‘Mick Schumacher is finding a positive mental spiral’ – Nico Rosberg says Haas driver needs ‘time to develop’ in F1

Nico Rosberg believes Mick Schumacher is psychologically in a better place after scoring his first points in Formula One at the British Grand Prix earlier this month. Schumacher ended his scoreless run with an eighth place finish at Silverstone, having endured a disappointing start to his season including two big crashes in Saudi Arabia and Monaco. Ad/> However, he’s turned his form around and has beaten team-mate Kevin Magnussen on merit at the last two races in the UK and Austria, where he finished sixth.

Formula 1Exclusive: ‘I don’t regret anything’ – Rosberg reveals when he fell out with Hamilton in F14 HOURS AGO “Mick has had difficult weeks, so we're all delighted that he's now made a nice breakthrough,” Rosberg told Eurosport. “Formula One is fast-moving. He had to take a lot of criticism.

When I open the newspapers these days, I don't read any criticism about him at all. “It only took one race, an eighth-place finish, a great duel with Verstappen in Great Britain and everything is forgotten again. “That's the crazy thing about our sport, but also the nice thing for Mick.

Psychologically, that's incredibly valuable for him because he's now finding a positive mental spiral. That carries him and that helps him in the coming races.” Schumacher has faced more pressure than other drivers who are new to F1 due to his father Michael Schumacher who won seven world championships. Rosberg believes people need to be patient with Schumacher, who has a record of coming strong in the second half of a campaign during his time in Formula Two and Formula Three.

“He still needs time in his development,” added Rosberg. “The past races have shown that. That's why it would make sense for him to take his time before targeting a top