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Franz Tost, who said in April that Mick Schumacher needs three years in F1 before any Ferrari move, has made another plea for patience.

Only this time, the AlphaTauri team principal is referring to Schumacher’s career in general following another big crash at the Monaco Grand Prix.

Tost was something of a mentor to Mick’s father, Michael Schumacher, and his uncle Ralf in the early stages of their careers.

He is also now a kind of father figure at AlphaTauri, the sister team where Red Bull blood their junior drivers in Formula 1, the latest of which is Yuki Tsunoda.

A member of the Ferrari Academy, it is thought the Italian giants are assessing Schumacher during his second season at Haas with a view to promoting him to the Scuderia’s line-up at some point over the next few years.

A couple of months ago, Tost said Schumacher “has to drive somewhere else for another three years” before securing such a promotion.

But now, after a third costly crash of the campaign at the Monaco Grand Prix, following expensive shunts in Saudi Arabia and Miami, there are questions being asked about whether Schumacher has a real future