Mick Schumacher's first F1 test: German "felt at home" at the wheel of a Ferrari in Bahrain

A Schumacher driving a Ferrari is once again a familiar sight. Mick Schumacher followed in the footsteps of his father, seven-time world champion, when he drove the 2019 car in the first trials in Bahrain – and he admitted that Formula One was already feeling at home …

Seasonal testing in Bahrain took on a new dimension as Schumacher, 20, made his debut in contemporary F1 machinery. Schumacher impressed by making 56 laps for Ferrari and is ranked second overall.

"The emotions I can tell you were really nice," said Schumacher. "I already felt at home, it was nice to do these first laps and see all these guys working on the car and working with me. I felt very comfortable and felt at home.

"It was amazing to feel the feeling that I had to go out and the first time I used the throttle was … this thing has so much power. I felt good and there was so much potential in the car with cornering and pulling speed, that's hard to describe and I'm sure there's a lot more to come. You can brake later, later and later and the car would always stop the same way. It was really crazy.

Mick Schumacher tests the Ferrari F1 in Bahrain

While driving one of his father's Benettons during a demonstration at Spa-Francorchamps, Schumacher had never finished the official tests in an F1 car and wanted to impregnate him with the car. opportunity.

"I came here to have fun and enjoy it and I did it at 110%. I guess you can see that I smiled a lot and I enjoyed it a lot, especially in the last few laps. With all the power and all that was incredible, a complete feeling in the car, it was just amazing.

"I always have the saying that it takes respect. If you lose respect, you are in danger. I obviously had a lot of respect for the car. To be honest, it's over 1,000 BHP. No, there was of course respect.

Although rain has interrupted Tuesday's race, Schumacher will have more time in an F1 car on Wednesday when he will take the wheel of the Alfa Romeo and expects: "A lot of fun, again.

"I'm just waiting to go back and I'm really looking forward to it. Trying to improve the spots that I wanted to improve today and that may not have done as many laps as I wanted, but really tried to extend the race plan for tomorrow. "