Formula 1: 3 possible landing spots for Mick Schumacher in 2023
By Asher Fair
Mick Schumacher remains without a contract to compete in Formula 1 next year. So where will he end up for the 2023 season?
There are just two seats remaining on the Formula 1 grid for the 2023 season which do not yet have confirmed drivers. While the current driver of one of those seats knows he won’t be back next year, the current driver of the other, Mick Schumacher, is facing an uncertain future.
Schumacher is in his second season at Haas and his first competing alongside Kevin Magnussen, who was called upon to replace Nikita Mazepin just before the season began.
While Magnussen signed a multi-year contract with the team he competed for prior to the arrival of Schumacher and Mazepin in 2021, Schumacher knew that the 2022 season would be a contract year for him.
Where will he end up in 2023? Here are three possible landing spots.
Possible Mick Schumacher landing spots: No. 1 – Haas
As the incumbent driver of the second VF-22, Mick Schumacher still has a chance to prove to Haas that he deserves a new contract for 2023. However, he is running out of opportunities to make his case.
After consecutive top eight finishes in the summer at Silverstone and the Red Bull Ring, Schumacher has finished no higher than 12th place. His point total is less than half of that of Magnussen, who recently jumped up a spot in the driver standings with his sixth top 10 finish of the year.
Several others, including Daniel Ricciardo, Nico Hulkenberg, Antonio Giovinazzi, and even Robert Shwartzman, have been mentioned as possibilities to join Magnussen next year.
While Shwartzman was always seen as a longshot, Ricciardo has all but ruled it out, and we would assume that Giovinazzi’s crash during practice at Circuit of the Americas doesn’t exactly bolster his chances of getting the call, Hulkenberg has supposedly been the favorite all along. So what if Schumacher isn’t back?