Mick Schumacher’s ‘people looking at options’ with Haas’ patience ‘wearing thin’

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Mick Schumacher’s career at Haas could be on the ropes with Guenther Steiner’s team reportedly ‘looking at other options’ to replace the German – with patience wearing thin over the star’s driving style.

Schumacher, 23, joined Haas at the start of last season, but struggled to make much of an impact in the slowest car on the grid. The improvements made by Haas this season have offered team-mate Kevin Magnussen and Schumacher the chance to finally compete with other teams considering they finished last in the Constructors’ Championship last season.

Magnussen has taken that into his stride so far by recording three top-half finishes, earning himself 15 points in the process. However, Schumacher has failed to replicate the Dane’s success and sits joint-bottom in the standings on zero points.

And his driving style and constant attempts to out-do Magnussen are a huge reason as to why Haas are looking to replace him, according to Joe Saward, with Schumacher having had several big crashes this year. The German has finished ahead of his team-mate three times this season, although Magnussen’s three finishes above Schumacher have ranked him in the top 10 – something Schumacher has yet to achieve in his F1 career.

Patience is reportedly wearing thin for Haas, and there is supposedly talk of replacing him with a different driver for next season despite Ferrari’s say in the matter. There is a slight hitch in that Ferrari have a gap in their young driver system at present, which could provide problems for Haas in the long run.

The only driver who looks anywhere near fit for purpose is Robert Shwartzmann, a Russian driver who cannot compete as his nation is banned from driving. Antonio Giovinazzi remains, although he has drifted around from team to team and only ever recorded eight top 10 finishes in 62 drives.

And British star Callum Illot could also be an option, although he appears to have settled on a career in IndyCar. Schumacher spoke out about his crash in Monaco, calling it ‘very unfortunate’.

“It felt super weird,” Schumacher said. “From what I saw on the video, it just seemed like we were like 10 centimetres further out. And that kind of triggered maybe a wet patch or whatever with the front wheel, which then translated into a rear wheel slide.

“That’s where basically the rear came around. I tried to correct it and that’s why it went to the left. It’s very, very unfortunate and very annoying.”

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