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(Motorsport-Total.com) – Calum Ilott announced ahead of the Formula 2 season finale in Bahrain that he will not be driving Formula 1 next year: “Time to announce that I have been told I will not be in Formula 1 in 2021 I will drive the Formula 1 races “, writes the UNI Virtuosi driver on his Twitter channel.
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For German motorsport fans this is significant as the path is very likely to be clear for Mick Schumacher, regardless of the outcome of the Formula 2 title fight next weekend. Haas team boss Günther Steiner had already hinted at this before the first of two Bahrain Grand Prix.
“I’ve known this for a few weeks,” Ilott writes. “I am disappointed, but I will work even more and will do what is necessary to make it happen in 2022”. Postscript: “But first there is a championship I want to win!”
If he were to recover the 14 points behind Schumacher (48 are still to be awarded), the Ferrari Driver Academy would face a dilemma. Because the Formula 2 champion is not allowed to drive Formula 2 for another year. Ilott would then probably be parked as a third driver with one of the Ferrari customer teams (Alfa Romeo or Haas).
For Schumacher, the road to Formula 1 is clear. It has been speculated for weeks that he could drive for Haas with Nikita Masepin. An official announcement of the two is expected this week.
By the way: Sergio Perez will also speak at the press conference this evening. The Mexican was also considered a candidate for a Haas cockpit.
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