German racing driver Mick Schumacher was born in Switzerland on March 22, 1999. Michael Schumacher, the great Formula One champion, is his father. After making his Formula One debut with the Haas team in 2021, Mick is currently a reserve driver for both the Mercedes AMG Formula One Team and McLaren.
Formerly known as Renault, the Alpine F1 Team is a top-tier Formula One racing outfit. Alpine is a top-tier motorsports manufacturer with headquarters in the United Kingdom (Enstone) and France (Viry-Châtillon). Known for their signature blue livery, this team mixes French tradition with racing prowess in pursuit of international glory.
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After winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1978, Alpine is gearing up to return to the top of endurance racing in the new Hypercar category of the World Endurance Championship.
Upon being questioned about Schumacher’s involvement in Alpine’s sportscar endeavours, Famin replied, “It’s true that we are talking with Mick about the opportunity to participate in our endurance programme with the A424.
“It would be a good opportunity for both parties, I think,” added the interim Team Principal of the squad with whom, in their previous guise of Benetton, Mick’s father Michael claimed two of his seven World Championships. “But for the time being we are just talking and hopefully we will organise a test soon.”
Famin provided an update on Alpine’s F1 ambitions after being brought in as their temporary team head during a leadership turnover just before the summer break.
Team Principal Otmar Szafnauer and lifelong Sporting Director Alan Permane have already left, and Pat Fry will soon join Williams as their Chief Technical Officer; Famin has characterized this transition as “phase two” in Alpine’s history.
“We made some quite good, quite big changes at the end of July within the team,” he said. “This created a new mindset on the trackside team. I’m quite happy with what I’ve seen so far. I think we made some quite good races in terms of strategy execution since that.
“I’m still assessing the factories, both, with the goal to really see how to extract more performance, and I think one of the key things is trying to get all the people working together: both sites, but also within each of the sites to extract all the potential we have.
“We have a lot of potential, but the difficulty is to put everybody together, everything together, to create more performance, and this is what I’m assessing now.”