Mick Schumacher reflects upon the lessons learnt from 2021

Mick Schumacher reflects upon the lessons learnt from 2021

Mick Schumacher

Mick Schumacher was among the three rookies who made their F1 debut in 2021. The German rookie, son of seven-time champion, Michael Schumacher formed a new-look Haas lineup alongside Nikita Mazepin. Overall, Mick Schumacher was the one who impressed the most over his teammate, Mazepin although both drivers failed to score points.

Mick Schumacher revealed the biggest lessons he learnt from 2021. The F2 2020 champion revealed that he has to learn to drive the Pirelli tyres, which are quite different. However, Mick revealed that his team, Haas has helped him throughout his struggles during last year.

Mick Schumacher has slowly adjusted to his new team, and vows to perform in 2022.

“I think it’s probably just how to drive the tyre,” said Schumacher.

“Obviously, the tyres [have] a very special and specific way of handling them. You have a very small window and, if you drop out of it, it’s quite bad. I think that that’s just something that I’ve been getting used to, and the team has helped me a lot on that side. Therefore, yeah, I feel very comfortable on that side now,” he added.

Mick Schumacher learnt from the lows in 2021

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Mick Schumacher, Nikita Mazepin

Mick Schumacher revealed that there were plenty of lows during the 2021 season, but he did learn from them. There were also a few highs which includes his wheel to wheel battle with Max Verstappen in Hungary.

Mick Schumacher also made it to Q2 at the Turkish GP, which was solely on merit.

“I think, for my rookie season, it’s been alright; I think that we had some good moments in there,” said Mick.

“We’ve been able to battle with Max [Verstappen] a bit in Budapest and we went into Q2 on merit in Turkey, which was great. So we had some highs, but we had some lows which I learned a lot from, and I think that’s what we can take away from this year. Hopefully, I’m ready enough for the challenge which comes my way next year,” he added.

Mick Schumacher revealed that the season was far from being easy, but Haas certainly made the best out of what they had. Schumacher stated that the only reference he had this season was his teammate, Nikita Mazepin. Schumacher revealed that their main agenda next season is to compete with Alfa Romeo and Williams.

“Obviously, I think that we made the best out of it, or got the best out of it. The only reference that I really had was my teammate, and I think that we were quite confident and comfortable on that side,” said Mick.

“Obviously, we’re trying to push hard to get close to Williams. I think that, by the end of this year, we really closed the gap quite a bit. We’re closer to Alfa [Romeo], closer to Williams, and that’s something we really didn’t expect this year. So overall, we’re quite happy with it,” he added.

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