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Mick Schumacher made an assured Formula 2 debut for the Prema Racing team, finishing eighth in Saturday’s race in Bahrain after qualifying in 10th place and then finishing sixth after starting on pole for the reverse-grid sprint race.
The 20-year-old son of Formula 1 great Michael, sits eighth in the Formula 2 standings after his debut weekend at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
The German had a confident start, jumping up one place. He drifted down the field before climbing back into ninth place, and then clawed back nearly two seconds before making a smart overtaking move inside Japanese driver Nobuharu Matsushita on the final lap.
The German driver finished about 35 seconds behind winner Nicholas Latifi of Canada.
On Sunday, Schumacher came sixth in the sprint race, won by Luca Ghiotto, who occupies top spot in the standings leading into the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on 28 April.
The spotlight increased further when he made his F1 testing debut with Ferrari at the Bahrain desert circuit yesterday. Schumacher is part of Ferrari’s driver academy, as was the 21-year-old Charles Leclerc – who is now racing for Ferrari after just one season with Alfa Romeo Sauber in F1 last year.
When the younger Schumacher won the F3 European Championship title last year, it fast-tracked him into F2 and prompted speculation he could be in F1 by 2020 if he shines this season.
