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Schumacher's son joins Haas for first F1 drive next season

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/life/12/02/20201202-f1-mick-schumacher-rtr.jpg"/><figcaption>Racing driver Mick Schumacher attends an event to celebrate 90 years of Italian premium sports car maker Ferrari racing team at Milan&#x27;s Duomo square, in Milan, Italy September 4, 2019. File photo. Flavio lo Scalzo, Reuters.</figcaption></figure></div>SAKHIR, Bahrain -- Mick Schumacher, the son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, will drive in Formula One for the first time with Haas next season, the team announced on Wednesday.The 21-year-old will get a taste of what is in store when he takes part in free practice ahead of the 2020 season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on December 11 before taking part in testing a few days later.&quot;Haas F1 Team has signed Germany&#x27;s Mick Schumacher as part of its all-new driver lineup for the 2021 FIA Formula 1 World Championship and beyond in a multi-year agreement,&quot; Haas said in a statement.Schumacher junior, long tipped for a Formula One spot, will partner Russian driver Nikita Mazepin, also 21, in the Haas lineup.Mick Schumacher currently heads the Formula Two drivers&#x27; standings with one race to go in Bahrain this weekend.His father was seriously injured in a skiing accident in December 2013 and has not been seen in public since.His wife Corinna, the mother of Mick, issued a rare statement on the Formula One legend&#x27;s 50th birthday in January 2019, saying the family were doing &quot;everything humanly possible&quot; to help her husband.British driver Lewis Hamilton this year won his seventh Formula One world title to equal Michael Schumacher&#x27;s all-time record.<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

Mick Schumacher, the son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, will drive in Formula One for the first time with Haas next season.

Mick Schumacher, the son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, will drive in Formula One for the first time with Haas next season.