Bojan Vrbnjak
The time has finally come. After you should Mick Schumacher woman Eifel Grand Prix to perform at the first free practice, which was canceled due to bad weather, is here in Abu Dhabi nevertheless celebrated its official premiere in Formula 1.
He is in the finals of this season Mick performed in the first training session for his future team Haas, where he replaced Kevin Magnussen. He drove away 23 rounds, the fastest in time 1: 41.235 minutes. With that, he ended up on 18. place, almost three seconds faster than a colleague Pietro Fittipaldi. "We had different programs, which is why there is such a big difference,”He admitted Schumacher, who didn’t have a very good start to training. After leaving the pits, he came back in the same lap. “In the gloves we have a sensor that has become independent. I didn’t want to throw it in the cockpit while driving, so I handed it over in the pits. This had a slight effect on time as the tires had a lap more."
Do Nicholas Latifi v Williams he was two tenths short. From the personal limit, however, he was Mick still a little further away. “You can't find that in an hour and a half. This is about getting the car back safely. That doesn't make sense. Fighting makes sense to drive 99 percent rather than 101 percent.“But that doesn’t mean it’s a race car Haas all the time driving in economy mode. “Sometimes you even have to go over the limit to see where this one is at all. In the first turn, I had a small moment when I pressed on a soft mixture of tires. The front tires were no longer so good, the rear ones and I tried to make the turn at ten km / h higher speed. Then I tried to change my driving style a bit more."
In addition to his first performance on a racing weekend Formula 1, Yippee Schumacher for the first time he also drove for his future team. “It’s nice to know that I’ll be driving here next year as well.“He didn’t have any nervousness or trouble getting used to it. “I slept well, there was no full moon,”He joked Mick. "And I already knew the steering wheel.”He will sit in again on Tuesday Haas, on a test of young racers. “Until then, I will be following the team and participating in meetings to get to know it better. Until Tuesday’s test, though, it’s true for me to clench my fists for both of our boys." Schumacher has not yet driven with his chosen number 47 for the 2021 season. He had a number in his first practice 50which is Haas reserved for reserve racers.
