Mick Schumacher was conclusively the quicker of the two Haas drivers, beating Nikita Mazepin in the 20 qualifying sessions where both set times.
Mick SchumacherBeat team mate in qualifying20/20Beat team mate in race11/14Races finished19/22Laps spent ahead of team mate590/915Qualifying margin-0.61sPoints0
What happened in the other two? On those occasions Schumacher was unable to participate after crashing in final practice and damaging his car. So it wasn’t exactly a flawless victory, but he left no room for doubt who wielded the uncompetitive VF-21 the most effectively.
Ranking Schumacher against more experienced rivals in quicker cars is a trickier proposition as he seldom had the opportunity to race them wheel-to-wheel. He made a nuisance of himself for Nicholas Latifi on more than one occasion, beating him from time to time in a qualifying session or race. In Hungary Schumacher also led Antonio Giovinazzi’s Alfa Romeo home, and demonstrated fine racecraft against Max…