Haas is ready to announce this week who will associate Kevin Magnussen on the group subsequent yr, with Nico Hulkenberg widely expected to get the seat.
It will depart Schumacher with out a drive after two years in F1 with Haas as the remainder of the grid has already been accomplished for 2023.
The German driver can be set to lose his ties with the Ferrari Driver Academy on the finish of this yr, opening the door for him to be out there to different groups.
Requested about the potential for Schumacher becoming a member of as a reserve driver in 2023, Mercedes group principal Toto Wolff stated he can be all in favour of talks have been the German to lose his seat.
“I do not know what the standing is with Mick at Haas,” stated Wolff. “I believe a very powerful factor for him is to get a racing cockpit.
“However I make no secret of the truth that the Schumacher household is a part of Mercedes, that we worth Mick very a lot as a character and as a racing driver.
Michael Schumacher, Mercedes MGP W01
Picture by: Rainer W. Schlegelmilch / Motorsport Images
“That is why we will certainly talk about this selection if it arises. However the first precedence needs to be to finish up in a racing cockpit, as a result of that is what he can do and deserves.”
Schumacher’s father, Michael, made his F1 comeback with Mercedes in 2010 and raced for 3 seasons earlier than retiring for good on the finish of the 2012 marketing campaign.
Schumacher Sr additionally raced for Mercedes early in his profession as a part of its sportscar group in 1990 and ’91 previous to his F1 debut with Jordan on the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix.
Mercedes must signal a brand new reserve driver for subsequent yr as its current back-ups, Nyck de Vries and Stoffel Vandoorne, have secured roles elsewhere. De Vries will race full-time with AlphaTauri from subsequent season, whereas Vandoorne is becoming a member of Aston Martin as a reserve.
Haas handed Schumacher his F1 debut in 2021 following his Components 2 title victory the earlier yr, however he struggled to match teammate Kevin Magnussen for kind by means of this season.
Schumacher scored a finest end of sixth on the Austrian Grand Prix in July, however has solely recorded two top-10 finishes throughout his time with Haas, each coming this yr.
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