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Written by Ollie Kew
A poignant moment for F1 fans, this. The son of Michael Schumacher - F1"s most decorated driver - has driven a fully-fledged F1 car for the first time. And fittingly, it was a Ferrari, the team which Mick Schumacher"s dad won five of his seven world titles, from 1999-2004. This was no tourist outing either. Mick, who has driven in the F3 and F2 feeder series to motorsport"s premier single-seater championship, was quick. During the post-Bahrain GP test session, the 19-year old completed 56 laps, and made it to second on the timing sheet, slower only than Red Bull"s Max Verstappen. Because in F1 testing, we don"t know how light each car is on fuel, or what engine modes it"s running, we can"t directly compare Mick Schumacher to the rest of the F1 field, but there"s no doubt that jumping into a strange and advanced racing car and pumping in a time only 2.11sec slower than Charles Leclerc"s pole position effort is nothing short of impressive.
Date written: 3 Apr 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15313
A poignant moment for F1 fans, this. The son of Michael Schumacher - F1"s most decorated driver - has driven a fully-fledged F1 car for the first time. And fittingly, it was a Ferrari, the team which Mick Schumacher"s dad won five of his seven world titles, from 1999-2004. This was no tourist outing either. Mick, who has driven in the F3 and F2 feeder series to motorsport"s premier single-seater championship, was quick. During the post-Bahrain GP test session, the 19-year old completed 56 laps, and made it to second on the timing sheet, slower only than Red Bull"s Max Verstappen. Because in F1 testing, we don"t know how light each car is on fuel, or what engine modes it"s running, we can"t directly compare Mick Schumacher to the rest of the F1 field, but there"s no doubt that jumping into a strange and advanced racing car and pumping in a time only 2.11sec slower than Charles Leclerc"s pole position effort is nothing short of impressive.
Date written: 3 Apr 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15313
