Why Mick Schumacher’s F1 Future Just Got Very Complicated 

Mick needs a driver like K Mag. I think last year hurt Mick if anything. He wasn’t challenged by an experienced driver. I’m sure Mick will learn and grow as a driver even if he’s in the back foot a bit.

If Ferrari is still Mick's goal he's going to be waiting for a while as there's simply no reason for Ferrari to change their driver line-up for the foreseeable future. That gives him plenty of time to hone his skills and abilities at Haas providing they still want him and they give him a decent enough car.

I believe Kevin has calmed down since he left F1. He's a father now so that would naturally relax his angry state. He's happy to be back in the sport and will be glad to take anything he can get. He wants to show the world he's worthy of staying in there.

I agree that he has a competitive teammate now, BUT Haas is now in a whole other level. Which will let him battle more pilots to prove his worth.

“Perhaps it’s Mick that takes points in Jeddah” Well that didn’t age well

I think Mick matures into a good F1 driver this season, being only his second in the sport. He was screwed over by strategy by not pitting for softs under the SC during the race, so he missed out on points. I do not think Magnussen will cause Mick to leave F1 imo, because he does have good talent and racecraft, he pulled off the only Monaco overtake on mazepin lol last year.

We really have to stop making the same mistake every year again. You can't judge a driver after just one race. Last year you made exactly the same video about Gasly and how he has to control the tsunoda hype, see how that turned out. Lets give them 10 races or so to see how things are developing

I get you have to make content, and i respect your content, and what you do, but videos like this irke me a little bit. K- Mag did great in the last race, top performace. Especially considering he has been out of the sport for so long, etc. But in all honesty, one good performace doesnt instantly spell trouble for mick. If by the summer break, magnussen has wiped the floor with mick, consistently, then yeah, maybe we can ask these sorts of questions/have these sorts of debates. Lets just see how it plays out first though. One good performace from magnussen, in the first race of the season, doesnt instantly make him a superstar driver. And it doesnt instanly call micks future career prosects into question. Lets see how thing unfold first.

This aged well

Bit early to say much especially since Schumacher's race was ruined pretty quickly by Ocon at the very start. One thing to point out though is that Magnussen is a heavily underrated driver, and one of his skills has always been to qualify well above where he has any right to put the car, usually resulting in him dropping back a bit in the race. - this is part of the reason why I think he has a bit of a reputation for being over the edge is because he needs the aggressive defensive driving to keep faster cars behind constantly. I think overall this is a very positive thing for Schumacher as he needs someone to learn from and Magnussen has the speed and experience to do that. Schumacher isn't going to Ferrari any time soon (unless something drastic changes) and if Haas can be an upper midfield team then this can be best case scenario for the team and drivers. Decent car, experienced #1 driver and a hungry young #2 driver, that's all the components any team needs.

Does Micky have passion for motor sports or just following dad's footsteps?

Got recommended this right after his heavy crash

I love speculating about stuff like this. One of the JOYS of this sport and it's exciting to see these storylines develop race by race. Will K. Mag show everyone he always belonged on the grid? (I totally get the reality of why Haas had to make the driver changes they did last year.) Will Schumacher show more of what he can do in this new car? Can Haas provide the support these drivers need? Tune in next time on Dragon Ball Z.

And there he goes into the wall again. Im glad he's ok but Schumacher with yet another unforced error where he put's his car into the wall in qualifying.

