{"id":78988,"date":"2025-05-06T11:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T11:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/78988\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T11:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T11:16:10","slug":"former-f1-driver-very-much-a-candidate-for-f1-2026-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/78988\/","title":{"rendered":"Former F1 driver ‘very much a candidate’ for F1 2026 return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mick Schumacher is reportedly \u2018very much a candidate\u2019 to make a comeback next season with Formula 1\u2019s new 11th team, Cadillac F1.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Schumacher is one of several candidates linked to the American team\u2019s second seat amid reports Sergio Perez is on the verge of being signed as their lead driver.<\/p>\n

Is the F1 dream still alive for Mick Schumacher?<\/p>\n

Schumacher has been away from the Formula 1 grid for the past three seasons after he was dropped by Haas<\/a> at the end of a disappointing 2022 campaign.<\/p>\n

Recording more big crashes than top-ten showings, then-Haas team boss Guenther Steiner opted not to renew his contract and instead signed the experienced Nico Hulkenberg.<\/p>\n

Schumacher went on to join Mercedes as a reserve driver before returning to racing with Alpine, where he has spent the past two seasons contesting the World Endurance Championship.<\/p>\n

He, however, has made it known that Formula is still his dream.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor me there is nothing better than Formula One, so my constant thoughts are about Formula One and that\u2019s what I really want to do,\u201d he told Divebomb<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously when I\u2019m here at a race weekend, I\u2019m here to work in WEC and that\u2019s obviously what I focus on, but definitely my ultimate goal is to be back in a Formula One car.\u201d<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s a dream, the Formula 1\u2019s rumour mill, says may not be over despite his time away.<\/p>\n

According to sport.de<\/strong>, Schumacher is \u2018very much a candidate at the new US racing team Cadillac\u2019 with the German holding \u2018talks with the team officials\u2019 when he attended the Miami Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

Eagle-eyed fans noted Schumacher was present in Miami where the son of seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher was spotted walking into the paddock with good friend and Haas F1 driver Esteban Ocon.<\/p>\n

He reportedly later attended the Cadillac launch event after which he liked the team\u2019s Instagram post that teased their F1 2026 livery and team kit.<\/p>\n

One person who has championed Schumacher\u2019s return is his uncle and former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher.<\/p>\n

The six-time Grand Prix winner has often claimed that Schumacher wasn\u2019t given a fair chance by Steiner and deserves the opportunity to show the Formula 1 paddock what he can do.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasically, he is a driver who has been in Formula 1 and has experience, but has also handled situations well,\u201d he told Sky Deutschland<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe didn\u2019t have an easy time in Formula 1, but in the end it worked out really well. <\/p>\n

\u201cNow the switch to the WEC, where it also works very well, which is important. You need a driver with whom you can build something, who doesn\u2019t crash and who is a team player.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone reckons having the Schumacher name back in Formula 1<\/a> would be good for the American market.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Michael had been by his side, Mick would be a regular driver in Formula 1 today,\u201d he told F1 Insider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat speaks for him, the name Schumacher has even more charisma in the USA than in Europe. Formula 1 could continue to use this name.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read next: New Lewis Hamilton radio messages uncovered after Miami GP frustrations<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mick Schumacher is reportedly \u2018very much a candidate\u2019 to make a comeback next season with Formula 1\u2019s new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4103],"tags":[5621,4199,707,4200,225,38013,12,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-78988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-cadillac","9":"tag-f1","10":"tag-formula-1","11":"tag-formula1","12":"tag-home-page","13":"tag-mick-schumacher","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114460608743378869","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}