Melbourne: mick schumacherMichael’s great father Michael holds lap records at Albert Park and remembers traveling to Melbourne as a child to see his father in action.
now one formula One The driver himself, the 23-year-old will follow in his footsteps when he runs Australian Grand Prix For the first time this weekend.
“I am very excited, I am looking forward to getting to know the track and also the city,” said the Haas driver.
“I’ve been here with my dad and watched him race in Melbourne, which was really cool, and I’m excited to drive here myself and build on my experiences driving in Formula 1 in Australia.”
Schumacher is lucky in Melbourne after surviving a horrific crash in qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix two weeks ago.
Before exiting the race, he had to be pulled out of his damaged car after hitting a curb at high speed and taken to hospital for precautionary tests.
The Swiss-born German later said he was “feeling fine” and was now focused solely on conquering Albert Park, just as his seven-time world champion father did in his early 2000s. Ferrari did with four wins.
During that impressive run, he set a blistering lap record of 1:24.125 in 2004 that still stands today. It likely won’t last until the weekend, with significant changes to the circuit set to shave the lap time by five seconds.
“My dad has the lap record in a 2004 Ferrari. I got a chance to drive that car and it’s an amazing car,” Schumacher said.
“We’ll actually do our laps in a similar looking car. Cars are back in time and they’re going to look a little more like they used to with the higher front wing, so that’s going to be interesting.”
now one formula One The driver himself, the 23-year-old will follow in his footsteps when he runs Australian Grand Prix For the first time this weekend.
“I am very excited, I am looking forward to getting to know the track and also the city,” said the Haas driver.
“I’ve been here with my dad and watched him race in Melbourne, which was really cool, and I’m excited to drive here myself and build on my experiences driving in Formula 1 in Australia.”
Schumacher is lucky in Melbourne after surviving a horrific crash in qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix two weeks ago.
Before exiting the race, he had to be pulled out of his damaged car after hitting a curb at high speed and taken to hospital for precautionary tests.
The Swiss-born German later said he was “feeling fine” and was now focused solely on conquering Albert Park, just as his seven-time world champion father did in his early 2000s. Ferrari did with four wins.
During that impressive run, he set a blistering lap record of 1:24.125 in 2004 that still stands today. It likely won’t last until the weekend, with significant changes to the circuit set to shave the lap time by five seconds.
“My dad has the lap record in a 2004 Ferrari. I got a chance to drive that car and it’s an amazing car,” Schumacher said.
“We’ll actually do our laps in a similar looking car. Cars are back in time and they’re going to look a little more like they used to with the higher front wing, so that’s going to be interesting.”