{"id":306901,"date":"2025-11-25T03:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T03:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/306901\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T03:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T03:31:09","slug":"mick-schumacher-joins-rahal-letterman-lanigan-racing-2026-season-son-of-michael-schumacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/306901\/","title":{"rendered":"Mick Schumacher joins Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, 2026 season, son of Michael Schumacher"},"content":{"rendered":"

The son of F1 legend Michael Schumacher<\/a> has taken on a new racing career after being dropped from the Formula 1<\/a> paddock completely, announcing his move to IndyCar<\/a> full time for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

Mick Schumacher<\/a> will compete for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing alongside Graham Rahal and Louis Foster.<\/p>\n

After leaving Haas at the end of the 2022 F1 season<\/a>, Schumacher joined Mercedes as a reserve driver and returned to the racing last year with Alpine in the World Endurance Championship.<\/p>\n

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\"Mick<\/p>\n

Mick Schumacher has been driving for Alpine in the World Endurance Championship. \u00a0LAT Images<\/p>\n

Following two years in endurance racing, Schumacher now embarks on a new career chapter with a move to IndyCar.<\/p>\n

“I am delighted to confirm today that I will be competing in the IndyCar Series next year with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, taking part in the full season,” Schumacher said.<\/p>\n

“Having both an F1 and an endurance background, and having competed in various racing series over the years, I have insights and knowledge that I am sure will contribute to a great partnership.<\/p>\n

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\"Mick<\/p>\n

Mick Schumacher drove for Haas in Formula 1. \u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

“I was immediately excited about the car and the American way of motorsport which comes across as being more about pure and direct racing, and it is precisely this aspect that I am very much looking forward to.”<\/p>\n

But not all agree on the American switch. In 2002, Schumacher’s father said he had no interest in trying out the Indy 500 or IndyCar in general.<\/p>\n

“First of all, it’s a step down from Formula 1, and second, it’s too dangerous,” Michael said of the category.<\/p>\n

“The speed you do, that close to the walls – if you have an accident, there is no way a chassis can survive a certain way of having a crash.<\/p>\n

“That means your legs are going to be heavily damaged, or even further. I don’t see any point in that. I have nothing to prove there, I don’t see a challenge in it.<\/p>\n

“Usually the people who cannot survive in Formula 1, they go to Indy. People coming from Indy hardly survive in Formula 1.”<\/p>\n

But for his son, Mick has been vying for a full time seat in a single-seater category and this may be his only window of opportunity. His first IndyCar race will be on March 1, 2026 for the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The son of F1 legend Michael Schumacher has taken on a new racing career after being dropped from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-306901","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306901","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=306901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}