Did Mick Schumacher Have NASA Training?

The recent round in Saudi Arabia was remembered not only for the disturbing situation that accompanied it, and the close duel between Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc in the closing laps. Another highlight of the weekend was Mick Schumacher’s qualifying crash when he crashed into the guardrail at around 270 km/h exiting Turn 10.

At the time of the collision, the overload reached cosmic 33g, the Haas F1 car was very badly damaged, but the driver was not injured and returned to the paddock after a detailed medical examination as if nothing had happened.

Surprisingly, he didn’t complain at all, although his new team-mate, Kevin Magnussen, while he didn’t get into trouble, still couldn’t escape the pain, as the Dane’s neck muscles weren’t ready for such loads on the fast track. in Jeddah, where the circle consists of 27 turns.

Gunther Steiner, head of the US team, said of the consequences of Schumacher’s accident: “Yes, it’s a great story. But the racers are very well trained people and modern cars are very safe and very durable.”

“Trained people” are the keywords in this commentary, but Steiner chose not to go into the details of Mick’s training program for this season. And these details are quite interesting by the way!

A number of informed sources, on condition of anonymity, hint that the seven-time world champion’s son could very well train during the off-season using special NASA methods and take a short course as a young astronaut at the Johnson Space Center (JSC – Lyndon Johnson Space Center), located in Houston, Texas.

Experts have long noticed that Mick, speaking of what he did in the off-season, did not hide that he was mainly on the family farm in the same Texas. It makes sense to assume that he didn’t spend the whole time on the farm! By the way, from there to the NASA center it’s less than a three-hour drive, and if you’re traveling by helicopter, the travel time is kept to a minimum.

Given that Haas F1 is an American project and interest in Formula 1 in the United States has grown steadily over the past few years, it is likely that the team’s ties to various American structures will only grow stronger, and the partnership with NASA could bring much more. bring benefits to both parties. If this is true, then it is quite possible that Mick’s resistance to g-forces is the result of training in special space techniques.

In the future, don’t be surprised if a German racer is one of the candidates for a flight to the International Space Station, this will come in handy to “restore the past”. Negotiations to extend the operation of the ISS until 2030 are progressing well and it is possible that other teams will also show interest in the Haas F1 experience and if there is a real demand for it, the Formula 1 drivers will soon start the flying into space.