Mick Schumacher still yearns for F1: 'Le Mans was never really a dream for me'

Mick Schumacher clings to his hopes of Formula 1. More than two years after leaving the discipline due to lack of opportunities, the German still aims to return to the discipline one day. The son of Michael Schumacher, a seven-time F1 world champion, has not been satisfied with his two seasons with Haas, in 2021 and 2022. Two mixed campaigns, with a car stuck at the back of the grid in 2021, and a defeat against his teammate Kevin Magnussen in 2022 (25 points to 12 in favor of the Dane).

Since then, Mick Schumacher has found refuge at Alpine en Endurance, and is currently playing his second season with the A fléché. After being picked up by Mercedes et Toto wolff In 2023, as a reserve driver for the German team, the German was released by the star brand at the end of 2024 and now has no direct link with Formula 1. However, even if he has moved away from the championship, the 25-year-old driver does not lose hope.

“F1 is still the goal, definitely, did he declare from Wide World of Sports, on the sidelines of the Race of Champions in Sydney (Australia). It's obviously been a while, but I think I'm still interesting in some ways. F1 has always been a dream and always will be. Hopefully we'll be able to make that dream come true. I'll let the people who are in a position to talk to me do that, so I can concentrate on what I'm supposed to be doing, which is driving fast."

Schumacher has not " never really followed » 24 Hours of Le Mans

Last February, ahead of the 2025 season, Mick Schumacher assured that the WEC had become his “number 1 priority”  with Alpine… nevertheless, in all sincerity, the German admitted that Endurance was not really his career goal and that a victory at the 24H of Le Mans was not initially on his wish list. “It’s hard to say… it’s not a Formula 1 car, answers Mick Schumacher when asked about his appetite for endurance racing. Le Mans has never really been a dream for me, in that sense. I've never really followed it. But there's a lot of anticipation around [this race], Le Mans is a prestigious event."

Supported by Frédéric Makowiecki and Jules Gounon on theAlpine No. 36, Mick Schumacher will try to do at least as well as his father in La Sarthe, who finished 5th in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1991 with Mercedes. The crew of No. 36 had a difficult first round in Qatar at the end of February, with a disappointing 13th place. Now well established in his new championship, Mick Schumacher believes he is in the right place while waiting for a new opportunity in F1. “When you’ve driven the fastest car in the world, there’s almost nothing that can compare to it. But I think the competition itself is quite fun, it’s quite challenging, more and more drivers are coming to it, so it’s a good championship. I think once the results start coming in, it’ll be more fun, for sure.”

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