Schumacher's son goes to his father's feet and approaches F-1

European Champion of Formula 3 this season Why Schumacher? One step closer to his dream: start Formula 1 following the footsteps of his father and exceptional driver, Mihael. A new German athlete has signed an agreement with Prema F2.

Formula 2 is considered the last step for the new driver before joining the F-1 championship. George Russel, Lando Norris and Alexander Albon, the three championship drivers of the season, will start Formula 1 next season.

The 19-year-old Schumacher F-2 will debut with Prema, who has become European Champion of F-3 this year and winning the 2016 championship titles of Italy and Germany F-4 .

"I'm looking forward to playing next season in the Prema F-2 team, which is a logical career progression because I want to continue developing the skills and technical knowledge of my pilot. In words, it is difficult to express my gratitude for having expressed the "prema" to the family about the common achievements, especially this season, about how we can grow together. to be able to run Formula 2 tests in Abu Dhabi, "said Schumacher, the youngest.

Prema joined the Formula 2 championship in 2016 (then the GP2 at that time), bringing Pierce Gazelle and Antonio Džiovinaci to their first and second places in their first season. A year later, Charles Leckerk was also in the lead, but this time, Nicholas de Vries and Sean Gaelal had to leave the fourth and fourth place respectively. Gelaels participates in the F-1 tests with Toro Rosso and is expected to become the Schumacher team member.

Schumacher became the third Formula 2 rider 2019 officially approved. The Japanese Nobuharu Macušita Championship will return to Carlin, while ART has agreed with Nikita Mazepin, vice president of the year in GP3.

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