Williams’ team pr❀incipal is Jaꦦmes Vowles, Wolff’s long-time confidante at Mercedes.

Vowles is being told to drop one of his drivers mid-se𒁃ason in favour of Schumacher, according to .

Sargeant, the rookie from the Unit🐽ed States, is described in the report as “shaky”.

His F1 career has not started well - he and N📖yck de Vries are the only two drivers to remain with🍎out a point after five grands prix.

Alex Albon, Sargeant’s more exper♓ienced teammate, has just one point of his own thoughꦫ.

But Mercedes’ team principal Wolff is using his ꧃personal relationship with Vowles to engineer a full-time comeback to the grid for Schumacher, the report says.

Schumacher was dropped by Haas last s▨eason amid criticism from their team principal Guenther Steiner.

This year Schumacher is Mercedes’ third driver, a🐠t the team where his legendary father Michael Schumacher ended his career.

But a full-time racing seat remains Schumacher’s goal and aꦅn opportunity at Williams could open this summer.

Sargeant will have three more grands prix - Emilia-Romagna𒐪, Monaco and Spain - to “convince” Williams before his role is “reevaluated🅰”.

A potential openi🌳ng at AlphaTauri for Schumacher, however, has been denied.

De 𒁏Vries is also under 🅺pressure but Schumacher would not be considered as a replacement.

"He's a Mercedes driver and he's not in our plans,” Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko said๊.

“Accordingly, Toto Wolff is responsible for him.”