, this was a feature we did for BBC, when I was working for them.READ MORE F1 NEWS“Red Arrows, which is our display team for the Royal Air Force, we went over to, I think it’s RAF Scampton, and I remember I picked up Lewis in a helicopter in Battersea, which is the only place you can land a helicopter in London.“If you follow Tom Cruise, you’ll see him very often in London getting out of his helicopter, he is usually at Battersea.“And anyway, we took off from Battersea, I sat in the front with the pilot, Lewis was in the back, and he fell asleep. “He must have been either out partying or whatever the night before.Most read in MotorsportBEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UKDavid Coulthard has fond memories of the RAF event with Lewis HamiltonCredit: GETTY“And we hit fog on the way to the airfield, and we basically had to put down in a field, in a cornfield, because they knew there was big wind generators between Battersea and getting to the airfield.“And we sat there probably for a good 45 minutes. The whole time Lewis is asleep!Lewis Hamilton has perfect response to dismal Ferrari debut as he achieves feat not seen for 35 years “We eventually take off. We eventually turn up at the airfield, late. “There wasn’t any fog. And then we got to go up with the RAF together.“And then he drove his Formula 1 car in a sort of shootout along the runway.”And I have a picture in my office wall here, actually, where I’m in the jet fighter, and he is in the Formula 1 car. “And, yeah, it was just a fun experience. It was a great feature.”Hamilton, 40, is now plying his trade with Ferrari after leaving Mercedes last December following 12 years with the team.READ MORE SUN STORIESHe currently sits ninth in the Drivers Championship with nine points to his name after the Australian and Chinese Grand Prix.The most recent weekend was one of mixed fortunes as Hamilton won the sprint race, but was then disqualified from the feature race.Sir Lewis Hamilton is currently ninth in the Drivers’ ChampionshipCredit: Getty More

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      F1 mechanic reveals running joke in pitlane about Nicole Scherzinger and Lewis Hamilton’s on-off relationship

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      A FORMER Lewis Hamilton Formula One mechanic has revealed a running joke in the pitlane about his tumultous relationship with Nicole Scherzinger.Hamilton dated the former Pussycats Dolls singer between 2007 and 2015 in what was a highly publicised on-off relationship.Lewis Hamilton and Nicole Scherzinger had an on-off relationship between 2007 and 2015Credit: GettyFormer F1 mechanic Marc Priestley has revealed how there was a joke about how the relationship impacted his performancesCredit: RexHamilton openly called Scherzinger ‘lucky’ for him at the timeCredit: Getty – ContributorAnd Hamilton was clearly impacted by the shifting circumstances of his love life, with ex-McLaren mechanic Marc Priestley revealing there was a running joke about how it changed his performances on track.Speaking on the Pitlane Life Lessons podcast, Priestley revealed: “When he first came into this sport, we used to joke amongst the team that Lewis’s performance was so intrinsically linked to the state of their relationship.”As in, on a good day, he performed well. When their relationship was in the doldrums, and they were so off and on, it was a bit like an emotional roller coaster.”When he was in these low points in the relationship, you could clearly track the performance in the car to the way their relationship status seemed to be.READ MORE IN F1“We joked that there seemed to be more lap time in keeping those two together than there ever could be with anything we could do with the car!”Hamilton and Scherzinger announced their first split in 2010, three years after they started dating months after his McLaren debut in 2007.They were then back together months later, which sparked a famous Hamilton win at the Turkish Grand Prix that season – his first F1 win in 245 days.Hamilton said at the time Scherzinger was “lucky” for him before they decisively split up in 2015.Most read in MotorsportBEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UKHer eventual final showing in the F1 paddock came at the 2014 season finale in Abu Dhabi when he won his first driver’s championship with Mercedes.Priestley continued: “But there was a serious point to that, in that it was about understanding and appreciating that Lewis’s emotional state clearly affected his performance…Yuki Tsunoda explains why he is the right driver for Red Bull’s Formula 1 team “Lewis is a guy who’s quite emotional. He wears his heart on his sleeve so, without the ability to really control those emotions to the level that some other people might be able to do or might find easier to do, we were faced with an unbelievably talented racing driver whose performance was, in some way, affected by how his emotional state was, which varied greatly at different times over a race weekend or a season.”Priestley explained how Hamilton’s mental state could lead to him coming across as petulant in press conferences with one-word answers before “disappearing” during the evening.He added: “As engineers, our only goal was to try and improve things so that it could be better the next day or the next time out.”To get the driver, who’s a key part of that debrief, in a state where he’s just throwing petulance [with] answers that are unhelpful to you because he’s so down, that’s not in any way productive and doesn’t help us get closer to a solution.”But he’d often go away on a Saturday night, he’d disappear, and I wouldn’t see him on a Saturday evening. He would sometimes even cancel commitments to sponsors and partners. “He would disappear and shut himself in a room, and he probably pondered over it for quite some time, digging himself into an even bigger and deeper hole, is how he’s described it to me in years gone by.”He mulled it over in his mind and continued to tell himself that same story – that he wasn’t doing a good enough job. He would beat himself up emotionally. “He would completely reiterate the negative thought processes that he’d been having that afternoon right through into the night until he went to sleep.”However, Hamilton has always had an amazing ability to shake off negativity and bounce back. One of his most famous phrases is “still we rise”, and Priestley believes that has been one of the biggest parts of his success.He said: “But one thing he was quite good at was waking up the next day with a fresh perspective. He always said to me that this was a new day, a new set of opportunities.””This was a case of coming in to try and do it better. If you ever see a TV interview on a Sunday morning after a Saturday afternoon where he struggled in qualifying, even today, that’s generally what you get.”You get a new Lewis Hamilton where he’s no longer down. He’s no longer struggling with emotions. He’s now got this fresh perspective where he sees nothing but opportunity in front of him.“He may not have expectations that he might have had going into Saturday. His expectations might have had to be reset but, in doing so, he takes away some pressure. “He relieves himself of that burden that was overwhelming him on a Saturday. And we go into Sunday with a Lewis that’s there, ready to take the opportunities, to push like crazy.“How often do we see a way better Sunday than we see him have on a Saturday? That was the same quite often, even way back when he first came into the sport working with us at McLaren.”Hamilton’s final year with McLaren would come in 2012 before he joined Mercedes.He would go on to win six driver’s titles with the Silver Arrows before he joined Ferrari in 2025, ending the most successful partnership F1 has ever seen.The now 40-year-old has had a hit-and-miss start to life with the Scuderia, finishing P10 at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix before winning his first Ferrari race in the Sprint at the Chinese Grand Prix a week later.READ MORE SUN STORIESHamilton finished P6 in the feature race before disaster struck as Ferrari suffered a double disqualification, with the Briton’s car being found to have excessive wear on its skid block.The next race will be at the Japanese Grand Prix, where Yuki Tsunoda has now been confirmed to have swapped with Liam Lawson to be Max Verstappen’s new Red Bull team-mate. More

