Mick Schumacher insisted that racing single-seaters is “nonetheless one thing I burn for” as he gears up for a maiden IndyCar check subsequent month.
The veteran of 43 Formulation 1 begins, who has raced sportscars for Alpine within the World Endurance Championship for the previous two seasons, prompt that competing within the IndyCar Collection is an choice to revive his single-seater profession.
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Requested if racing single-seaters stays an itch that he needs scratch, Schumacher replied: “100 per cent – I’ve all the time needed to do single-seaters.
“Sportscars has been enjoyable, [but] single-seaters is one thing I burn for and I really like, and I’m excited to get again into it.”
The German has picked up three podiums to date in his two-year stint with Alpine, however when questioned on whether or not his try-out with the Rahal crew on the Indianapolis street course subsequent month could possibly be a prelude to a change of racing codes for 2026, he described IndyCar as “an important possibility”.
“IndyCar has some nice expertise, and you’ll see that the races are fairly enjoyable and there are numerous battles happening,” he stated finally weekend’s Fuji WEC spherical.
“Additionally, numerous guys on the market I’ve raced towards within the junior formulae, and will probably be attention-grabbing to see them.
“I do need to check out some totally different lessons.
“I believe will probably be very totally different to this [racing in Hypercar in the WEC], but additionally, I assume, totally different to F1.”
Mick Schumacher has made the rostrum 3 times since beginning his WEC profession
Photograph by: Andreas Beil
The 26-year-old additionally intimated that he has time to return to sportscar racing later in his profession, saying, “I’m nonetheless fairly younger”.
Schumacher will get his IndyCar try-out aboard a Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Dallara-Honda DW12 on the two.44-mile roval on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway throughout a non-public check on 13 October.
It can mark his return to the cockpit of a single-seater for the primary time because the ultimate 12 months of his two-season stint in a Mercedes F1 check and reserve position final 12 months.
The announcement of the check by the Rahal final week got here towards a backdrop of rumours that Schumacher is trying past Alpine for 2026.
He’s recognized to have been in dialogue with the Jota Cadillac WEC squad a couple of drive in certainly one of its Hypercar entries in a deal that would have been linked to a F1 reserve position with the US producer because it enters F1 subsequent 12 months.
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