{"id":178131,"date":"2025-09-29T18:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/178131\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T18:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T18:18:08","slug":"schumacher-turns-to-indycar-as-f1-hopes-fade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/178131\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumacher turns to Indycar as F1 hopes fade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"date\">SEPTEMBER 29, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Mick Schumacher will test an Indycar for the first time next month, as his chances of returning to Formula 1 continue to fade.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandprix.com\/display\/photo?photo_caption=Mick+Schumacher%2C+Azerbaijan+GP+2022&amp;photo_copyright=%C2%A9+Haas&amp;photo_url=https%3A%2F%2Fphotos.grandprix.com%2Fjpeg%2Fraces%2Fpaze22%2Ffri%2Fhas%2Fschumacher3-lg.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/schumacher3-rd.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mick Schumacher, Azerbaijan GP 2022<br \/>\u00a9 Haas<\/p>\n<p>After losing out on a Cadillac seat for 2026 &#8211; the team opting for Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez &#8211; Schumacher has accepted an invitation from Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing to test at Indianapolis on October 13.<\/p>\n<p>I am very much looking forward to driving my first Indycar test, the 26-year-old said. &#8220;It&#8217;s no secret that I&#8217;m a big fan of single-seater racing, so this first Indycar test will be an experience to treasure. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really looking forward to driving a car where I can see my wheels.<\/p>\n<p>Team co-owner Bobby Rahal commented: &#8220;I&#8217;ve followed Mick&#8217;s career as well as that of his father, so the thought of seeing him in one of our race cars is very exciting. <\/p>\n<p>Obviously he has a great deal of talent and it should give him a good baseline to start from.<\/p>\n<p>Schumacher&#8217;s career has stalled since Haas dropped him at the end of 2022. He served as Mercedes reserve before switching full-time to Alpine&#8217;s WEC program, where he has scored multiple podiums.<\/p>\n<p>German outlets say Indycar could now offer Schumacher the platform to relaunch his single-seater career. It&#8217;s a chance for Mick to show what he can do in a tough series, noted SID news agency.<\/p>\n<p>DPA added that the Indy test raises hopes of a future start at the Indy 500.<\/p>\n<p>Auto Motor und Sport agreed the move is about visibility: In endurance racing, it&#8217;s difficult to attract attention. To regain some of the focus of the premier class, Schumacher has put out feelers toward Indycar.<\/p>\n<p>Schumacher would join a list of ex-F1 drivers &#8211; including Romain Grosjean and Fernando Alonso &#8211; who have tried their hand in the American style of open-wheeler racing.<\/p>\n<p>Max Verstappen, meanwhile, ruled out following the same path. Le Mans, yes, but I&#8217;m not interested in the Triple Crown, the Dutchman said. <\/p>\n<p>I enjoy watching Indycar, but I don&#8217;t need to drive it myself.<\/p>\n<p>(GMM)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEPTEMBER 29, 2025 Mick Schumacher will test an Indycar for the first time next month, as his chances&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[944,855,884,911,898,64,63,839,840,892,936,937,922,864,868,843,512,874,906,897,817,836,904,848,845,826,837,813,835,816,867,876,894,841,842,833,908,887,860,909,930,914,939,886,934,832,834,858,941,875,861,850,870,854,900,866,846,880,943,889,878,823,881,863,933,935,910,859,913,844,923,927,896,926,883,938,932,824,901,871,852,849,888,872,891,915,822,838,918,916,857,879,893,869,931,885,924,847,882,851,865,925,928,942,929,85,920,921,902,862,919,917,873,940,905,912,895,853,856,877,819,903,899,907,890],"class_list":["post-178131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-abu-dhabi","tag-adrian-sutil","tag-albers","tag-alesi","tag-ammermuller","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-autoracing","tag-autos","tag-badoer","tag-bahrain","tag-barcelona","tag-benetton","tag-bruno-senna","tag-button","tag-cars","tag-china","tag-david-coulthard","tag-davidson","tag-doornbos","tag-f1","tag-f1-racing","tag-fauzy","tag-felipe-massa","tag-fernando-alonso","tag-ferrari","tag-fia","tag-formula-1","tag-formula-one","tag-formula1","tag-giancarlo-fisichella","tag-gilles-villeneuve","tag-glock","tag-grand-prix","tag-grandprix","tag-grandprix-com","tag-hakkinen","tag-hamilton","tag-heikki-kovalainen","tag-hill","tag-hockenheim","tag-honda","tag-hungary","tag-ide","tag-indianapolis","tag-inside-f1","tag-insidef1-com","tag-jaime-alguesuari","tag-japan","tag-jaques-villeneuve","tag-jarno-trulli","tag-jenson-button","tag-juan-pablo-montoya","tag-kamui-kobayashi","tag-karthikeyan","tag-karun-chandhok","tag-kimi-raikkonen","tag-klien","tag-korea","tag-kovalainen","tag-kubica","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-liuzzi","tag-lucas-di-grassi","tag-magny-cours","tag-malaysia","tag-mansell","tag-mark-webber","tag-mclaren","tag-michael-schumacher","tag-minardi","tag-monaco","tag-montagny","tag-monte-carlo","tag-monteiro","tag-montreal","tag-monza","tag-motorsport","tag-nakajima","tag-nick-heidfeld","tag-nico-hulkenberg","tag-nico-rosberg","tag-paffett","tag-pedro-de-la-rosa","tag-piquet","tag-prost","tag-racing","tag-racingcars","tag-red-bull","tag-renault","tag-robert-kubica","tag-rosberg","tag-rossiter","tag-rubens-barrichello","tag-san-marino","tag-sato","tag-sauber","tag-schumacher","tag-scott-speed","tag-sebastian-vettel","tag-sebastien-buemi","tag-senna","tag-silverstone","tag-singapore","tag-spa","tag-sports","tag-spyker","tag-super-aguri","tag-sutil","tag-timo-glock","tag-toro-rosso","tag-toyota","tag-trulli","tag-turkey","tag-valles","tag-verstappen","tag-vettel","tag-vitaly-petrov","tag-vitantonio-liuzzi","tag-webber","tag-williams","tag-winkelhock","tag-wurz","tag-yamamoto","tag-zonta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}