Cadillac are within the strategy of recruiting drivers for his or her maiden Method 1 season in 2026 with Mick Schumacher a kind of who has held talks with the American outfit
Mick Schumacher is edging nearer to a Method 1 return – however not in a race seat. The 26-year-old son of seven-time World champion Michael is determined to revive his F1 profession which resulted in 2022 after two seasons with minnows Haas.
He hung out as reserve at Mercedes after that however has since left F1 altogether to race with Alpine within the World Endurance Championship [WEC]. Schumacher has three podiums to his title to date and hopes to make use of it as a springboard again onto the F1 grid.
The German has held discussions with Cadillac, who will type F1’s eleventh crew subsequent 12 months, a couple of potential deal. And it’s understood that these talks have progressed, although at this stage it’s unlikely that he shall be given one of many two race seats on provide for 2026.
As an alternative, Schumacher is the front-runner to be named as Cadillac’s first reserve driver, as reported by The Race. He would like a race seat, however a reserve position remains to be believed to enchantment to Schumacher who needs to get his foot again within the door of the F1 paddock.
Skilled F1 race-winners Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez are understood to be Cadillac’s most well-liked decisions for his or her race seats. They’re every in superior talks whereas some studies declare the latter, who has spent this 12 months away from F1 having been axed by Pink Bull final December, is near agreeing a deal.
Each, nevertheless, have additionally held talks with bottom-feeders Alpine who’re contemplating their 2026 choices for a associate to Pierre Gasly. Franco Colapinto has but to attain a single level since changing Jack Doohan in Could, who additionally didn’t handle a prime 10 end.
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Schumacher, the 2020 Method 2 champion, raced 43 instances for Haas however completed within the prime 10 simply twice. He additionally suffered a number of giant and costly crashes which had been a monetary headache for F1’s smallest crew and that, finally, led to then-team boss Guenther Steiner dropping him on the finish of 2022.
The consensus is that he has performed pretty nicely since making the change to WEC, together with a Tenth-placed end on the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. Schumacher seems more and more more likely to depart Alpine on the finish of this season and will change to Cadillac’s Group Jota, one of many prime groups in WEC, changing 2009 F1 champion Jenson Button.
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Whether or not or not the German does land a spot with Cadillac’s F1 mission stays to be seen. However former F1 champion Jacques Villeneuve has made clear his perception that the brand new crew can be making a mistake in the event that they choose the German for considered one of their race seats.
The 1997 title winner stated: “Mick Schumacher had a tough time when he was at Haas. He has not an skilled driver both. There is no such thing as a motive to go for him.”