KMAG one of the most underrated drivers, and in my humble opinion the best of His generation of racing drivers, and on top, His racing style is old school, witch I find as the most compelling and clean cut style of racing. No compromises....always fighting! No matter what car you give him, He will drive the S"#¤t out of it, to the limit and in most cases beyond...Look at last year in IMSA, the test one off race he did in indy.....Pure talent! and He is still very hungry...but now even more matured, with so much knowledge. He is still the only one that has had the opportunity to drive with all the engines of the hybrid era. You give him the right package, He could be way up there....perhaps I see to much in KMAG, but i still think, he could both beat Leclerc, Hamilton and Verstappen if He was in a similar car. As for the battle starting between him and Schumi Junior, Shumi Junior will learn allot from KMAG, but expect no mercy when racing. That was also the way of Schumi Seniors ideology, but I have the feeling that Junior does not have the same mindset as His Father did. KMAG has much more the style of His own Father driving style. We will see, and so looking forward to this season! And thanks for a great analysis by the way, and sorry for taking up so much space! 💪🏻🙏🏻🏎😂

We know that Mick has a bit of a habit of taking some time to get up to speed. With the rule changes and the fact that the car is competitively in a different league to 2021, I almost see the first half of this year being another rookie year for Mick. Looking at last year, Haas were closer to the front of the field at the end of the year than the start. We know that wasn’t car development, so Mick out-developed other teams’ cars. I wouldn’t be shocked to see the same in 2022, albeit on a condensed timeline.

"Too many crashes and incidents" Welp, let's add another to the list

Well Saudi’s Arabia didn’t go any better…

KMag's reputation was severely harmed by the incidents with Hulkenberg and Alonso early in his career. When he left at the end of 2020 he had 0 penalty points. Of course there were clashes with Grosjean, but they stopped completely mid 2019 after Gunther got angry.

I just keep thinking how good Grosjean and Kevin were with that crappy car and how much Mick and Nikita struggled with it.

Magnussen outperforms Mick in Round 1: Media: "Is Mick's career over?"

From Kevin's first race in F1 alone I already knew he was a different animal it's great to see him back where he belongs and now Mick can actually compare himself to something and improve as a driver

K Mag is much faster and adaptable than I thought. Wait till he actually knows the car!

2:45 That one didn't age well. Kevin got 2 points and MSC didn't even start. Last week Kevin ended up in 5th behind the Mercedes cars, this week he finished in front of Hamilton. Please don't make MSC better than he is. He only has one season under the belt, while Kevin is an experienced driver.

Can you do a video on Max Verstappens debut season in 2015 with Torro Rosso? Like you did with Hamilton and Leclerc.

I read a long time ago that a very young Michael Schumacher was driving in sports cars. His team noticed he was faster than his team mate, but also he was using less fuel! They knew he was good right out of the blocks. Fast forward to his first F1 outing with Jordan. He did not know the Spa circuit, he learned it before the race on his bicycle. He out-qualified his team mate, and probably would have had a good finish if the car had not let him down. It was obvious even at that stage he was something special, and he was snapped up by Benetton. Afraid to say, I do not see that talent in his son. He may go on to have a successful career in F1, but he is never going to be another Michael, IMHO.

Sons (or nephews) of famous racing drivers don’t always have similar or better abilities than their fathers (or uncles) despite all the money, nepotism, & opportunities that their famous surname automatically opens doors to. Mick Schumacher is no exception, he is a only a semi decent driver who may do well in GT or Sports cars, but he will never be a top tier F1 driver like his Dad, just like others who have totally failed to live up to the high expectations of their fathers or uncles. The fact that he is totally outclassed by an older driver who was never considered to be one of the front runners, after a year off shows what a lot of us have known for ages. Probably a really nice guy-not a great F1 driver & never will be.

I've never been high on Mick. Hes an amazing kid and the nicest guy you'll ever meet. But that might be part of the problem. He doesn't have that killer instinct that you see in the great championship drivers. Who knows, maybe he will turn out to be more of a mental driver like Prost and win WDC's with a conservative, thinking style. But I don't know if it will be enough for Mick to really dominate like people said he was going to the year he won F2. Seems like a lot of the fanatics have cooled down on Mick in the last year.

1 out of 22 races is over and media and so called experts (many of those guys themselves weren't title contenders also due to their missing talent therefore) already start throwing 💩. The next years both Ferrari cockpits are fixed anyway, he has enough time to optimize his skills. 💪🏻 Next time he will hopefully have not that much bad luck he had at Bahrain.

watching this after seeing micks big wreck has an eerie feeling. Almost like an unintentional jinx. All honesty though Mick will show this season that he belongs!

