Wolff justifies signing Mick Schumacher

After signing him for the role of Mercedes team’s third driver, executive president Toto Wolff assured Mick Schumacher’s new role would help him return to the grid in 2024, an opportunity the young German “deserves”. according to Wolff

After the announcement, Wolff’s pre-announcement remarks on the F1 Beyond The Grid podcast became even more important: “I really like Mick and I like the family, how they raised their children with the incredibly famous this name, and I think it deserves a chance.”.

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“He won (the Formula 2 title) and that’s not easy. In your first years in Formula 1 there are things that can go against you. I’m under pressure and that doesn’t help, and Formula 1 is brutal. Maybe, in a way ” Having a year off as a third driver, like Daniel Ricciardo is doing at Red Bull, can be good to reassess yourself and put you in a better place and hopefully find again seat.”

Wolff insisted that Schumacher has the talent to succeed in F1, especially because of his impressive career in the youth categories: “I was always impressed by his personality. The first time I met him, which was in his first year in European Formula 3 at Hockenheim, he’s a good guy. He won European F3, he won F2, that can’t come out of nowhere,” he said.

In joining Mercedes, Mick followed in the footsteps of his father Michael, who came out of retirement to drive for the team for three years from 2010 to 2012. Michael commented here on their characters. Mick is certainly a smart young man who knows how to drive.”