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Mick Schumacher “can become one of the “Greats” of our sport” according to Wolff

The European Formula 3 champion is destined for a great future if the words of Toto Wolff and Gerhard Berger are to be believed.

Published on 15/10/2018 à 10:18

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Mick Schumacher “can become one of the “Greats” of our sport” according to Wolff

Un Schumacher titled in car, it inevitably provokes a reaction. SATURDAY, Mick Schumacher becomes European Formula 3 champion on the Hockenheim circuit (Germany). The Prema rider then finished the season 57 points ahead of Daniel Ticktum (Motopark), as the Englishman led most of the campaign.

 

Crowned for his second year in the discipline, Mick Schumacher provoked a slew of laudatory comments about him. Gerhard Berger, boss of ITR (promoter of DTM and F3 Europe), can't help but compare the 19-year-old son to his father Michael. “He has shown that he has his father's genes as a racing driver, particularly in recent weeks.

I am happy for Mick but also for Michael. I hope he returns to the racetrack one day to witness Mick's future career. He not only looks like his father, with the same gait and the same way of walking, but he also has the same forearms”, underlines the Austrian.

The former pilot of Formula 1 also ensures that “his career will take him to F1”, provided that he “maintains your level of performance”. A prediction that shares Toto wolff, present in the Hockenheim paddock last weekend.

 

The director of Mercedes in F1 was quick to congratulate the German driver, titled with a Mercedes engine. “The focus has been on him from the start (of her career), and he was placed under a lot of pressure. »

The mental management linked to the Schumacher name was important, explains the boss of the best F1 team since 2014. “It's not easy to manage all this stress, especially if the season doesn't start in an ideal way like it did for him. His results in the second half of the year, however, were quite impressive. »

According to Toto Wolff, “Mick has shown that he can become one of the “Greats” of our sport », after winning the 500th winner's trophy in F3 in a single-seater equipped with a Mercedes engine. Finally, Jean Todt, former boss of the Team Ferrari at the time of the five world titles acquired by Michael Schumacher :

 

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