Mick Schumach♍er hopes to claim the Sauber d🌳rive for 2025.

It is the last vacant race seat before the 2025 F1 driver ꧃line-up is confirmed.

The son of Michael Schumacher has hinted that he is a contender hoꦰping to gꦡet the nod.

He told Sky Germany about a Plan B: "I'll deal wit🌳h it if the time comes and Plan A doesn't work.

"Plan B must be in the back of y♐our mind. I don't know where it's goi🃏ng at the moment.”

S✨chumacher insisted that a Sauber decisi♎on is imminent.

But, thei൩r current driver Valtteri Bottas is also a leading option.

“Sorting thinꩵgs out for the future, th🐲at’s obviously high on my priority list because it’s starting to feel almost like Christmas time, you know it’s getting close so better get it sorted,” said Bottas in Singapore.

Bottas, 35, has previously insisted he wan🔥ts a multi-year deal rather than a short-term commitment.

Franco Colapinto, who is impressing൲ with Willi✅ams after replacing Logan Sargeant mid-season, could also be considered.

Schumacher represents an interesting alternative.

Saube💦r, who will fully become Audi in 2026, have alreaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚdy signed Nico Hulkenberg for next year, giving them a German presence.

Audi, a mighty German manufacturer, to look to the son of a national legend to further boost t♏heir project.

Schumacher would🅘 𝔍also be a younger option than Bottas.

Schumacher has been tryi🌠nꩵg to find his way back onto the F1 grid since Haas axed him at the end of 2022, after two seasons.

Then-team boss Guenther Steiner cited the frequency of Schumacher’s crashes, at th🍒e time.

Schumacher has since become Mercedes’ third driver for two years, putting in vital wor🌺k on the simulator.

He also joined Aꩲlpine’s endurance progr♏amme this year, and drove at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

But Schumach𓆏er missed out on an🌺 Alpine F1 drive, when Jack Doohan got the nod.