Mick Schumacher: Difference between revisions

| current team = [[Signatech|Alpine Endurance Team]]

| year = [[2024 FIA World Endurance Championship|2024]] <small>([[Le Mans Hypercar|LMH]])</small>

| nationality = {{flagicon|GER}} [[Formula One drivers from Germany|German]]

| Engines = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]

'''Mick Schumacher''' ({{IPA|de|ˈmɪk ˈʃuːmaxɐ|-}}; born 22 March 1999)<ref name="born1"/><ref name="born2"/> is a German [[Formula One drivers from Germany|German racing driver]], currently competing in the [[FIA World Endurance Championship]] for [[Signatech|Alpine]] and serving as a reserve driver in [[Formula One]] for [[Mercedes-Benz in Formula One|Mercedes]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Mercedes name Mick Schumacher as reserve driver to Lewis Hamilton and George Russell for 2023|work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/63984381|access-date=15 December 2022|language=en}}</ref> Schumacher competed in Formula One from {{F1|2021}} to {{F1|2022}}.

Born and raised in [[Switzerland]], Schumacher is the son of seven-time [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Formula One World Champion]] [[Michael Schumacher]] and [[Equestrianism|equestrian]] [[Corinna Betsch]], as well as the nephew of former Formula One driver [[Ralf Schumacher|Ralf]] and the cousin of [[sports car racing|sports car racing driver]] [[David Schumacher (racing driver)|David]]. Initially competing under the [[pseudonym|pseudonyms]] '''Mick Betsch''' and '''Mick Junior''',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thesportsman.com/features/how-mick-schumacher-used-fake-names-and-ace-moves-to-follow-his-father-into-f1|website=The Sportsman|first1=Simon|last1=Lillibury|title=How Mick Schumacher Used Fake Names And Ace Moves To Follow His Father Into F1|language=en|date=5 December 2020|access-date=12 September 2024}}</ref> Schumacher finished runner-up to [[Enaam Ahmed]] at the [[KF3|junior direct-drive]] [[Karting World Championship]] and [[CIK-FIA Karting European Championship|Karting European Championship]] in 2014.

Mick Schumacher was born on 22 March 1999 in [[Vufflens-le-Château]], and grew up in [[Gland, Switzerland|Gland]].<ref name="born1">{{cite web|url=http://www.verstappen.nl/?locatie=bericht&id=1014|title=Mick Schumacher|publisher=Verstappen Info Page|date=25 March 1999|access-date=26 March 2015|language=nl}}</ref><ref name="born2">{{cite web|url=http://www.adac-motorsport.de/adac-formel-4/uk/fahrerportrait-2015/mick-schumacher-3427|title=Schumacher, Mick Germany – ADAC Formel 4 Driver 2015|publisher=ADAC Formel 4|access-date=24 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/sport/mick-schumacher-l-art-d-assumer-son-nom-28-03-2021-2419728_26.php|website=[[Le Point]]|first=Thibaut|last=Geffrotin|title=Mick Schumacher, l'art d'assumer son nom|language=fr|date=28 March 2021|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://madame.lefigaro.fr/celebrites/mick-schumacher-le-fils-prodige-du-pilote-michael-champion-de-formule-1-100519-165042|website=[[Le Figaro]]|first=Marguerite|last=van Peebles|title=Mick Schumacher, un "fils de" éprouvé grandi loin des radars|language=fr|date=29 July 2019|access-date=24 January 2022}}</ref> He is the son of seven-time Formula One World Champion [[Michael Schumacher]] and [[Western riding]] European Champion [[Corinna Schumacher]]. His uncle [[Ralf Schumacher]] is also a retired racing driver and former Formula One driver. His cousin [[David Schumacher (racing driver)|David Schumacher]] is a racing driver as well. Schumacher is named after five-time [[MotoGP|500cc motorcycle World Champion]] [[Mick Doohan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://wwos.nine.com.au/motorsport/f1-2023-michael-schumacher-condition-update-eddie-jordan-mick-schumacher-named-after-mick-doohan/a7bd8083-9d38-4427-bee1-f6ff174ff2e2|title='He's not there': Eddie Jordan gives rare Michael Schumacher update|publisher=[[Nine Entertainment]]|date=28 February 2023}}</ref>

In 2013 he continued his starts in the junior class, which got reneamed to the [[OKJ (karting)|KF-Junior]]. He finished 3rd in the [[German Karting Championship|German Championship]] and the CIK-FIA International Super Cup. In 2014, Schumacher usedcompeted under the name[[pseudonym]] ''Mick Junior''—having andalready continuedcompeted hisunder startsthe inname the''Mick [[OKJBetsch''—and continued to race in (karting)|KF-Junior]].<ref>{{cite classweb |url=https://www.thesportsman.com/features/how-mick-schumacher-used-fake-names-and-ace-moves-to-follow-his-father-into-f1|website=The Sportsman|first1=Simon|last1=Lillibury|title=How Mick Schumacher Used Fake Names And Ace Moves To Follow His Father Into F1|language=en|date=5 December 2020|access-date=12 September 2024}}</ref> He finished 2nd in the German Championship<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kart-dm.de/fileadmin/content/files/ergebnisse/2014_Meisterschaft_DJKM.pdf|title=Deutsche Junior-Kart-Meisterschaft 2014 (German)|publisher=kart-dm.de|access-date=2 March 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074018/http://www.kart-dm.de/fileadmin/content/files/ergebnisse/2014_Meisterschaft_DJKM.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as in the [[CIK-FIA Karting European Championship|European]] and [[Karting World Championship|World]] Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cikfia.com/fileadmin/content/Export/2014/Championships/kf_junior_championship.pdf|title= Result FIA CIK Karting European Championship 2014|publisher=FIA-CIK-Homepage|access-date=2 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.cikfia.com/fileadmin/content/Export/2014/Essay/kf-junior_results107.pdf|title=Result FIA CIK Karting World Championship 2014|publisher=FIA-CIK-Homepage|access-date=2 March 2015}}</ref> Although he did not race under his real surname, his successes in karting were picked up by the international press.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Auto/22-09-2014/f1-schumacher-mick-schumi-jr-vice-iridato-kart-90525179774.shtml|title=Schumi jr vice iridato nei kart: "Ma io voglio il Mondiale" (Italian)|publisher=gazetta.it|date=22 September 2014|access-date=2 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Sport-auto/Actualites/Mick-schumacher-vice-champion-du-monde/501134|title=Mick Schumacher vice-champion du monde (French)|work=L'Équipe|date=22 September 2014|access-date=2 March 2015}}</ref>