Mick Schumacher confirmed to leave Mercedes at end of 2024 F1 season

Mercedes-AMG F1 team have confirmed Mick Schumacher will leave his role as reserve driver at the end of the 2024 Formula 1 season. 

Feature image credit: Mercedes F1

Current reserve driver, and son of legendary F1 driver Michael Schumacher, Mick Schumacher has chosen to leave his role with the team at the end of the year, Mercedes has confirmed. 

Schumacher joined Mercedes in 2023 after he was dropped from the Haas F1 Team line-up for this ongoing season. The German driver was replaced by fellow countryman Nico Hulkenberg who will be heading to Kick Sauber next season, ahead of Audi’s arrival. 

Since then, the German driver has spent his time with the team as their reserve driver where he completed duties in the simulator and provided on-track feedback in tests and races.  

On his departure, Schumacher said: 

“I am grateful to Toto and the entire Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team for the insight I have gained over these two years. They have undoubtedly made me a more experienced racing driver because I have got to know the engineering side better. 

“But watching these cars race and not sitting in the cockpit myself is tough. I want to get back to focusing 100% on racing. I want to be fully committed to the sporting side of motorsport. 

“Ultimately, it is racing that you want to do as a driver, it is racing that gives you that feeling you love.”

Despite fulfilling his role as the team’s reserve driver, Schumacher has been in the cockpit of a race car as he competed in the World Endurance Championship with Alpine. 

📰 We can confirm that @SchumacherMick has chosen to leave his role with the Team at the end of the 2024 season

Toto 💬 “Mick is first and foremost a racing driver and one that deserves to be competing in the very best championships”

Danke, Mick 🙏

— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) November 28, 2024

During this time in the WEC, the 25-year-old had secured 21 points and delivered Alpine’s first podium-finish in the penultimate round of the WEC Championship, in Fuji. 

He also competed in this year’s edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans where he was the last car to be classed as ‘Did Not Finish’ in the prestigious race, after 88 laps completed.

Schumacher will join the team’s seven-time world champion, Lewis Hamilton, in leaving the Brackley-based team. The multiple world champion will also leave Mercedes at the end of the season before heading to Ferrari for 2025. 

“Mick’s hard work, diligence, and determination in his role as Reserve Driver has been vital for the team over the past two years,” commented Mercedes F1 Team Principal and CEO, Toto Wolff. “From his work in the simulator, testing of various cars, and being part of the trackside team, we couldn’t have asked for any more from him. 

“From day one, he fitted into the team with ease and has become an incredibly well-liked colleague for everyone at Brackley and Brixworth.

“However, Mick is first and foremost a racing driver. We have seen from both his time in F1, and this year with his performances in the World Endurance Championship, that he is a racer of an incredibly high calibre and one that deserves to be competing in the very best championships.

“As he moves on to his next challenge, I would like to thank Mick personally for his contribution to our team and we all wish him the very best in his future endeavours.”

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Kamron Kent

Hi, I'm Kamron. I created ApexMotorsports.co.uk in the dying embers of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. It allowed me freedom to write whatever I wanted to write about which was all things motorsports, my passion. I have put a lot of effort in over the years to keep this website in its best shape and I've loved seeing the brand grow consistently, month-on-month, year-on-year. My ambition is to keep watching this brand grow into a primary outlet of news for all things motorsports whilst fueling my desire to pursue a career in sports journalism, specialising in motorsports.