He Formula 1 driver market moves quickly, and the recent results of the Haas team, with four points in seven grands prix, make it a more attractive option than it was before. The Americans have a free spot for the next course after the departure of Nico Hulkenberg to Sauber for the project with Audi, in addition to the fact that the future is uncertain with Kevin Magnussen after his difficult start to the year.
The Dane only has one point, while his teammate has six, and he did not manage to go beyond Q1 in the last three classifications, despite the German reaching Q3 in all of them. Therefore, The team is studying its optionsand it seems that Esteban Ocon heads the list of candidates, while Pierre Gasly could also be a possibility for several teams.
That means Alpine remains alert. in case they need a driver after their unexpected start to the season, with only one point. Mick Schumacher is one of those options, as he currently competes with them in the WEC, and even though he was not in the top ten in any of the three races along with Nicolas Lapierre and Matthieu Vaxiviereyour performance dazzled Bruno Faminwho is “impressed” with the experience and his level of fitness.
“Mick [Schumacher] “He is doing an incredible job in endurance, what is very impressive is his mentality,” he said. “He is fast, but I think everyone knows it, although in endurance it is not always useful to have a very good lap time, because you have the BoP, and you have to be a little careful with the performance, but the point there is not to evaluate the pure performance of the driver.
“Mick has been incredible in adapting to the endurance mentality. We used to say that single-seater drivers are selfish, but Mick, from the first minute, has been very open, cooperative, helpful with his teammates, willing to learn everything, especially about resistance, and with a great mentality and spirit,” he said.
Bruno Famin confirmed that the German is one of the “many” possibilities for 2025, in addition to revealing that other drivers have contacted Alpine, and it seems that Valtteri Bottas is one of them, but also He declared that having a Frenchman in the team is not a priorityand they are open to everything, regardless of experience and nationality.
Bruno Famin, Alpine F1 Team in discussion with Michael Andretti, Owner Andretti Global
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