Mick Schumacher 'average' and not next F1 star, says expert

Mick Schumacher

Mick Schumacher 'average' and not next F1 star, says expert

He drove a Ferrari for the first time in Bahrain.

Matthew Scott

Wednesday 3 April 2019 11:41 Updated: 14:32

Two Formula 1 experts are not so sure that Mick Schumacher will be the next sensation to hit the pinnacle of motorsport. The 20-year-old son of F1 legend Michael Schumacher, watched on by mother Corinna in Bahrain, made his F1 test debut for Ferrari on Tuesday.

"They're not bad, are they?" said Mick's manager Nicolas Todt, referring also to Bahrain pole sitter Charles Leclerc, who almost won last Sunday.

However, former F1 driver Jan Lammers thinks Schumacher has so far shown that he lacks the meteoric punch with which drivers like Leclerc and Max Verstappen rose to the grid.

"There are the ones who make an immediate impression and those who take a little longer," he told Algemeen Dagblad newspaper.

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"He needs a little longer than Max Verstappen, who has been the uncrowned world champion in terms of driving for the past four years except in the results.

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"The car is very important, and that Schumacher is already driving a Ferrari helps."

Another F1 expert, seasoned Dutch commentator Olav Mol, is also yet to be blown away by Schumacher.