Ferrari and Schumacher set for talks over future – Motorsport Week

Ferrari group boss Mattia Binotto says it should sit down with Mick Schumacher within the coming races to debate his future with the group.

Schumacher joined the Ferrari Driver Academy (FDA) in 2019, after he gained the FIA European F3 Championship the 12 months earlier than.

He would go on to take the 2020 Components 2 title whereas a part of the FDA, earlier than being promoted to Haas in Components 1 final 12 months.

Nevertheless, reviews counsel that Schumacher will exit Haas on the finish of the 2022 marketing campaign, placing his F1 future in severe doubt.

Different reviews additionally state that Schumacher will half methods with the FDA this 12 months. 

Binotto asserted the significance of the junior programme to the Ferrari organisation, and says that Schumacher’s future is about to be resolved within the upcoming weeks.

“The Ferrari Driver Academy, for us, is a vital pillar of our group,” Binotto stated. “We’re investing quite a bit in it and we’ll proceed investing quite a bit on the Driver Academy. 

“The explanation for that’s that we imagine it’s necessary to develop one of the best expertise and search for the long run, to attempt to discover one of the best expertise for the pink automobile. 

“In order that’s not an issue we actually will finish. Quite the opposite, I believe we are going to constantly make investments and enhance the best way we’re managing it. 

“With Mick, as we stated at first of the season, it’s necessary for Mick this season to enhance. 

“We’ll in a couple of races sit down with him, make a steadiness of the season, and we’ll try this as nicely along with Haas and resolve for his greatest future.”

The FDA has quite a few drivers signed to the programme, together with Schumacher’s former F2 team-mate Robert Shwartzman, who will make his FP1 debut with the group subsequent month in the USA.

Charles Leclerc is the one FDA member that has progressed to the Ferrari F1 squad since its inception.