Mick Schumacher finishes ninth after starting 19th as son of Michael Schumacher makes his ADAC Formula Four debut
Mick put in an impressive performance in the inaugural Formula Four race at Oschersleben
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Your support makes all the difference.Mick Schumacher, the son of seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher, finished ninth on his ADAC Formula Four debut having made up 10 places from his starting position.
The 16-year-old qualified for the first race at Oschersleben in 19th position, but the Van Amersfoort Racing talent enjoyed a strong first outing at the German track and came home in ninth to secure two points in the championship standings.
Schumacher made a name for himself on the karting stage but went somewhat under the radar as he used his mother Corinna’s maiden name of Betsch. He will have two more chances to impress this weekend with race two and three of the first round taking place on Sunday.
Mick was included in the post-race proceedings on the podium too, as his ninth-place secured him the 'best rookie' award for the opening race.
His father Michael continues to be looked after at the family home near Lake Geneva in Switzerland after suffering a severe head injury in a skiing crash in December 2013. Schumacher was placed in an induced coma after hitting his head on a rock while skiing with Mick in the Meribel ski resort in France, and was treated at the Grenoble University Hospital before being transferred to a hospital in Lausanne and eventually back to the family home, where a state-of-the-art medical facility had been set up to look after him.
The former Benetton, Ferrari and Mercedes driver, who won back-to-back Drivers’ Championships in Formula One in 1994 and 1995 before winning the title five times between 2000 and 2004, continues to be looked after around the clock in the hope that he will make a recovery.
Mick is due to compete the full Formula Four season which will see him race on tracks where Michael enjoyed some of his phenomenal success, which includes Spa-Franchorchamps, Hockenheim and the Red Bull Ring in Austria.
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