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Toto Wolff says he hopes to see Mick Schumacher land an opportunity at another F1 team in 2023, even in a reserve driver capacity. in one of the final driver announcements of 2022, it was confirmed ahead of the Abu Dhabi GP that Schumacher's time at Haas was up, with the 23-year-old being replaced by Nico Hulkenberg for 2023. The decision left Schumacher out of a race drive for 2023, but Mercedes Team Principal has spoken highly of the German F2 champion, and suggested that the "brutal" pressure was too much. "I really like Mick and I like the family, how they have raised their kids with this unbelievably famous name," Wolff told the Beyond the Grid podcast. "I think he deserves a chance . He won the junior series, and that is not easy. "Things can go can go against you when you're in your first years in Formula One, and then he was under pressure to deliver, and that doesn't help and Formula One is brutal." ...

Toto Wolff hopes that Nyck de Vries will be successful enough at AlphaTauri to earn a promotion to the main Red Bull team in the future. De Vries acted a reserve driver for Mercedes before being handed an opportunity to join the F1 grid in 2023 with the AlphaTauri outfit, having impressed many after making a substitute appearance for an unwell Alex Albon at Williams during the 2022 Italian Grand Prix weekend. The Dutchman will now become a part of the Red Bull stable, after being given a memorable send-off by the Silver Arrows at the season-closing race in Abu Dhabi. Viewed by others: Toto Wolff Wolff surprised by Brazil victory emotion after 'being used to winning' ...