Mick Schumacher says it’s difficult to “make a big difference” even if you build a team around yourself in a style like your father Michael Schumacher, as the fields of modern F1 are generally close together. thinking.
Seven-time F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher moved from Benetton in 1996 with the hope of returning Ferrari F1 to victory. However, it took five seasons from there to win the first title with the team.
Meanwhile, Mick Schumacher, who finished the rookie season at Haas F1, was asked if a similar scenario could reoccur, which could trigger the driver to move the team forward.
Mick Schumacher hopes the new regulation will further antagonize the power map, but given that the teams are less dispersed than when his father raced, it’s not that drivers make a similar difference. I think it’s difficult.
“I hope it will be easier again in the future. I hope the cost caps will make the team more competitive,” Mick Schumacher told Motorsport-Magazin.
“In the end, I think the top teams will still have the upper hand, but I’m always wondering how much drivers can convert it into a championship.”
“Everything needs to be right and in harmony, and it’s certain that something can be created from it. Of course, what happened in the past and what’s happening today are two different things.”
“I can’t really compare them anymore. Previously the reliability was quite different. Now the whole field is very compressed.”
“Even we at the end of the field are only a few seconds away from the top car. In the past it was very different. Just one example. In 1997, Jacques Villeneuve was in Melbourne qualifying. Still, it was more than 1.5 seconds faster than my teammate who was in second place. “
“Now the difference is small. Everything is so much more complete that drivers and teams can no longer make a big difference.”
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