Williams𓆉’ team principal is James Vowles, Wolff’s long-time confidante at Mercedes.

Vowl♓es is being told to drop one of his drivers mid-season in favour of Schumacher, according to .

Sargeant, the rookie from the United States, is described in the report as “shaky”ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ.

His F1 career has not started well - he and N💛yck de Vries are the only two drivers to remain without a point aft🦄er five grands prix.

Alex Albon, Sargeant’s mo♚re experienced teammate, has just one point of his own though.

But Mercedes’ team principal Wolff is using his personal relationship with Vowles to en♉gineer a full-time comeback to the grid for Schumacher, the report says.

Schumacher was dropped by Haas l꧒ast season amid criticism from their team principal Guentꦦher Steiner.

This year Schumacher is Mercedes’ third driver, at t💖he team where his legendary father Michael Schumacher ended his career.

But a full-ti🔥me racing seat remains Schumacher’s goal and an opportunity at Williams could o♎pen this summer.

Sargeant will have three more grands pr🔜ix - Emilia-Romagna, Monaco and Spain - to “convince” Williams before his role is “reevaluated”.

A potential opening at AlphaTauri for Schumꦰa⛎cher, however, has been denied.

De Vries is also under pressure but Schumacher wou🅺ld not be considered as a replacement.

"He's a ⛦Mercedes driver and he's not in our plans,” Red🎀 Bull consultant Helmut Marko said.

“Accordingly, Toto Wolff is responsible for him.”