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COULTHARD: MICK will have to master MAZEPINA quickly

David Coulthard believes Mick Schumacher needs to confirm his authority with Haas teammate Nikita Mazepin in order to secure a seat at Ferrari in the future.

Competitors in Formula 2 Schumacher in mazepin will be with the team in the 2021 season Haas formed a racing duo of newcomers as the Americans opted for the perfect a change of racing alliance and as a result did not renew the contracts with Kevin Magnussen in Romain Grosjean.

Mick, the son of a seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, is a member Ferrari Academy young racers and a natural step forward would be to race in the future for the team his father dominated for five years (2000-2005) in Formula 1. But 21 years old The German gained a reputation in the lower categories slow starter, before finally showing his quality. Coulthard he believes he doesn’t have exactly that much time on his side in Formula 1. “I saw him progress from the lower formulas. He is a focused, well-prepared and hungry racer,”So Scot for colleagues from The Express.

David Coulthard believes that Mick Schumacher in the Haas team will have to quickly master his teammate Nikita Mazepin and show who is the boss in the team - Photo: Bojan Vrbnjak

Popular DC continues: “He has his own personality, but he has placed himself at the forefront of the championships with all the support and opportunities that have been placed before him. You know the story of the riding horse. You can give someone a great race car or a great team, but if he doesn’t have the skills, he won’t do anything with it. Haas will be a safe place for him to learn. I don’t think it’s going to be hard for him to beat Mazepin, but if that’s not the case, then he’s going to have a problem, but I expect him to be. With that, he can earn a chance at Ferrari or another team in a few years. It depends on how it will be with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz."

Mattia Binotto, the head of the Ferrari team, is aware of how important two seasons for the Haas team are for Mick. In the second, he expects progress compared to the first, and perhaps even entry into the red car in 2023.

Mattia binotto, team boss Ferrari, thinks it will take some time before it will Schumacher in Haas began to show its true potential. “I think it will be very difficult for him in the beginning. If I look at his past experience in Formula 3 and Formula 2, he usually achieved the best results in the second season. I think Mick learns a lot in the first season and becomes very strong in the second half of the second. So I think two seasons will be important to him. But already in the second season I expect progress compared to the first."      

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