Mick Schumacher

Schumacher grew up in Vufflens-le-Château and Gland. His uncle Ralf Schumacher is a retired Formula One driver; his cousin David is a sportscar racing driver. He is named after five-time 500cc motorcycle World Champion Mick Doohan. Schumacher was skiing with his father when Michael Schumacher suffered life-threatening brain injuries on 29 December 2013.

Schumacher began his motorsport career in karting in 2008, competing under the pseudonym Mick Betsch to avoid attention because of his father. In 2014 he competed under the name Mick Junior and finished runner-up at the European and World Championships in the KF-Junior class. He graduated to formula cars in 2015 with Van Amersfoort Racing in ADAC Formula 4 under his own name. In 2016 he switched to Prema Powerteam and finished runner-up in both ADAC F4 and the Italian F4 Championship.

Schumacher competed in the MRF Challenge in late 2016, finishing third behind Harrison Newey and Joey Mawson. He joined Prema in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship in 2017, finishing twelfth. In 2018 he won the championship with Prema, taking his first win at Spa-Francorchamps, then dominating the second half of the season with seven further victories. He ended the season as champion, 57 points clear of runner-up Dan Ticktum, with eight wins and fourteen podiums.

Schumacher moved to Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2019, finishing twelfth with one win in Hungary. He continued with Prema in 2020. After wins at Monza and Russia, the championship went to the final sprint race at the Sakhir Outer Track, where rival Callum Ilott's tyre degradation confirmed Schumacher as 2020 FIA Formula 2 Champion.

Schumacher joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in January 2019 and tested the Ferrari SF90 at Bahrain International Circuit in April 2019. His practice debut was at the 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, driving for Haas in place of Kevin Magnussen.

For 2021, Schumacher signed with Haas alongside Nikita Mazepin, choosing the number 47. He requested the TV abbreviation MSC, previously used by his father Michael Schumacher to distinguish from uncle Ralf Schumacher. The Haas VF-21 failed to score points all season; his best result was twelfth at the Hungarian Grand Prix, where he had on-track battles with Max Verstappen.

In 2022 Schumacher partnered Kevin Magnussen and served as Ferrari reserve driver alongside Antonio Giovinazzi. He suffered a car-splitting crash in qualifying at the Monaco Grand Prix. After starting nineteenth, he recovered to eighth at the British Grand Prix, scoring his maiden Formula One points. A week later at the Austrian Grand Prix, he qualified seventh and finished sixth, the best result of his Formula One career. He scored no further points in 2022. Haas announced his departure before the season-ending Abu Dhabi round; he was replaced by Nico Hülkenberg. He finished the season sixteenth with twelve points.

Ferrari ended their collaboration with Schumacher in December 2022. Mercedes confirmed him as reserve driver for 2023; team principal Toto Wolff described him as "still hungry to learn and improve". Schumacher drove the Mercedes W14 in a Pirelli tyre test at Barcelona and the McLaren MCL35M at Portimão. He continued as Mercedes reserve driver in 2024, sharing the role with Frederik Vesti, and drove the Mercedes W15 at Silverstone. He left his Mercedes reserve role at the end of 2024 to focus on Alpine's WEC programme.

Schumacher joined Alpine's World Endurance Hypercar team for the 2024 season. Alpine took their only podium of the year at the 6 Hours of Fuji, giving Schumacher his first podium since the 2020 Sochi Formula 2 round. In 2025, his team achieved podiums at Imola and Spa-Francorchamps. He departed Alpine at the end of 2025.

In October 2025, Schumacher tested IndyCar machinery with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. On 24 November 2025, it was announced he would join RLL as a full-time driver for the 2026 IndyCar Series.

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