Alfa Romeo -the boss Frédéric Vasseur admits that Mick Schumacher is one of the candidates to the garage to test driver for the April-may run the tests.Video: IL:n Ville-Veikko Power and Janne Palomäki go through driver changes for the period to 2019.
the Italian Motorsport website wrote Monday that in the coming period F2-class rival, the Ferrari driver academy in the winter associated with Mick Schumacher may to see the F1 car behind the wheel for over a month after the (2.-3.4.) Bahrain runnable tests. Motorsport, Schumacher, 19, will drive your most likely Alfa Romeo C38-car.
team manager Frédéric Vasseur confirm Formula1.’s that Schumacher is one of the candidates for the Alfa romeo at the wheel.
– there Is a list of candidates, and Mick is the one with the names, because he’s driving the F2 in the eu and meets the criteria, Vasseur said.
in Bahrain, in addition to the tests run months later in Spain (14.-15.5.). Both tests run over two days, and they held the race after the Tuesday and Wednesday. According to the rules of the garage will run at least two days of the young driver who has driven more than two F1 races.
– We are not done yet with our decision. The list has several names. We continue to alternatives assessment and discussions with Ferrari, Vasseur supplement.
the French boss according to the decision of the Alfa Romeo test configuration makes the team of the technical department. Although the rules are forcing the drive to young drivers, primarily selections, let’s go to the stable advantage above. The driver options each test is done with a view to what stage the stable updates are.
We must first know what stage we bring the car major upgrades. If they are not ready for Bahrain, we can do there in the rookie test and then a proper test in Spain own transport producers. Or we could do one day of the rookie test in the first test and another in the latter test. The decision is technical.
on This basis in the car is also not able to throw just anyone. Technical feedback is important, even if the car drive is a newcomer.
– it Is difficult to find someone who gives good feedback but is not driven in more than two F1 races.
Mick Schumacher won last year’s F3 euro series championship. The coming season he will compete in the F2 class in the Prema-garage car. He heard today, also a Ferrari driver academy. AOP