David is Mick’s cousin and th♈e son of ex-F1 d🅘river Ralf Schumacher.

Mick lost his plaꦡce on the F1 grid at the♔ end of last season when Haas’ faith in him ran out, but his ex-teammate’s role has now been questioned.

“Mick's problem was that he couldn'🍰t really compete with his teammate Nikita Mazepin in his debut year,” Da▨vid Schumacher told . 

“Both were newcomers and Mazepin, who he dominated, w🌳as no benchmark. 

“But as a♛ young driver you urgently need that in order🍰 to develop. 

“Only in his second year did he have a strong driver as a teammatꦑe in Kevin Magnussen. 

“I don't think Haas gave him enough time to develop under th༺e circumstances. Because Formula 1 is incredibly complicated. 

“Luckily he can now learn everything in peace at Mercedes that he couldn't at Haas. I hope he gets another chance. If so, then he w♌ill convince, I'm sure.”

Mick is now Mercedes’ thirdཧ driver and could yet to return to a full-time 𝔍F1 drive.

Mazepin, meanwhile, was sacked by🗹 Haas at the beginning of 2022 due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and his hopes of an F1 comeback appear slim.

Mick’s cousin David is a DTM racin𝔍g driver - and he was asked abo꧙ut harbouring his own hopes of joining F1: “That's difficult to say. At the moment I'm fully concentrating on touring car racing, that's my focus. 

“I can't foresee what comes after that. This will evolve over the course of൲ꦑ the year.”

D✨avid is another racing driver with the honour෴ - but also the burden - of representing the legendary Schumacher family.

💃“It d🍸oes have advantages but also disadvantages,” he said. 

“This may sound strange to some, but it is true. In the junior categories it was definitely not a disadvantage. The naꦯme Schumacher absolutely opened doors.&nbs𒆙p;

“On the♎ other hand, people take a closer look at a Schumacher. Mistakes like now at the Norisring are – let's call it that – by one or the other trying to exploit in the media. The positive things tend to get lost there. That's a shame, but can't be changed.

“As far as the competitors on the track are concerned, you can sometimes get the feeling thatℱ the others are thinking: 'Here comes little Schumacher, but I won't let him pass'. 

“Or as the last time, a quote was completely taken out of context because I replied that Lewis 🐼Hamilton, like my father or my uncl꧟e, is one of my role models. 

“I have to live with t꧅hat, I have to 🐬fight with it and that's what I'm doing. 

“Fortunately, I also have my father at my side, whose experience and network I ♈can fall back on from ti🏅me to time.”