Tost rubbishes Schumi Jr ‘conspiracy theories’
Date published:
March 1 2021
Franz Tost has rubbished “conspiracy theories” about Mick Schumacher’s junior success, saying the German has what it takes to shine in Formula 1.
This season, 21-year-old Schumacher is stepping up to the big league, entering Formula 1 with the Haas team.
His promotion comes on the back of his Formula 2 championship success, one of two big titles – the other being the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship – he has won.
However, his Formula 3 European season was not without a bit of controversy and intrigue.
Hitting a strong run of form in the second half of the championship, title rival Dan Ticktum saw his lead turn into a deficit as Schumacher claimed all three wins at the Nurburgring and followed that up with two of the Red Bull Ring’s three race wins.
Daytona 500 winner crashes his way to victory, Red Bull makes engine deal and all the news By: Norris McDonald February 16, 2021 Comments
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Welcome to the Monday Morning Racing Roundup on Tuesday. We’ll get to that Daytona 500 nonsense in a moment.
But first . . .
Last week was a rough one. Three superstars from the world of auto racing died:
Dick Bradbeer, vice-president of marketing for Labatt back in the early 1970s when it held the rights to promote Formula One racing in Canada;
Jeremy Hinchcliffe, father of IndyCar racing star James Hinchcliffe and a racer in his own right; and
Frank Orr of the Toronto Star who wrote hockey in the winter and auto racing in the summer in the 1960s and ‘70s.
Champion
Matthew Payne with the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy.
Picture Bruce Jenkins
In the
process he added his name to an impressive list of former
TRS champions. An impressive 25% of the current F1 field are
TRS graduates and the FIA F2 and F3 championships are also
bristling with racers who’ve competed and won in TRS.
Matthew Payne could well be another significant graduate and
champion in years to come based on his dominance in
2021.
Payne has won five TRS races since Shane van
Gisbergen’s famous New Zealand Grand Prix victory at
Hampton Downs and is the most dominant champion in several