Just his name will ensure he has a spot in formula one. He’s got tons of German support from fans and companies that want him to be wearing their products name.

Its just one race. Hold your horses before making any judgments. Mick will only get better as the year progresses.

I want to go in the Gunther boat 🚤

K-Mag was as quick as Grosjean in qualifying but faster in the races, so the Frenchman drove recklessly trying to keep up. As for the Hulkenbergs of F1, you know what to do...

Mick is a second season warrior, It’s honestly even better for him and his development to have a quick teammate like K-Mag kinda nudging him in the right direction. Far as I’m concerned there’s a Ferrari seat waiting for him in the future long as he continues to get better and proves he earned it off his skill not his last name💯

Magnussen is quicker than he was before, driving WEC, IMSA & IndyCar have added experience that staying in F1 wouldn’t have given him, I rated him as a top 10 driver before, now I think he’s near the top 5, at least in one lap pace, once he’s fully settled back I think he’ll be a constant in the points, could see him get 100+ points this year with that Haas Ferrari package, but of course it’s very early to tell

K Mag joining is the best thing that could have happened for Mick and Haas. Putting the car up there in the points and setting the bar for Mick

Imagine what the gap would have been between K-Mag and Mazepin had they been teammates...

I honestly am not sure about Mick and I honestly _am_ sure that I love KMag's old school driving style. He's a racer through and through.

Well getting p11 after what was a pretty horrendous year last year is good progress. Give Mick time, hell come good.

Mick had bad luck in Bahrain, he had a bad and strange feeling since fp3, he said it in interviews so he was on the back foot for the weekend anyway. Its also possible that the car was damaged due to the spin

Mick is a long time project. He will get more pressure, but this lad can handle it. He needs a K-mag to develop and not a Nikita

Mick can now learn from a true professional and all around good dude kmag.

Mick will be very lucky to reach the level of his uncle, let alone his dad. I just don't see his dad's character and pure determination to win at any cost in him. But maybe having a tough teammate like Magnussen is what he needs to show what he's really capable of. Mazepin was a pay driver and not a good one, he wouldn't have pushed Mick enough to up his game .

My god people love to throw so much shit on him at the first chance they get after the first race without knowing anything about what happened in Bahrain. Does everyone just like to forget that he’s an F3 and F2 champion and just completely gloss over him because he’s not Norris or Russell. Mick’s side of the garage made so many fuck ups in relation to his weekend, for starters his engineers chose the wrong set up and overall balance in the car for qualifying leading to the car just being oversteer heaven and not working with the tyres at all. In the race as we all saw the contact with Ocon damaged the rear of his car just dragging him down the order and then the team thought they’d be able to leave him out on completely shot tyres expecting points, whether that was because he had no allocated sets left I’m not sure

Mick performance still wasn’t bad in Bahrain

Make or break season for Mick and we will know how good is he with an experienced teammate

Mick is overrated just because of his last name. Wins in GP2 and so? Well, yes. But it's his second year already. He should be at least close that K-Mag.

Schumacher’s path was to Ferrari bits that’s got very complicated. Ferrari signing Sainz was them admitting that Giovinazzi wasn’t deemed worthy of a shot at Ferrari, and the plan was to have Sainz for 2 years to get some consistent points in and not worry Leclerc until Schumacher is ready after a couple of years at Haas under Ferrari’s eye now those teams are closer. BUT Sainz upset that plan massively by beating Leclerc, now Leclerc has to become even better this year and that could be part of him winning the title this year, how could they drop Sainz after that? And meanwhile Schumacher’s been able to get nothing done in the worst car with a teammate any other driver on the field would comfortably beat, and now the car is good he could be totally outshone by a returning experienced driver. Would that be Ferrari worthy? Schumacher needs to improve rapidly and consistently beat Magnussen AND Sainz needs to completely fall away or make the driver line up too toxic for Ferrari to want to do the swap now. And that’s a big ask

Bit of a stretch, K Mag has 7+ years of F1 excluding other series. This is Micks schumachers second year, first year was with a car that was written off and no teamate to learn from. Mick did well in his first race and was doing well in testing for Jeddah. Other drivers voiced concerns about how dangerous the track was and the less experienced Mick fell victim to it. Its a bit early to be talking about Ferrari.

