Vettel believes Mick Schumacher will be a "future star"

2019-01-21 18:43:31 by Bobby Vincent

Sebastian Vettel believes Mick Schumacher will become a Formula One "star" after taking joining Ferrari Academy at the weekend.

Schumacher won the Formula 3 title last season and since then his already-fine reputation has risen.

Mick, son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, is following in the footsteps of his father, who won numerous titles with Scuderia.

After the successful seaosn in F3, Schumacher was unsurprisingly linked with a move to Toro Rosso in Formula 1, but instead opted to drive with the Prema squad in Formula 2 2019.

Four-time world champion Vettel drove with Schumacher this weekend at the Race of Champions and the Ferrari driver believes his weekend-partner can become a future star in F1.

"It's great for him," Vettel said at the Race of Champions. "I hope he stays with us for a long time and one day he can drive with me. Or maybe I can hand over the steering wheel to him when I stop one day.

"We shouldn't put too much pressure on Mick, and we shoud let him go his own way. Personally, I think that if we just let him do his thing, he can become a star."

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