Mick Schumacher will compete in Formula 4 for another season after being signed by Italian outfit Prema Powerteam.
Schumacher, the 16-year-old son of seven-time world champion Michael, enjoyed an impressive rookie campaign in German F4 and at the final round of the MRF Challenge in India. The teenager will join the Prema team which powered Lance Stroll, now at Williams, and Ralf Aron to the last two Italian F4 titles.
Prema enjoys strong links with Ferrari, the team with which father Michael won five of his seven titles. On Friday morning manager Sabine Kehm clarified Schumacher's appointment at Prema does not mean he will be part of the Ferrari Driver Academy this year, a move which had been speculated in Italian press.