Mick Schumacher, the son of seven-time System One world champion Michael, will double up as a Ferrari reserve driver subsequent season whereas additionally having an everyday race seat at U.S.-owned Haas.

Workforce boss Mattia Binotto advised reporters that the 22-year-old German could be accessible to face in at 11 of the report 23 scheduled races ought to Charles Leclerc or Carlos Sainz be unavailable.

Italian Antonio Giovinazzi, who misplaced his place at Swiss-based Alfa Romeo this yr however has secured a drive in System E, will likely be reserve for the 12 races that don’t conflict with the electrical collection.

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“Each time he (Giovinazzi) will likely be on the race observe he will likely be our reserve driver. And as effectively he will likely be accessible to our buyer groups, so each Haas and Alfa Romeo,” stated Binotto.

“For the remaining 11 races… Mick Schumacher will likely be reserve driver for Ferrari.”

Haas have their very own official reserve in Brazilian Pietro Fittipaldi, who stepped in twice in 2020 after Romain Grosjean’s fiery accident. Alfa Romeo even have Poland’s Robert Kubica within the position.

Ferrari-backed Schumacher made his System One debut this season, outperforming fellow-rookie Nikita Mazepin however neither scoring some extent for a tail-end group devoting all their assets to the 2022 automobile.

Binotto stated Mick had improved by the season, in consistency and velocity, and Ferrari’s assist would proceed with the simulator accessible at Maranello and Ferrari engineers working with him.

“If I have a look at the final races he was quite a bit nearer to the automobiles forward whereas Haas did not actually develop the automobile in any respect,” stated the Ferrari boss.

Binotto stated Giovinazzi would have a full programme of simulator work and advised the Italian had an opportunity of returning to the beginning grid full time in 2023.

“There are I believe 11 seats which will likely be free in 2023… 11 have contracts ending on the finish of 2022. So it is vital for him as a driver to nonetheless be a part of our F1 programme,” he stated.

Binotto stated talks would begin quickly on a contract extension with Spaniard Sainz, who had a powerful season with Ferrari after shifting from McLaren, and he anticipated the dialogue to be uncomplicated. Leclerc has a long-term contract.