Mick Schumacher is a Formula 1 pilot and the son of the Formula 1 World Champion, Michael Schumacher.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about his life and career.
- Mick Schumacher was born on March 22, 1999
- He is a Swiss-born German racing driver
- He races for Haas in Formula One under the German flag
- He is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy
- And a reserve driver for Scuderia Ferrari
- He began his career in karting in 2008, progressing to the German ADAC Formula 4 by 2015
- After winning the 2018 FIA F3 European Championship, Schumacher progressed to Formula 2 in 2019
- He won the 2020 Formula 2 Championship
- He is the son of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher
- He is the nephew of Ralf Schumacher
- And cousin of David Schumacher
- Schumacher was born in Vufflens-le-Château
- He grew up in Gland
- He is the son of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher and Western riding European Champion Corinna Schumacher
- His uncle Ralf Schumacher is a retired racing driver
- His cousin David Schumacher is a racing driver as well
- Schumacher is the step-nephew of Sebastian Stahl and grandson of Elisabeth and Rolf Schumacher
- Schumacher was skiing with his father when Michael suffered life-threatening brain injuries on 29 December 2013
- In March 2017, Mick first talked publicly about his father, describing him as “my idol” and “my role model”
- Before the start of the 2017 Belgian Grand Prix, he drove his father’s championship-winning Benetton B194
- He drove another of his father’s championship winning cars, the Ferrari F2004, in a demonstration before the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix at Mugello
- This happened to mark Scuderia Ferrari’s 1000th Formula One race
- He wore his father’s helmet for the occasion
- Schumacher credits chess as being an integral part of his mental preparation before an F1 race
- Schumacher started his motorsport career in 2008
- To avoid attention because of his famous father, he started his career under the pseudonym ‘Mick Betsch’
- Using his mother’s maiden name
- Schumacher remains with Haas for the 2022 season
- Partnering Kevin Magnussen and also serves as a reserve driver for Ferrari alongside Antonio Giovinazzi
- Schumacher qualified twelfth and finished eleventh at the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix
- Moving up three positions due to the retirements of both Red Bulls and Pierre Gasly
- This makes it his highest qualifying and race finishing position so far in his Formula One career
- Mick Schumacher will miss the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after a high-impact crash in qualifying
- He was transferred to King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital in Jeddah, for precautionary checks
- He was released with no injuries