Mick's spin was an amazing 360 no scope! It was one of the best recoveries I've seen.

I believe we will see a similar development curve this year with Mick as we saw with Lando between his 1st and 2nd year. Mick is still very young and has a lot of learning to do in F1. I wish him, as well as Kmag, and HAAS all the best!

**Fook smashes the wall at 170mph**

This foreshadowed Micks Saudi Arabia qualifying crash 😦

mick's car was lacking several upgrades that k-mag's had. bizarre that this isn't talked about and the doomer train is full

He really went from number 1 driver with the team working around him to being Mazepin 🤣🤣

One weekend in and y‘all are already judging. What is this?

k mag: 6 seasons Schumacher: 1 ofc Kevin is going to be faster

I’m not prepared to declare Mick washed, just the positive vibes around K-Mag coming back and then his awesome weekend, took some eyes off Mick. As for how is he, I’d say he’s a solid 6.5/10, his junior career didn’t look amazingly impressive, but he has shown that he can blow up an uncompetitive teammate. He is still so inexperienced, hence he needs that benchmark driver like K-Mag, in order to up his game. He needs to start being closer to K-Mag, to become a quality midfield driver that can score big points for Haas, which they sorely need. Luckily he’s a driver everyone is willing to support, because he’s such a sweet guy, really kind kid, Seb taught him very well there.

He had no present nor future, he is not good enough. Just holding his father name.

You all think he deserve so much special treatment because you are fans of him. He needs to perform like everyone else. Look at Russel and Leclerc, Verstappen and hamiltons first season. They were crazy impressive. Mick has not had any WOW moments yet. He needs to Step up 1 season ago, and right now its beyond time to stepstepstep

Such a video after only just 1 race is pretty stupid tbh

Sadly I missed the Era of Schumacher, I have eaten up every bit of source material in could find on arguably the most decorated, committed, hardest working driver in history. Mick, while I truely want to see him be the driver his father was, I just don't see the same killer instinct from Mick, he has definitly been thrown into the deep end, but if he has the juice to compete at the highest levels in F1, this is the best thing that could happen to the young man. My hope is that he succeeds.

Here's hoping he gets to use a now not horrible Haas Car to score points pretty soon. I thought that colliding with Esteban damaged his chances but on repeat watched it's amazing how well he recovered from that spin.

Somehow it looks like Schumacher is no Schumacher...

Magnussen has always been an exceptional driver. TBH Mick is still an unknown, but he's probably in the category of a solid driver with potential (like many). I hope he proves me wrong.

Welp, today’s quali sure didn’t help.

Kmag is and always has been the best driver on the grid. wait and see. Now he has a decent car. Pure viking

While I think Mick is a competent enough driver for F1, eventually, I've never really rated him that highly. More Ralf then Michael. A mid pack driver with the potential to get a few wins and podiums. And let's not kid ourselves, his name brought him to F1. Sure, he won F2 but it wasn't really a dominant performance. He would have gotten to F1 eventually but his name brought that forward a few years. He wasn't ready for F1. Also, his teammate was worse then useless.

I don't think Mick is going to get on the level of K-Mag. And that's sad, because if he can't beat K-Mag he is no match for Charles and Carlos at the moment, Ferrari would be absolutely crazy if they change their duo.

Also Mick's Road to Ferrari may soon get harder as Carlos Sainz Jr looks let to signa contract extension.

