Aug.28 (GMM) Ralf Schumacher suspects Alpine was by no means critical about contemplating his nephew Mick for the 2025 season.
Already a part of the French model’s world endurance championship lineup, 25-year-old Schumacher was invited to a head-to-head take a look at in July together with fellow 2025 contender Jack Doohan, driving a two-year-old Alpine at Paul Ricard.
Doohan in the end secured the race seat to exchange Haas-bound Esteban Ocon subsequent 12 months, however Schumacher’s uncle Ralf says the shootout take a look at was “unfair”.
“Mick drove the automobile within the afternoon and Jack Doohan drove it within the morning,” the previous F1 race winner instructed Sky Deutschland. “I used to be there myself.
“For those who drove at 9am, you had been two and a half seconds quicker as a result of it was 38 levels and windy later within the day. And when you’ve got that strategy to testing, you must query whether or not they took it severely.”
Ralf Schumacher had additionally slammed Alpine group administration for permitting Mick to seek out out about Doohan’s 2025 race seat contract through Instagram final week at Zandvoort.
“You possibly can say that the group has utterly misplaced its means in the meanwhile,” he stated. “Flavio (Briatore) is floating above every part now.”
Even Doohan admits the head-to-head shootout with Schumacher had been “unusual”.
“It was unusual. I simply stored it enterprise, no matter who was subsequent to me,” the 21-year-old Australian admitted. “On the finish of the day, regardless of the final result was of that, I positioned myself to ensure I used to be first in line to get this seat.”
