Mick Schumacher will be under “tremendous pressure,” when he makes his Formula 2 debut this season, said British engineer Ross Brawn.
Brawn worked with Mick’s father Michael at Ferrari as the older Schumacher dominated Formula One.
Michael Schumacher, who turned 50 in early January, drove for Ferrari from 1996 to 2006, winning five of his seven world titles with the team.
Mick, who turns 20 later this month, won the European Formula 3 title last season and has joined Prema, a team allied with the Ferrari Drivers Academy, in Formula 2.
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“I’ve known Mick since he was a little boy and it’s been fascinating,” said Brawn who is now F1’s sports director told the press on Wednesday night in London. “I think there was a period when he wasn’t sure, but he has now got the bit between his teeth and he is a very determined young man.”
The younger Schumacher dominated F2 testing in Spain in late…
