Wolff backs Mick Schumacher for F1 glory

Toto Wolff has backed Mick Schumacher for Formula One success in the future; "maybe" with Wolff's Mercedes.

Michael Schumacher's son, Mick, has recently clinched the Formula 3 European championship, his first title success in motorsport racing.

Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher used to race for Mercedes in sportscars before making the eventual step up to Formula One and the German driver also joined the Silver Arrows in his return to the sport in 2010.

Schumacher currently has no affiliation with any F1 team and when asked if Mercedes would be interested in making the 19-year-old a part of its young-driver programme, Wolff described him as an "exciting young man".

"He's won the Formula 3 championship this year with Mercedes engines, which is great, but he's not part of the Mercedes-Benz junior programme," Wolff said at the FIA Gala in St. Petersburg on Friday.

"He's won F3, ticked the box, now he's going into F2, which should be very difficult again against many experienced drivers. I have no doubt he has the potential to be a successful driver in Formula 1. Maybe one day with us, maybe not."

Mercedes already have a selection of talent in their ranks; with Esteban Ocon and George Russell contracted to the Silver Arrows, to name just two.