Mick Schumacher wins his first F4 trophy

Berlin: Mick Schumacher Junior enhanced the famous name on Sunday by claiming victory in only his third Formula Four race on his debut weekend in the sport. The 16-year-old son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher posted a winning time of 30mins 59.920secs over the 18 laps at the Oschersleben track, between Hanover and Berlin. His Van Amersfoort Racing teammate Joey Mawson, 18, of Australia finished second at 0.518secs back.

 

The next round of racing will be held in Austria at the start of June.“Of course, I’m over-joyed, my first weekend of racing couldn’t have gone any better,” beamed Schumacher, who celebrated his victory by spraying champagne he is not yet old enough to drink.“We had a good start, because I still had fresh tyres and things went well from there, it only got a bit close at the end.

 

“All in all, I am completely happy over the start of the season and I am looking forward to the next race,” he added. Having started second on the grid, Schumacher Jnr led from the front living up to the famous name by controlling the race without any mistakes.