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Mick Schumacher, son of Michael, to race for Haas F1 in 2021

He'll join Russian Nikita Mazepin as an all-new lineup of drivers

The Schumacher name will return to Formula One next season with Mick, son of Ferrari great and seven-times world champion Michael, announced on Wednesday as a race driver for the U.S.-owned Haas team. "The prospect of being on the Formula One grid next year makes me incredibly happy and I’m simply speechless," said Schumacher. "I have always believed that I would realize my dream of Formula One."

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Grosjean and Magnussen will leave Haas F1 at end of this season

There are six races left of the current season

Frenchman Grosjean, 34, has been at Haas since 2016, with Dane Magnussen, 28, joining in 2017. Magnussen tweeted that he was still working on his plans for the future and wanted to finish the last six races of the season on a high.

McLaren withdraws from Australian Grand Prix after positive test for coronavirus

Haas team has it, too — but organizers plan to go ahead with the race

The positive test at McLaren follows four crew members of fellow Formula One team Haas being quarantined due to the outbreak. "The team member was tested and self-isolated as soon as they started to show symptoms and will now be treated by local healthcare authorities," McLaren said in a statement https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/1238062852306583552. Both Haas and McLaren are Britain-based teams.

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Haas F1 team buys Marussia HQ in UK

In racing, there are the haves and the have-nots. Marussia is sliding into the latter category, but its demise now means that Haas has a European base of operations for its new American F1 team.

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