Mick Schumacher will race in Alpine’s Hypercar workforce within the 2024 World Endurance Championship season, but the German driver will retain his hyperlinks to Mercedes F1 workforce as he’ll proceed to work as their reserve driver subsequent 12 months.
Alpine will take part within the 2024 World Endurance Championship with two Hypercars with three drivers Nicolas Lapierre, Matthieu Vaxiviere and Charles Milesi have been already confirmed. The French outfit has now revealed that Paul-Loup Chatin, Ferdinand Habsburg and Mick Schumacher will full their line-up.
The driver, who competed in Formula 1 for Haas F1 and as a check driver for Mercedes, will drive the A424 Hypercar subsequent 12 months. The Swiss-born driver made his Hypercar check debut in October when he bought behind Alpine’s Hypercar in Jerez.
“A new chapter is beginning for me with Alpine in the FIA WEC Hypercar category. The car is impressive, and I can’t wait to get started. I’ve grown up with single-seaters, so driving a car with a closed cockpit and covered wheels is a great opportunity to hone my driving skills,” Schumacher commented.
He continued: “I sorely missed racing this year; it’s what I’ve loved to do since I was a kid, and it was sometimes difficult to watch the other drivers take to the track. Endurance racing is a new challenge for me, and I’m sure we will share great moments together next year with Alpine.”
Happy and grateful to be a reserve driver for @MercedesAMGF1 subsequent 12 months. It’s good to keep linked with this nice workforce in @F1 pic.twitter.com/WDP0B8XRWj
— Mick Schumacher (@SchumacherMick) November 22, 2023
