Mick Schumacher was branded a "dead man walking" just weeks into the 2022 Formula 1 season by Gene Haas, the owner of his team.
The German's future on the grid became one of the big topics of silly season last year, which really kicked into gear after the summer break. But the new series of Formula 1: Drive to Survive, released by Netflix on Friday, shows that there were doubts about Schumacher at the very top of the team from a much earlier point.
Kevin Magnussen was able to score big points on his second 'debut' with the team in Bahrain, but Schumacher was outside the top 10. And his pointless streak continued in the opening rounds of the season, compounded by heavy and expensive crashes in Monaco and, first, Saudi Arabia.
