Sebastian Vettel says he is willing to help compatriot Mick Schumacher prepare for his Formula 1 debut in 2021.
It was announced earlier this week that Schumacher would be graduating to F1 after signing a multi-year deal with Haas from next year.
Vettel, who raced against Schumacher’s father and seven-time world champion Michael, said he would be happy to advise the German where possible.
“I”m happy to help where I can,” Vettel said, as quoted by Crash.net.
“Mick is a great guy, and I have a very special connection to his father. It’s a shame that Michael is not able to witness Mick’s progression in the last years and his step now into Formula 1.
“So from my side, I really like him. We get along well and I’m happy to tell him everything that I know.”
Schumacher goes into this weekend’s Formula 2 season finale with a 14-point lead in the standings over Callum Ilott.
Vettel competed alongside the 21-year-old at the Race of Champions in 2019, and said he would like to assist Schumacher in the way his father had helped him earlier in his career.
“I watched his father winning a lot more races than [Mick] could have watched me win,” Vettel added.
“The way I look at him is I see him as a person where I can help him in his life or on track with some of the things that I went through in my career.
“I think it’s very important for him to find his own path and follow his own way. But surely as much as it helped when Michael had some things to say when I asked and he gave me advice, I’m trying to do the same to [Mick].”
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