Bojan Vrbnjak
Alfa Romeo joined the team Clean first included in 2018, so a team was initially formed Alfa Romeo Sauberbefore the year 2019 only a team was formed Alfa Romeo, although they continue to work with Sauber motorsport. As part of the deal, Ferrari has control of one seat on the team.
Kimi Raikkonen in Antonio Giovinazzi were the team’s racing lineup in 2019 and 2020, the team boss Frederic Vasseur however, he stated that Kimi Raikkonen in fact, he was never in danger of losing his seat. Ferrari opted for this year’s season between Giovinazzi in Mick Schumacher, and in Maranello they decided to keep Giovinazzi in the Alfa Romeo team, Schumacher however, he landed on the Haas team. “The seat on our team is part of the agreement with Ferrari and the decision on the second seat was in the hands of Ferrari,”Is Vasseur told for GPFans Global. "It went more between Anthony and Mick than Kimi and Mick. They decided to keep Antonio. We’ve had some discussions, and Antonio deserves a seat because he showed progress compared to 2019 last year."
Vasseur continues: “He’s still improving, now competing well with Kimi in qualifying and also in racing. He does a good job and well, the decision between Antonio and Mick was not an easy one, but it is an advantage that both me and Günther Steiner had at Haas. They decided to move Mick to Haas and that’s okay for me." French he further stated that he was not disappointed because he was Schumacher joined the team Haas, but at the same time explained that it is necessary Ferrari to look at the youngster in his light and not just as the son of a seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher. "It would be nice, but I don't want to focus on that and I think that's a challenge for Mick too," so Vasseur.
"I don’t want to be focused on a name or anything like that. We have to treat Mick as a racer and not as a son. It's hard for him. When he was quite close to taking the first free practice for us, I always tried to have the same approach with him as to the others, to talk only about him and the decisions, not to make any comparisons and talk about the name. Now we see what happened, he did a great job in Formula 2. He struggled a bit at the beginning of last year, especially in qualifying, but he raced really well and did a great job. Let's see what happens this year," Ends Vasseur.
