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The Team can confirm that Reserve Driver Mick Schumacher has chosen to leave his role at the conclusion of the 2024 season.
Mick, 25, joined the team at the start of 2023 and has spent the past two years as Reserve Driver. Along with his duties in the team’s simulator, Mick has also provided valuable on-track feedback during various tests and races. He has also competed for Alpine in the World Endurance Championship in the past season, scoring the manufacturer’s maiden podium in Fuji, Japan.
Schumacher, Jules Gounon and Frederic Makowiecki guided the #36 Alpine A424 LMDh to a third-place result in the 6 Hours of Imola, finishing just 12 seconds behind the race-winning #51 Ferrari 499P LMH of James Calado, Alessandro Pier Guidi and Antonio Giovinazzi.
This was just the second podium in Hypercar for the A424 programme, after Schumacher and his then-teammate Nicolas Lapierre and Matthieu Vaxiviere took third in the 6 Hours of Fuji last year.
Strategy played a key role in the #36 Alpine’s ascent up the order from sixth on the grid, with a combination of Michelin’s soft tyres and a shorter fuel stop late in the race helping the French manufacturer gain track position over its rivals.
Schumacher was pleased with the result, having felt a top-three result wasn’t on the cars after Makowiecki made minor contact with the sister #35 entry driven by Jules Gounon on the first lap of the race.
“It was a great race, and I’m really happy with the end result,” said the German.
“The most important thing is to bring back good results and our strategy was key today, with a little help from a few incidents out front.
We managed to pull off something we didn’t believe quite possible at the start and we can be proud of our progress so far.
“Let’s keep working hard to build on this momentum at Spa and Le Mans.”
The two Alpine prototypes dropped to seventh and eighth at the start of the race, but the #36 A424 gradually began climbing up the order to enter podium contention.
We were determined to demonstrate our progress in understanding the car, and this race shows that the slightest mistake can be costly in a pure sprint, especially on a circuit where track position is so important,” said Sinault.
“The first few hours didn’t go quite as we wanted.
“We got back into contention by opting for soft tyres on an increasingly cool track. Towards the end, we opted for different strategies to cover all scenarios.
