Formulation 1: Haas affirm Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin for 2022 season

Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin, an all-rookie line-up this yr, have been retained by Haas for subsequent yr; Affirmation means the seat at Alfa Romeo is now the one emptiness on the 2022 grid

Mick Schumacher is staying at Haas for the 2022 Formulation 1 season alongside Nikita Mazepin, the staff have confirmed.

Schumacher and Mazepin shaped an all-rookie partnership for this season and, whereas an under-developed automobile has left them battling solely one another in the back of the grid, Haas have been impressed by their younger drivers.

Schumacher, the son of seven-time F1 champion Michael, was mooted for a possible transfer to the additionally Ferrari-powered Alfa Romeo however has as an alternative been retained by the staff who’re final within the standings however have massive hopes for subsequent season, when a guidelines overhaul might shake up the order.

The affirmation means the seat at Alfa Romeo is now the one emptiness on the 2022 grid.

“We knew we wished continuity behind the wheel in 2022 and I am completely satisfied to verify precisely that with Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin competing for Haas subsequent yr,” mentioned staff boss Guenther Steiner, who additionally acknowledged that the pair have “embraced the problem” of 2021.

Mick Schumacher will get to drive the automobile his father Michael made his F1 debut in 30 years in the past.

“Now as we sit up for the 2022 season, we’re assured we will transfer ahead as a staff and provides Mick and Nikita a aggressive race package deal to make the following step of their Formulation 1 careers.”

Schumacher, who can also be a junior driver for the Ferrari staff his father received 5 of his seven crowns with, added: “By being a part of the Formulation 1 discipline, I’m residing my dream.

“New technical rules, the spectacular ambition of the whole Haas F1 staff and the help of Ferrari – after all I imagine this may convey us nearer to the sector within the 2022 season and we will battle for factors.

“I am wanting ahead to being a part of a staff that’s getting stronger, and I am going to do all the pieces I can from my aspect to maneuver us ahead.”

Haas’ Mick Schumacher was left livid with Nikita Mazepin after their incident on the Dutch GP.

With an enormous automobile drawback in comparison with their rivals, each Schumacher and Mazepin are point-less up to now this season – with Mick’s twelfth in Hungary the staff’s greatest outcome.

Schumacher has additionally been persistently a lot sooner than his team-mate in qualifying.

The pair have had some on-track altercations this season, virtually having high-speed crashes in Baku and at Zandvoort.