The first training session in Monza takes place without Germans: de Vries sits in the Aston Martin for Vettel, and Giovinazzi drives for Schumacher for Haas. Mick needs a sense of accomplishment, but that’s going to be difficult.
Status following 15 World Championship races in 2022 from the point of view of Mick Schumacher: Only two points races, 8th place in England, 6th place in Austria, 15th place in the World Championship. Haas stable mate Kevin Magnussen has also not been in the top ten for four races, but was able to score five times, it is 22:12 for the Dane.
Mick Schumacher urgently needs a sense of achievement, but the work at Haas must also be right. In Zandvoort there was a defect in the front car jack, so the chance of points was gone.
Before the first practice session at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, one thing is certain: scoring points will also be a very difficult task in Italy. Because his Haas racing car needs a new transmission. The penalty might fall twice on his head – five ranks for a new gearbox, five ranks for new internals in the transmission.
Mick had already had to cope with a disciplinary transfer in Belgium, back then because of the installation of a new engine.
The young Schumacher doesn’t have high hopes in Monza anyway: “There are tracks on which our car doesn’t work so well.”
Put simply, on tracks where a race car is trimmed for low downforce, the Haas car is less aerodynamically efficient than on racetracks where the wings are set steeper.
Mick deepened: “We have built a car that should be good on most tracks, and on most tracks they drive with more downforce. Then you just have to bite the bullet on circuits like Monza or Spa-Francorchamps. We know what potential lies dormant in the car. There are also railways where we will be strong, such as Singapore or Suzuka. Unfortunately, Monza is a little more difficult. You also need a very streamlined car, and we don’t have that.”
Still no 2023 contract for Mick Schumacher, but the 2020 Formula 2 champion remains calm. He doesn’t think he has to hand in his calling card at every race: “I’ve shown what I can do. What happens next is up to others.”
Result Netherlands GP, Zandvoort
01. Max Verstappen (NL), Red Bull Racing, 1:36:42,000 h
02. George Russell (GB), Mercedes, +4,071 sec
03. Charles Leclerc (MC), Ferrari, +10,929
04. Lewis Hamilton (GB), Mercedes, +13,016
05. Sergio Perez (MEX), Red Bull Racing, +18,168
06. Fernando Alonso (L), Alpine, +18,754
07. Lando Norris (GB), McLaren, +19.306
08. Carlos Sainz (E), Ferrari, +20,916
09. Esteban Ocon (F), Alpine, +21,117
10. Lance Stroll (CDN), Aston Martin, +22,459
11. Pierre Gasly (F), AlphaTauri, +27,009
12. Alex Albon (T), Williams, +30,390
13. Mick Schumacher (D), Haas, Crash, +32,995
14. Sebastian Vettel (D), Aston Martin, +36.007
15. Kevin Magnussen (DK), Haas, water pressure, +36.869
16. Guanyu Zhou (RC), Alfa Romeo, 37,320
17. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS), McLaren, +37,764
18. Nicholas Latifi (CDN), Williams, +1 Runde
Out
Valtteri Bottas (FIN), Alfa Romeo, Motor
Yuki Tsunoda (J), AlphaTauri, rear axle
Championship status (following 15 of 22 races)
driver
01. Verstappen 310 points
02. Leclerc 201
03. Pérez 201
04. Russell 188
05. Sainz 175
06. Hamilton 158
07. Norris 82
08. Ocon 66
09. Alonso 59
10. Bottas 46
11. Magnussen 22
12. Vettel 20
13. Ricciardo 19
14. Gasly 18
15. Schumacher 12
16. Tsunoda 11
17. Zhou 5
18. Stroll 5
19. Albon 4
20. Latif 0
21. Nico Hülkenberg (D) 0
Constructors’ Cup
01. Red Bull Racing 511 Punkte
02. Ferrari 376
03. Mercedes 346
04. Alpine 125
05. McLaren 101
06. Alfa Romeo 51
07. Haas 34
08. AlphaTauri 29
09. Aston Martin 25
10. Williams 4
