Team boss confirms Mick Schumacher now in talks over potential 2024 WEC seat

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Mick Schumacher is in talks with Alpine about racing for their FIA World Endurance Championships team in 2024.

A report from The Independent has shared more details about the 24-year-old driver’s future.

Mick Schumacher was expected to be the future of German racing in Formula 1 a few years ago.

After an incredible run of form, he won the 2020 F2 championship, earning himself a seat at Haas in 2021.

The car was one of the weakest on the grid and he failed to score a point in his first season despite some good drives.

He had to wait until Silverstone in 2022 to score his first point and then finished a career-high sixth in the following race in Austria.

However, Kevin Magnussen showed the team what an experienced driver could get out of the car and he was replaced by Nico Hulkenberg.

Schumacher joined Mercedes as a test driver but could be on the move again.

Alpine has opened talks with Schumacher about driving for the team in 2024.

However, it won’t be in Formula 1, with the French manufacturer running two cars in the WEC.

Schumacher in talks with Alpine over 2024 WEC seat

Speaking about the prospect of teaming up with Schumacher, Alpine interim boss Bruno Famin said: “It’s true that we are talking with Mick about the possibility to race in our endurance programme with the A424.

“It would be a good opportunity for both parties. But for the time being, we are just talking and hopefully, we will organise a test soon.”

Mick Schumacher’s biggest fan in Formula 1 was Sebastian Vettel who has said that it’s ‘essential’ for the 24-year-old to return to the grid.

Germany has gone from a country that consistently produced some of the world’s best racers to having just one driver on the F1 grid.

Nico Hulkenberg is hardly the future of German motorsports either having turned 36 in August.

There are no Germans in F2, while Oliver Goethe and Sophia Florsch are the only entrants in Formula 3.

Schumacher may hope that a drive in WEC with Alpine in 2024 could signal a return to the F1 grid.

However, the longer drivers are out of the sport, the more difficult it typically is to get back in.