Guenther Steiner tells Alpine why they should not sign Mick Schumacher

With Mick Schumacher named as a contender for an F1 2025 seat by Alpine, his former team boss Guenther Steiner does not believe that is the right move, saying they must target “the best driver” on the market.

Alpine are looking to battle back from a rough start to the F1 2024 campaign which has seen them score only two points so far, but question marks hover over the futures of their drivers Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly, who are both out of contract as it stands come the end of the season.

Guenther Steiner tells Alpine not to target Mick Schumacher
With the possibility there that Alpine may need at least one new driver for their F1 2025 line-up, team boss Bruno Famin has confirmed that Schumacher – who previously raced at Haas under Steiner’s watch as team principal – is among their options, having impressed Alpine as part of his World Endurance Championship endeavours.

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However, while speaking on the Red Flags podcast, Steiner stressed that as a works team, Alpine “should have the money to get the best driver on the market”, name-dropping Carlos Sainz, who will leave Ferrari at the end of the season and Yuki Tsunoda, who is shining with RB, as the pick of the bunch.

So asked if he would therefore not consider Schumacher if he were the Alpine boss, Steiner replied: “In the moment not, no.