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While Juan Pablo Montoya feels Mick Schumacher “needs more time” to prove himself on the big stage, he says the German can’t expect the media to give him a free ride.

Although Schumacher finally broke his duck at the British Grand Prix, the driver eighth on the day, already it is being suggested he needs another top-ten showing before heading into the summer break and his contract talks with Haas.

Spending the first part of the season climbing the rung for the most race starts without a point, his efforts were not been helped by two huge crashes this season, Schumacher’s repair bill said to be standing at the $2 million mark.

Sebastian Vettel, Schumacher’s mentor, urged the media to back off after his Monaco crash, saying they are putting undue pressure on the youngster.

Former F1 driver Montoya disagrees especially as Schumacher is losing his “wash-out” team-mate Kevin Magnussen.

“Does he need more time?” he said to vegasinsider.com. “Yes, he needs more time!

“The media needs to lay off? It’s difficult because, so when Magnussen comes in being out of a car for a year and straight to the first race and beats him, how do you expect the media to back off?

“You can’t. It’s Mick, you know, it’s the son of seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher. You know, he won every younger series, won F3, won F2, you know what I mean.

“And then you got this guy Magnussen that is supposed to be a wash-out and he’s beating him every week.”

The Colombian, though, concedes that for Magnussen there is absolutely no pressure given that six