Michael Schumacher's son confirms 2017 European F3 campaignDecember 24, 2016 - 16:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Mick Schumacher, the son of seven-time world champion Michael, has confirmed that he will contest next season's Formula 3 European Championship with the Prema Powerteam outfit, Autosport reports. The 17-year-old will step up to the championship after finishing runner-up in the German and Italian Formula 4 championships this year with Prema. Schumacher's announcement comes after several weeks of testing with Prema's F3 team, which will also run highly rated Briton Callum Ilott and Chinese Ferrari junior Guan Yu Zhou next season. The fourth and final driver in Prema's line-up of Dallara-Mercedes machinery looks increasingly likely to be 2016 European F3 runner-up Maximilian Gunther. Prema team principal Angelo Rosin said: "We are thrilled to continue working with Mick in 2017. "Not only is he a skilled driver, he is a great guy and already shown he has all it takes to be a top all-round professional. "Debuting in a challenging series like the FIA F3 European Championship is not going to be easy, but we will be 100% behind Mick to help him keep impressing as he did this year." Schumacher, who besides his F3 testing has also been mounting a race-winning title challenge in the Indian-run MRF Challenge over the winter, added: "F3 will be the ideal step for me to make, and I'm totally fired up for the new year to start. "I'm also really happy about staying with Prema, because this is such a professional team and I will again be able to learn a lot. "The next season will surely be challenging, but the tests we've been doing in the past weeks proved the F3 car is extremely fun to drive - I can't wait for 2017 to begin!" Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |