Franz Tost, Mick Schumacher
Franz Tost has a feeling for talents in Formula 1. He also gives Mick Schumacher a good report card, but with a curious comparison.
The son of Formula 1 icon Michael Schumacher has everything that is needed for a great career in the top motorsport class. All experts agree on that. Franz Tost also sees it that way, although Schumacher is behind the wheel at Haas, a rival team from Alpha Tauri.
For Tost it is clear that the decision about a great career is not made under the hood, but under the helmet. “In my long time in motorsport I have found that in the end only the drivers who are intelligent and know why they are doing something – and who also behave accordingly, win through,” explains the Austrian. And that is a factor that speaks strongly for the future of Schumacher.
Tost has a strange comparison in store for this. “Now of course I could get brutal again and say: You can't make a tiger out of a cow. In the end, it always depends on how much brain a driver has and then turns on in the cockpit,” says the 65-year-old. Schumacher would do very well: “Mick is not the type of driver who gets into a car and immediately risks everything. He takes it step by step and makes sure that he has everything under control and then really hits it.” On Sunday in Imola, Schumacher has the next chance to strike in the points. It remains to be seen whether he will succeed.
