Schumacher linked up with Mercedes this season in a role as their third driver, backing up Lewis Hamilton and George Rusꩲsell.

He was axed last year by Haas who were le♉ft frus⛄trated by his crashes and his inexperience.

"I think he deserves to be on the grid," 🍌said Wolff.

"The moment you're not feeling confident in a car over a prolonged period, the more pressu🐲re 🅺you put on yourself, the less good you perform, and I think this happened at Haas.

"He is quick – if you 🅺win F3 and F2, th𓆏ere is high potential in you, and he was never able to show it [in F1].

"I'm glad we have a third driver that I know will do the job if 🌄one of ours e🌌ats a bad fish!

"B🐭ut his contribution in the simulator is tremendous, and that makes us sometimes do these big jumps from Friday to Saturday, because h▨e's driving his socks off overnight."

🔯Schumacher was particularly praised for a late-night finish on the simulator ahead of the British Grand Prix 🧸which boosted Mercedes’ hopes.

Ahead of this w🧜eekend’s F1 Italian Grand Prix, he will know that there aren’t too many options for full-time race seats on the 2024 grid.

The under-pressure Logan Sargean🧜t has been backed by Williams but Schumacher remains a high-profile name that any F1 team could t🍸urn to.