Schumacher, the son of six-time Formula 1 race winner Ralf and nephew of seven-time world champion Michael, is moving into sportscar racing this year after two full seasons in FIA Formula 3 that yielded one victory and a best finish of 11th in the championship.
The 20-year-old got his first taste of a GT3 car at Mercedes’ young driver test in November and completed further running in the German marque’s AMG GT3 in a private test at Portimao last week.
Having overseen Schumacher during the three-day test in Portugal, Winward team principal Hohenadel lauded the German driver for quickly acclimatising to GT3 machinery after years of exclusively racing single-seaters.
“The first goal is for him to get used to the car,” driver-turned-team boss Hohenadel told Motorsport.com’s sister website Motorsport-Total.com.
“He is changing from a formula car to a vehicle that is almost twice as heavy. That is already a big difference. He also doesn’t know the ABS, but he’s managed that…
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