“The year has passed faster than I expected!” – Mick Schumacher

the Uralkali Haas F1 Team have had their worst and most challenging season since joining formula Onebut the agony is over as Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin are preparing for the final round of their rookie season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

It was an instructive year for Mick Schumacher, the German has fought bravely all season long in the worst car in the starting field. Despite everything, the rookie can take away a lot from the year when he begins his preparations for the Yas Marina Circuit.

Schumacher is amazed at how quickly his rookie season has passed, in a year with which he is overall satisfied.

“The year has passed faster than I expected! It was a lot – I learned a lot about how to deal with weekends and races. I’m looking forward to my last race, I think we’re all ready for a break. It was a long year with a lot of uncertainties, but overall we managed it well. We got more out of the car than expected and I’m happy with it. I think we’ve achieved a lot of good things and a lot of things that we know we can improve over the next year. ”

“I don’t feel mentally tired” – Nikita Mazepin

Nikita Mazepin’s rookie year was arguably the most demanding of them all. The Russian struggled to keep up with his teammate all year but showed some promising signs.

Mazepin remains the only driver this year who did not make it into the second qualifying. Can the rookie break that duck on the final lap?

The Russian is looking forward to the weekend and is experiencing the brand new layout, Mazepin drove the original layout in Formula 2.

“I’m looking forward to coming to Abu Dhabi – it’s going to be a new track and I’m curious to see if there will be any changes to the layout. I don’t feel mentally tired and I’m ready to continue racing, which is good, but the team, the engineers and the mechanics definitely need a rest. “

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