Mick Schumacher claims five straight F3 victories

BERLIN, Sept 23, (AFP): Mick Schumacher, the teenage son of Formula One legend Michael Schumacher, is living up to the famous family name in Formula Three by dominating the drivers’ championship after picking up his fifth straight win on Sunday.

The 19-year-old Schumacher claimed the second of back-to-back wins on the Red Bull Ring at Spielberg, Austria.

He now has a commanding 49-point lead with three races left this season and later just missed out on a hat-trick sia’s Robert Schwartzman. “We already showed yesterday that we can withstand the pressure,” a satisfied Schumacher told German broadcaster Sat.1.

However, Schwartzman later fought back in the final race by beating the German teenage into second place for Schumacher’s 12th podium finish of the season. After winning eight of the 27 Formula Three races so far this season, Schumacher has 329 points, 49 ahead of ahead of second-placed Dan Ticktum of Red Bull.

A top-two finish in the final Formula 3 standings would see Schumacher qualify for a FIA ‘super license’, which is a prerequisite for the jump

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to Formula One.

However, Schumacher Jnr is reportedly expected to spend at last another season in Formula Three.

Seven-time world Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, 49, continues to convalesce at the family home in Switzerland after suffering serious head injuries suffered in a skiing accident in December 2013.