Mick Schumacher is set to drive the 2019 Ferrari Formula 1 car in one or possibly two in-season tests should he join their young driver Academy.
That is the claim of Motorsport.com‘s Italian edition as speculation continues that the son of seven-time champion Michael Schumacher and last year’s European F3 champion will choose Ferrari over Mercedes to forward his push towards F1.
This year Mick will race in F2 with Prema, the same team which Charles Leclerc, now a race driver for the Scuderia, dominated with back in 2017. Should he impress, he could potentially open an opportunity to join Sauber in 2020.
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All this is dependent on the 19-year-old officially signing on the dotted line of a Ferrari Academy contract but if he does – and the test claims are accurate – it is possible we could see the Schumacher name back behind the wheel of a Prancing Horse as soon as April in Bahrain or Barcelona a month later.