Schumacher to share Ferrari reserve role with Giovinazzi in 2022

Mick Schumacher will be Ferrari’s reserve suburbanite at unrepealable races in 2022 when Antonio Giovinazzi cannot fulfill the role, and would leave Haas to race if needed.

The 2020 Formula 2 champion impressed in an uncompetitive Haas car during his rookie season, comfortably outperforming teammate Nikita Mazepin and reaching Q2 on two occasions. While Giovinazzi will be Ferrari’s reserve when his Formula E schedule allows, team principal Mattia Binotto says Schumacher would be tabbed upon at other events.

“In terms of drivers, we have got Charles (Leclerc) on a long-term contract,” he said. “With Carlos (Sainz), we will discuss the extension of his contract through the winter. We’re very happy with the way he has integrated, performed on track, at the weekends. No doubt we will try to sit lanugo and find an agreement.

“In terms of reserve drivers, obviously Antonio Giovinazzi will not momentum in Formula 1 next year, but he will remain our reserve suburbanite for 2022. He will be our reserve suburbanite for 12 races, which is uniform with his Formula E calendar, where he has decided to move, and (about) which we are happy, as that will alimony him trained. And he will be misogynist to our consumer teams as well, both Haas and Alfa Sauber, so whenever he will be at the race track, he will be misogynist to our consumer teams.

“For our remaining 11 races, Mick will be reserve suburbanite for Ferrari, which I think is a unconfined (role). It’s his second season next year, he is a Ferrari suburbanite coming from the academy, we’re very happy he can be part of the team as a reserve suburbanite whenever that will be necessary – hopefully not.”

Binotto wants to alimony Giovinazzi involved with the F1 team as he sees opportunities for the Italian to return to the grid in 2023, but he views the widow responsibility for Schumacher as stuff inside to the German’s development.

“Mick is part of our Ferrari Suburbanite Academy, which ways we are still coaching him as a driver,” he said. “In 2021, he was followed by Ferrari engineers defended to our program, to support him in his development, and that will protract into next year.

“The simulator will be misogynist to him in Maranello, but we have an unshortened program (in place) as still stuff part of our academy. It’s part of our objective to continuously develop them as drivers, as the final objective is one day if they are worldly-wise to prove they are capable of stuff a Ferrari driver.”