Leclerc got outclassed by Ericsson for the first 6 races of 2018, then dominated the rest. Give it time before jumping to conclusions

Kevin, that was som fucking viking comeback 💪🏎

Guys think about the experience here... one driver has many more years of F1 experience, you would only expect the result.

The thing is, Magnussen was never considered to be a top tier driver, just a solid midfielder. If Mick can’t even get close to him (despite Magnussen not being in pre-season testing and being out of F1 for a whole year) then that just shows that he isn’t gonna make it very far in F1, I‘m sure he will stay for a while but will never make it to Ferrari unless he turns it around soon.

With sainz doing so good in that seat and kmag performing so well for the new haas, mick has to outperform kmag at a big margin for him to really be in ferrari

2:45 aged well..

You just talked for almost 10 minutes and made a pointless video after one race. This Season is crucial for Mick's development, yes. Having Magnussen as his Teammate is probably the best thing he could have asked for as he is comfortable with Haas and has a mountain of experience in F1. This Season, if anything, is the best opportunity for Mick Schumacher to develop into an outstanding driver. It's not gotten complicated, he just got the best deal ever.

Sorry, this is a bad take. Mick is a second year driver who likely learned nothing last year in that shit car with that shit teammate. You would expect KMag to outperform Mick. He’s always been one of the fastest guys and he has a lot of experience. Mick crashed because he was a rookie and the car sucked. You go back and forth. You are just repeating every opinion expressed by anyone. What exactly was your point?

From a talent perspective, he is not as good as George, Charles, Max, Lando.... He should speak more to Rosberg. Rosberg always said that his talent wasn't the same as others, but he put in a huge amount of work into improving his driving.

I want mick to do well, but I feel like this season won’t be great for him

Mick is Bruno Senna/Nelson Piquet Jr. 2.0. The guy with a champion surname but not really good enough for F1.

Now Mick can learn and get better.

Just got even more complicated

I like Mick as character, but i dont think he's n eraly as good of a driver as people say. I think he's gonna prove he's a solid driver, but, i if you are talking family talent, he's probably much closer to what his uncle was, than what his father was.

Maybe this pressure was why he crashed

Well Mr. Aldas, I think you need to be more patient, because you're rushing into conclusions after one race! Just the same way in the near past you put doubts about Mattia Binnoto..

about the teammates crashing .. look at the history .. before kmag and grosjean became Teammates .. Grosjean was also chrasing with teammates ....while Kmag rarely did ;)

I don't think Schumacher is world class material like Hamilton, Verstappen or even Vettel. He is a solid driver but probably never gonna get a seat at Ferrari. There are simply other better drivers.

Mick only has the sumacher name is not world champion material like Lando ,Leclerc or Russel and i think that Sainz is a very experienced and solid driver that ferrari needs to score points regularly!! If he gonna one daycto ferrari its gona have to wait at leat 3 or 4 years !

Like with anything when you're happy, relaxed and talented you'll do better. Magnusson has a free drive with nothing to prove.

Mick is Mick not the Michael Schumacher . Just like Dale Jr was a completely different man and driver that his legend father Dale Sr. People need to let this kid live his life. Stop comparing him to his once in a generation talent.

K mag is exceptional. Haas will be having a very interesting season. The drivers and their background and Haas improving by a country mile is going to be v intriguing.

I cant belive your comments on kmag , if you look at data , he is not more dirty than hamilton and a few others , and in grosjeans case grosjean was the fool , becouse kmag was far away on points , so he should not race kmag if he is a teamplayer ....just let him pass

The pressure will be good for mick having a competitive teammate is what he needs to improve

I think KMag benefitted from his year off, and from what we've seen, he seems more happy and relaxed than ever. Hopefully they will work well together, and have a healthy competition this year. I

It’s still Micks team. That’s why at the Jedda GP they installed a hydraulic leak on K-Mags car

This only made this seem more accurate after watching mick crash out of qualifying at Jeddah.

There’s been one race. We need more data before anything can really be said…

Mick is not the the second coming of Michael, not even close! I don't think he's even the second coming of Ralf...