WASHINGTON.- The former German pilot Formula 1, Mick Schumacherson of the legendary Michael Schumacherannounced this Monday a turn in his career by joining the series next season IndyCar United States.
“I am delighted to confirm today that I will compete in the IndyCar Series next year,” Schumacher said in a statement issued by his new team. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL).
Schumacher, 26, participated in 43 Formula 1 races between 2021 and 2022 with the team haaswith a sixth position as the best result, and also competed in the World Endurance Championship with Alpine in 2024 and 2025.
Its next destination will be the main single-seater category of USAwho dominates Spanish with an iron fist Alex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing), winner of the last three campaigns.
The son of Michael Schumacher, seven-time Formula 1 champion, will be the American’s partner Graham Rahal and the british Louis Foster on the RLL team, with which he began testing last month.
“I was immediately excited by the car and the American way of motorsport,” Schumacher said. “It seems to be more about pure, direct racing, and it is precisely this aspect that I am really looking forward to.”
The IndyCar season will get underway on March 1 in St. Petersburg (Florida) and will feature the Indianapolis 500 on May 24 as its main event.
Milan 2026 Olympic flame
Not even Zeus, God of the heavens, will be able to prevent it: the sacred flame of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games will be lit on Wednesday in Greece, although the ceremony will take place indoors.
The lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame usually takes place in the ruins of the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera, near the stadium where the Olympic Games were born in 776 BC
But the weather forecasts in the Peloponnese peninsula predict rain for Wednesday, so the sun’s rays will not be able to light the parabolic mirror used by the actresses dressed as ancient priestesses, as is customary in this ceremony.
For this reason, the organizers have moved the ceremony to the archaeological museum of Olympia, where one of the most famous classical sculptures in Greece is located, Hermes with the child Dionysus by Praxiteles.
