Per fortuna c’è Sabine Kehm a vegliare su di lui… Una vita sotto i riflettori quella di Mick Schumacher, adesso più che mai visto che per i test di Formula 4 a Oschersleben è prevista un’attenzione mediatica fuori da ogni logica in condizioni “normali”, ovvero senza il debutto del figlio di Michael. Che avrà come compagno di squadra un altro rampollo eccellente, Harrison Newey, figlio del progettista Adrian. A Mick (e ad Harrison, ovviamente) auguriamo ogni bene, con la speranza che, specie il primo, sia rispettato e non tormentato da assalti e confronti impossibili. Ma con Sabine è al sicuro! Certo che, per chi come noi ha vissuto Michael e Sabine per tanti anni, questo momento è davvero strano… lo sarebbe comunque, ci farebbe sentire “diversamente giovani”, ma adesso ci fa restare così, come sospesi…
Barbara Premoli
A huge media contingent is set to descend on what is normally a low-profile test session of the minor German single-seater category Formula 4. Die Welt, a major German daily, reports that some 100 journalists, photographers and camera crews have registered to work this week at the Oschersleben circuit. Attracting all the attention is the newly 16-year-old Mick Schumacher. The son of the great F1 legend Michael is making his official pre-season test debut ahead of his move into single-seater racing in 2015. His teammate at the Van Amersfoort team is Harrison Newey, the son of the Red Bull designer Adrian. But Welt said all the attention will be on Mick, and not just because of his famous surname but also because of the brain injury suffered by Mick’s father while the pair were skiing in the French alps in late 2013. However, ADAC – the German automobile federation that runs Formula 4 – said Mick Schumacher will not receive any special treatme
nt as he follows his father’s footsteps into car racing.
“Mick will be treated like any other driver,” a spokesman is quoted as saying. And Schumacher’s boss Frits van Amersfoort added: “Of course we know that his father is a seven time world champion. But I want to emphasise that Mick will take the time to learn the trade of the racing driver“. The F4 season begins at Oschersleben later this month.
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Michael Schumacher’s manager urged for calm as the German legend’s 16-year-old son started his own climb towards formula one. Sabine Kehm, the Schumachers’ manager, announced that Mick will not be speaking to the press as he gets down to work in the German Formula 4 series.
“We mustn’t forget that this is a young boy who has just turned 16,” she is quoted by AAP news agency. “He will gain a lot of new experience this year and, at the same time, do everything to give his best. But of course, I would like to ask very much for restraint so that he can really call on his best possible performance“.
