Mick Schumacher can still hope for a return to Formula One as he has been named as a candidate for a place in the future Audi team by his operations director Mattia Binotto. Schumacher, son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, drove for the Haas team in F1 in 2021 and 2022. He is now a reserve driver for Mercedes and also drives for Alpine in the World Endurance Championship. German automaker Audi will take full ownership of Swiss team Kick Sauber in 2026, and the team offers the only remaining vacant spot for 2025. Binotto told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Monday that Schumacher is among the candidates starting next year alongside Nico Hülkenberg could drive.
“We pull him considered as a potential driver. He’s on our list,” Binotto said. “I know Mick’s potential, his strengths and weaknesses. He is a very consistent and generally fast driver, a team player who works hard.” Former Ferrari team boss Binotto knows Schumacher from his time at Scuderia, where Schumacher was an academy driver. Binotto said Schumacher “needs a few more laps on some tracks to achieve the fastest lap.” But he called him a “good guy,” which was important because “you shouldn’t judge drivers just by how fast they are, but also by their attitude.” Other candidates are reportedly veteran Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou, the two current Sauber drivers.
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