Franz Tost said that AlphaTauri considered Mick Schumacher, but eventually made a different choice and Nick de Vries will play for the team from Faenza in 2023.
After Pierre Gasly signed a contract with Alpine, AlphaTauri and Red Bull started looking for a replacement for him, and first the American Colton Herta and then Schumacher came into their sight.
“On my initiative, we were already discussing his candidacy,” Tost confirms in an interview with German broadcaster RTL. – I am convinced that Mick is a talented racer, he has all the necessary qualities to make a successful career in Formula 1, so I was not averse to putting him behind the wheel of our car.
But this was not predestined for political reasons, and the problem was that he was once in Ferrari’s youth program. But personally I really appreciate it.”
As a result, Mick Schumacher signed a contract with Mercedes and this season will serve as a reserve driver for the concern’s factory team in Stuttgart, hoping to return to racing in a year’s time.
Source: F1 News
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