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Mercedes prepared to ‘let Schumacher go'

Jan.18 Mercedes will be prepared to release Mick Schumacher to a rival Formula 1 team in the years to come. That is the vow of team boss Toto Wolff, who snapped up the out-of-work son of F1 legend Michael Schumacher following his axing from the Haas outfit. Schumacher, 23, will be reserve driver in 2023, much like Dutchman Nyck de Vries last year who subsequently secured a full-time drive at Alpha Tauri this year. 'I believe that if we can provide him with a safe environment to develop further, he can be a good driver in a full-time seat in the future,' Wolff is quoted by the Dutch publication Formule 1 when asked about German Schumacher. 'We had to let Nyck go in the same way for him to...
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