The sport of Formula 1 is unfair in a way that it cannot accommodate the wealth of deserving talent that is currently out there. The sport has a place for only 20 drivers on the grid every year. Naturally, sometimes, other factors in addition to skill can make or break the career of a promising driver. Mick Schumacher currently finds himself on the unlucky side of this spectrum. After a lukewarm two-season-long stint at Haas, the German driver now finds himself on the sidelines. But with junior programs of teams like Red Bull does he still have a chance?

While he sits at the Mercedes table currently, the 24-year-old is only just a reserve driver. That being said, according to various sources, the Silver Arrows’ boss, Toto Wolff is actively seeking to get the German placed on the grid for the forthcoming seasons, with Williams looking like his most likely destination. But while all of this pans out, Schumacher’s uncle and ex-F1 driver Ralf Schumacher has come out with a strong line of accusations against a rival team.

Helmut Marko accused of personal bias as Red Bull doors slammed shut for Schumacher

After Pierre Gasly left the Red Bull stable for Alpine, a seat became available at AlphaTauri. This eventually went the way of F1 rookie Nyck de Vries, but for Ralf Schumacher there was only one deserving candidate and it was his nephew.

“Franz [Tost] had a completely different driver in mind than De Vries. He knew that rookies develop over a long period of time and Mick was the ideal driver – until [Helmut] Marko stepped in, who didn’t want Mick for personal reasons or any other reason,” Schumacher told Formel1.de.

He then went on to insinuate an apparent personal bias Marko holds against the Schumacher clan. “Marko seems to have a problem with the Schumacher name or with Mick personally, otherwise I can’t understand why there was no conversation. Especially when Red Bull doesn’t have a very strong market in Germany!” [translated via Google Translate]

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But while the doors at Red Bull may have shut for the young German, Mercedes will do everything in it’s powers to see him thrive once again in this sport.

Toto Wolff to call in a favor for Mick Schumacher

When it comes to Williams, Wolff has a bargaining chip he can use to get Schumacher a seat. Having served as Mercedes’ motorsport strategy director, James Vowles now finds himself as the team principal of the storied Williams team. With a power ally of Wolff’s in a team perfect for Schumacher to kickstart his career once again, the signs are looking good for the German.

Wolff was quoted by Express UK as explaining, “You can see his junior career track record was very good and I believe that if we can give him a safe environment to further develop, he can be a good racing driver in a permanent seat in the future. In the same way we have let Nyck de Vries go in order for him to achieve a career, that could be something that could happen to Mick.”

“Whether it is in our team or letting him go somewhere else, we don’t know at this stage.”

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