Schumacher was dropped by Haas for F1 2023 as they favoured Hulkenberg💃 for his consistency and experie🐼nce.

Schumacher’s run of high-pr🐟ofile shunts ultimately cost him his seat, forcing him to look 🌺elsewhere. 

Unable to find a drive for 2023, Schumacher joined Mercedes as their reserve and test driver - a role held by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nyck de Vries in 2022, who is now at AlphaTauri.

Before making his comeback for this year, Hulkenberg spent several seasons on ♓the sidelines himself as Racing Point/Aston Martin’s reserve driver.

Hulkenberg thinks Schumacher’s time away f🍃rom the pressure cooker that is F1 will be beneficial.

“Just keep at it. It’s a chance for hi🍷m to have more time because he’s not in the seat and doesn’t have the pressure to perform at the💟 moment,” Hulkenberg told Sport Bild.

“He will be able to learn a lot at Mercedes from one of the best drivers e💛ver [Lewis Hamilton]. That's valuable experience he can gain there and use for himself.”

Reflecting on his own time away from thꦕ💙e sport, Hulkenberg explained how it’s made him more “motivated”.

“After 2019, it was a 🐟conscious decision to leave F1, knowing that there might not be a🅰 way back,” he added.

“From the middle of the year, I wasn’t in the best shape me🍸ntally at the time. The break gave me a good distance and reset.

“Of course🎉 it was different to follow F1 from a distance. But the time also did me good. It was necessary for me and is certainly the reason why I’m very settled, motivated, fresh and ready to attack here now.”