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Daily Mirror
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Daniel Moxon

Mick Schumacher upbeat despite starting Azerbaijan GP dead last as 'my dad could do it'

Mick Schumacher has backed himself to break his Formula 1 points duck at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix despite starting from dead last.

Qualifying was a disaster for the German, who simply could not find the pace in his car to lift himself off the bottom of the timing sheets. So he will start the race in Baku from the very back of the grid, while Haas team-mate Kevin Magnussen didn't fare much better and will line up 16th.

"I'm annoyed because of course the whole situation is a bit stupid," he told Sky Germany as he reflected on another poor qualifying result which makes his chances of scoring F1 points for the first time even more tricky than usual. "The car is better than last place.

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