Mick Schumacher isn’t considering a switch to Formula 1 any time soon despite a fun two days of running in Bahrain
The 20-year-old gained most of the attention at the post-race test at Sakhir with his run in the Ferrari on Tuesday followed up by a day in the Alfa Romeo on Wednesday.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, it was his performance with the former Sauber team which most impressed as a 1m29.998s almost matched his time in the SF90 from the previous day, a 1m29.976s.
But on a week when the weather played a role, with bouts of rain preventing running on Tuesday, Schumacher wasn’t too interested in comparisons.
“[It was] very different conditions,” he told Autosport. “It is hard to compare the two days, the cars in front were very quick.
“But we did a decent job and we can be happy about it.”
Indeed, Mick admitted some surprise at how smoothly he transitioned into the F1 car.
“To be honest not,” he said on if he expected to be as quick, “but I guess because I had so much fun it was easy the work on myself, to work with the team.
“Both teams were very open and very good in teaching me the points I had to know. Over the whole day, I was able to improve and to find the limit.”
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Having got his first taste of F1 though, Schumacher insists it doesn’t hasten his desire to make the step up from F2.
“[I do not know] what is going to happen [in the future],” he stated.
“I’m looking forward to being in F2 again. Baku is a special track and it will be the first time for me.
“I’m going to do a lot of work with Prema in the sim and prepare for that trying to use what I’ve learned here and try to put that onto the track in F2.”
Offering his view, Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel also played down his performance.
“He was unlucky with the weather, but he did a good job,” he told Italy’sTuttosport.
“I think he had a lot of fun, which you could see from the grin on his face, and that’s the most important thing.”
