Michael Schumacher’s son, Mick, has made a hugely successful debut driving a Formula One car in a test for Ferrari. Mick Schumacher, who won the F3 championship last season, is a member of the Ferrari driver academy and is racing in F2 this season for the Prema team. Photograph: Valdrin Xhemaj/EPA“I was impressed by the braking power an F1 car has. He drove his father’s 1994 title-winning Benetton at Spa in a demonstration last year but Tuesday was his first time in a contemporary F1 car. Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed/ReutersIt was the first time Alonso had driven an F1 car since last year’s final race at Abu Dhabi.

Source: The Irish Times April 02, 2019 16:15 UTC