After a 2023 spent entirely on the bench, Mick Schumacher in 2024 he returned to experience the thrill of competition with his entry into the team Alpine dedicated to the World Endurance Championship, a commitment to complement the role of third driver for the Mercedes in F1.
This is a hot phase for the drivers’ market, and the same goes for Mick Schumacher, who is already working towards 2025: there are the dream of returning to F1, the beautiful possibility offered by the WEC and an IndyCar hypothesis.
F1: very low hopes
Mick Schumacher has never made a secret of his desire to return to F1: he said it after his farewell to Haas at the end of 2022, he repeated it throughout 2023 and confirmed it this year, when the WEC option seemed to him the best to return to competing in a major championship as a starting driver. However, for the German the Circus remains a less than concrete hypothesis: Mercedes she is determined to go up Andrea Kimi Antonelliwho apparently already has an agreement in principle, but if for some reason the choice did not fall on the Italian there would be a free market Carlos Sainz and at this point too Esteban Ocon, still professionally linked to Toto Wolff, manager of the French driver. In Mercedes there is therefore no place as a starting driver for Mick, who also has downward prices in Alpine F1: there is the free seat left by Ocon, but Bruno Famin he looks around and, despite having included Schumacher in the list of possible replacements, he is ready Jack Doohan And Victor Martinsproducts from the Alpine nursery, as well as keeping an eye on the entire pilot market.
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WEC: a path to explore further
In recent weeks, Famin himself has had very nice words for Mick Schumacher, whose professional approach to teamwork is very much appreciated, a very important characteristic when working not as a driver but as a crew. The World Endurance Championship it is certainly a category to be explored in depth for the German, and the same goes for the team, which is facing the 2024 championship as rookies, and therefore with potential to be developed. It applies to the team and it applies to the driver, whose continuation together in Endurance also for the 2025 it would perhaps be there more logical solution at this stage of his career for the son of art, and probably also for the French team which needs continuity to grow as a team. Furthermore, the championship is attractive and the 24 Hours of La Mans has a unique charm.
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IndyCar, the latest suggestion
Finally, a possibility is also opening up in America, particularly with the championship IndyCar. The confirmation came directly from Dale Coynethan to the notebooks of Auto Motor und Sport confirmed the interest in German: “There are many Formula 2 drivers who finish first or second in the championship but don’t have a real future in Formula 1. Mick Schumacher is a perfect example. We would like to welcome strong drivers like him. We are talking to Mick, he still puts his his hopes in his commitment to Alpine, but we would be happy if we had the chance to have him with us“.
Dale Coyne Racing has already had former F1 drivers on the team, such as Justin Wilson, Sébastien Bourdais, Esteban Gutierrez, Takuma Sato and Romain Grosjean, as well as having launched a very fast driver like Alex Palou. Coyne therefore exposed himself, opening a path for Mick Schumacher and suggesting that he would welcome him with open arms. The ball therefore passes to the driver, who carefully observes the driver market in F1 but at the same time looks around: These are perhaps decisive weeks for him too.
