Schumacher is with eleventh place as the only driver of the race car, powered by a Ferrari power unit, ran out of points and finished the race ahead of it. the only newcomer this season, a Chinese racer Guanyu-Zhou. Unlike last season, when he struggled in the background with his then-teammate Mazepine, so it has Schumacher this year a race car (some even call it white Ferrari) with which he could actually show his talent.
“The collision with Ocon certainly did not help me achieve a good result. I don’t know to what extent the race car was damaged, but it wasn’t easy to drive. Fortunately, Kevin was able to show how good a car we have at Haas this year, ” he told the media Schumacher and continued in a fighting spirit: “What Kevin can do, I can do too. I believe we can be close to the podium if things match up. I don't think it's overpowering to say that we have occasional chances for the podium. "
Confident performance the young German seems in line with what we had the opportunity to see in his father, but the differences between them are, of course, enormous. Schumi senior came, saw and won, Schumi junior is just looking for his place under the sun in F1. Mick Schumacher is v Magnussen got a competitor and not a mentor as he was Dane increasingly lonely and did not want to submit to the demands and wishes of the teams in which he played.
And unlike Mazepina je Magnussen experienced and above all - fast. Invasion of Ukraine has also crossed Schumacher's plans and instead of with the Russian, who was completely under his control last year, this year he has to deal with much larger racing caliber. And if he doesn’t come past him, they will despite famous surname his maps for the future are anything but good. Currently, the door is slightly open only at Ferrari, but in order to one day drive for the team with which his father also became famous, he will have to show significantly more this season than in the first race of the season.