“He isn’t special,” the team manager viciously attacked Schumacher.

Vowles revealed to the media at Monza that Schumacher, the seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher’s son, Liam Lawson, a Red Bull junior driver, and Colapinto were the three contenders. Mick Schumacher at Circuit Zandvoort in Zandvoort, Netherlands, August 25, 2024, prior to the Formula 1 Grand Prix of The Netherlands.

After the Dutch Grand Prix, Mick Schumacher. He said that Red Bull’s contractual obligations to loan Lawson didn’t benefit the team, forcing Colapinto and Schumacher to make a “difficult decision.” “Do we put Mick in the car? That is the decision. “I believe Mick would have performed admirably,” Vowles remarked. Alternatively, should we fund a student who attends our academy, has completed hundreds to thousands of laps in our simulator, has driven the vehicle, and whose performance data indicates that he is making meaningful progress? Both, in my opinion, would be classified as good rather than exceptional. I believe we need to be honest with one another about this. On August 23, 2024, in Zandvoort, Netherlands, James Vowles, Team Principal of Williams, attends the Team Principals Press Conference during practice for the F1 Grand Prix of Netherlands at Circuit Zandvoort. Image courtesy of Getty Images/Clive Rose James Vowles, principal of the Williams squad. Getty “Mick would just be good; he’s not special.” During his two seasons at Haas in 2021–2022, Schumacher experienced multiple severe collisions and battled with consistency. In 2022, he only managed two point finishes, in back-to-back races in Austria and Great Britain. has been competing in the World Endurance Championship for Alpine and Mercedes for the past year and a half as a backup driver. However, it was insufficient to get a rematch at Formula One. “There is no denying that Mick has made significant progress since his time at Haas,” Vowles remarked. “He is an accomplished driver who has demonstrated remarkable abilities with Alpine, Mercedes, and McLaren in the interim.” In his first official Formula One race, Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who has been long-tipped to take Lewis Hamilton’s seat at the team next season, had a difficult day. After just four timed laps, he wrecked while driving George Russell’s car at the fast Parabolica curve.