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      Who is Michael Schumacher’s son Mick? Former Mercedes driver who has found new motorsport seat

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      THERE’S a certain weight that comes with being the son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher – and son Mick has found all about it in recent years. Mick, 26, had been tipped to succeed his father’s impeccable racing standards the second he set foot in a karting track.MickSchumacher’s time at Haas was mistake-ladenCredit: AFPSebastian Vettel and Mick Schumacher have had a striking relationship throughout the yearsCredit: AlamySchumacher last role in F1 was with MercedesCredit: GettyHowever, Michael Schumacher’s youngest child has found his competitive motorsport career dwindling.Mick was last seen in a Formula 1 pit garage last December as a reserve driver for Mercedes.He left his position at the end of the 2024 season to focus on his newfound role in endurance racing.Nowadays, he is striving to get back to the elite staring of the racing world. READ MORE IN F1Life in father’s footsteps Born and raised in the Swiss village Vufflens-le-Chateau, Schumacher was born into a racing royalty with his father and uncle Ralf both in F1.The generational success that his father set that weighed heaviest in his formative years in racing and beyond.Mick had a good karting career – fishing runner-up at the World and European level – before making the jump to European Formula 3, winning the championship in his final season with Prema Racing.He would follow that up with another title Formula 2 in 2020 ahead of Brit Callum Ilott and future Red Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda. Most read in MotorsportMick had test drives with Alfa Romeo and Haas – aided by his association with the Ferrari Driver Academy – then signed with the latter as a full-time driver in 2021.Schumacher’s two-season F1 career was characterised by rookie blunders and team deficiencies, initially alongside controversial team-mate Nikita Mazepin – son of Belarusian-Russian oligarch and sponsor Dmitry – and than outperformed by Kevin Magnussen.In his second season, the German driver scored his first and second lot of points in back-to-back weekends at Silverstone and the Red Bull Ring in Austria, where he registered a career-best sixth finish.However, Schumacher was released from his contract going into the 2023 season as the team altered direction with successor and racing journeyman Nico Hulkenberg.Recently, he has served as a reserve driver for both Mercedes and McLaren – not suiting up for either team. Track switch Schumacher made his first ventures into the World Endurance Championship with Alpine while still occupying his reserve driver duties.Schumacher has continued to race with Alpine’s World Endurance Championship six-man Hypercar team full-time after achieving his maiden podium finish at the 6 Hours of Fuji. Additionally, Schumacher also competed in the 2025 Race of Champions in Sydney at the start of the month alongside family friend Sebastian Vettel with Will Brown pipping him to a semi-final spot in the main draw. Racing future Schumacher still harbours hopes of returning to F1 as a driver with the 2026 new regulations era providing the first real opening for a seat, particularly with Cadillac’s incoming arrival to the grid. “Formula One has always been my dream and will always be my dream. But the WEC is the number one priority,” he told Sky Germany. “That requires 100 per cent dedication.”READ MORE SUN STORIESHe went on to add: “My dream is a dream, but when I’m in the car, I’m 100 per cent in the car. The dream lives on in the moments when I have free time and can think about it.”Cadillac have expressed a public interest in signing an American driver with a big-name, and in motorsport, it doesn’t get bigger Schumacher. More