Mick Schumacher admitted "it felt like the day was never going to end" as he watched the first race of the new Formula 1 season from the sidelines.
Had things gone differently, he would have been lining up on the Bahrain grid last weekend. But the German did not do enough in his two years racing for Haas to convince Guenther Steiner that he was one of the drivers they needed to achieve their ambitions.
And so he was replaced by the more experienced Nico Hulkenberg, who made his debut for the team on Sunday. Schumacher, meanwhile, watched on from the Mercedes garage as the team's reserve driver.
