9-Year Old Mick Schumacher Makes Racing Debut

With seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher as a father, there is bound to be momentous pressure on young Mick Schumacher. He is also the sole continuation of the Schumacher dynasty as both Michael and his brother Ralf retiring from F1 (Ralf now races in DTM).

And with all that hype to live up to, 9-year old Mick Schumacher wasted no time and made his racing debut behind the wheel of an Alonso kart, ironically, for a low-level event in Spain, finishing the two races tenth and eighth, and will proceed to three more rounds in the series. The Schumachers tried their hardest to keep young Mick out of the press limelight, entering him in the race under his mother’s maiden name Betsch and accompanied at the event by his grandfather Rolf (Michael and Ralf’s father), but you can bet the motorsport press will be keeping a close eye on the young Schumacher – already nicknamed Schumi III, following his father and uncle – as his career progresses.

Source: AutoBlog