Mick Schumacher hopes to cl🌺aim the S𝓰auber drive for 2025.

It is the las🍸t vacant race seat before the 2025 F1 driver line-u♓p is confirmed.

The son of Michael Schumacher has hinted that he is a contender hoping to get t🦂he nod.

He told Sky G🍎ermany about a Plan B: "I'll deal with it if the time 💞comes and Plan A doesn't work.

"Plan B must be in the back💞 of your mind. I🔜 don't know where it's going at the moment.”

Schumacher insisted that a Sauber decision is�💖� imminent.

But, their current driver Valtteri Bot🦄tas is also a leading option.

“Sorting things out for the future, that’s obviously high on my priority list because it’s starting to feel almos♔t like Christmas time, you know it’s getting close so better get it sorted,” said Bottas in Singapore.

Bottas, 35, has previously insisted he wants a m♋ulti-year deal rather than a short-term commitment.

Franco Colapinto, who is impressing with Williams after replacing Logan Sargeant mi♈d-season, could also be considered.

Schumacher represents an interesting alternative.

Sauber, who wཧill fully become Audi in 2026, have already signed Nico Hulkenberg for next year, giv♈ing them a German presence.

Audi, a migဣhty German manufacturer, to look to the son of a nat❀ional legend to further boost their project.

Schumacher would al💮so be a younger option than🍌 Bottas.

Schumacher has been trying to find his way back onto the F1 grid sinceᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Haas axed him at the end of 2022, after two seasons.

Then-team boss Guenther Steiner cited the frequency of Sch✨umacher’s crashes, at the time.

Schumacher🧸 has sin🃏ce become Mercedes’ third driver for two years, putting in vital work on the simulator.

He ⛦also joined Alpine’s endurance programme this year, and drove at the 24 Hour🍨s of Le Mans.

But Schumacher missed out on an Alpine ജF1 drive, when Jack Doohan got the 🐲nod.