Audi is the final option remaining for Mick Schumacher, a driver which the team should consider as a replacement for the “unmotivated” Valtteri Bottas.
That is the opinion of former Formula 1 driver turned pundit Marc Surer, who would like to see Schumacher get another chance in Formula 1, arguing that he did not display his full talents previously with Haas.
Could Mick Schumacher return to Formula 1 with Audi?
Additional reporting by Sam Cooper
Off the back of winning the Formula 2 title, Schumacher received the call-up to F1 with Haas, but after two seasons with the team in 2021 and 2022, he was dropped in favour of Nico Hulkenberg, who is the first driver signed for the Audi era which will kick in from F1 2026, as they prepare to take over Sauber.
It has been a challenging F1 2024 campaign for Sauber, the only team yet to score a point and the team which saw both drivers – Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu – finish two laps down at the Dutch Grand Prix.
With Hulkenberg filling one seat from next season, Bottas and Zhou are battling for the final place, though the prospect of an all-new F1 2025 line-up remains. And having seen openings close at Alpine and more recently Williams – Logan Sargeant replaced by Franco Colapinto after his mid-season axe – could Audi be Schumacher’s ticket back onto the F1 grid?
Surer would like to see the German racer considered, arguing that 10-time race winner Bottas is “unmotivated” driving at the back of the grid.
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