The German Mick Schumacher (Prema), son of the sevenfold F1 world champion Michael sSchumacher, won the championship of Formula 2, despite not having scored this Sunday in the last round of the tournament, at the Sakhir circuit, in Bahrain, in which his main rival, Englishman Callum Ilott (Virtuosi), did not add either.
Schumacher, that next year he will be an F1 driver for the Haas teamHe was eighteenth in Sakhir and finished the championship with 215 points, fourteen more than Ilott, the only one who could still take the F2 title from him in the last round of the year; and that finished tenth this Sunday a race won by the Indian Jehan Daruvala (Carlin).
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Daruvala led a Carlin ‘double’ with the Japanese Yuki Tsonuda -winner on Saturday of the long race-, in a test that the Englishman Dan Ticktum (Dams) finished third.
Despite having closed the year with a weak career, Mick Schumacher showed his joy at the title achieved.
“This is over right now. It will take me a few days to absorb it. I am very happy and grateful, especially to everyone in the team“commented the son of the ‘Kaiser’ as soon as he got off his car at the Sakhir circuit, on the outskirts of Manama -the capital of the Arab kingdom-, which will host the penultimate round of the Formula One World Championship this Sunday afternoon. .
“Champion of Formula 2 sounds great; it would obviously sound better if I had a better run today, but we’ve done enough and in the end what remains is that we win the title, “said Mick, who had words of praise for Ilott, his main rival for the final victory.
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“Apart from the whole team, I also want to thank Callum, which has put a lot of pressure on me and made it very difficult for me, “said Schumacher, who next season will be a Haas partner of another F1 rookie, Russian Nikita Mazepin.
Tsunoda, which finished third in the championship, a single point behind Ilott and fifteen behind Schumacher, is another ‘future’ in the premier class, in which it could rise next year to a Alpha Tauri.
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