<p class="bodytext">The Schumacher name will return to Formula One next season with Mick, son of Ferrari great and seven-times world champion Michael, announced on Wednesday as a race driver for the US-owned Haas team.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 21-year-old German, who has signed a multi-year agreement, is leading the Formula Two championship ahead of this weekend's finale at Bahrain's Sakhir circuit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The prospect of being on the Formula One grid next year makes me incredibly happy and I’m simply speechless," said Schumacher.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have always believed that I would realise my dream of Formula One."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Schumacher, a member of the Ferrari young driver academy, will form an all-new line-up at Haas along with Russian Nikita Mazepin whose signing was announced on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The pair replace Frenchman Romain Grosjean, currently recovering from a fiery crash in the Bahrain Grand Prix last Sunday, and Denmark's Kevin Magnussen.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Schumacher will be in the car next week with Haas slotting him in for Friday first practice at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The Formula Two Championship has long served as a proving ground for talent to showcase their credentials and this year’s field has undoubtedly been one of the most competitive in recent seasons," said Haas principal Guenther Steiner.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I firmly believe he’s earned the opportunity to graduate into Formula One based on his performances."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Schumacher has a 14-point lead in the F2 standings with two races to go.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Michael Schumacher retired in 2012 after a three-season comeback with Mercedes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Ferrari great has not been seen in public since suffering severe head injuries in a skiing accident in the French Alps in 2013.</p>
<p class="bodytext">The Schumacher name will return to Formula One next season with Mick, son of Ferrari great and seven-times world champion Michael, announced on Wednesday as a race driver for the US-owned Haas team.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 21-year-old German, who has signed a multi-year agreement, is leading the Formula Two championship ahead of this weekend's finale at Bahrain's Sakhir circuit.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The prospect of being on the Formula One grid next year makes me incredibly happy and I’m simply speechless," said Schumacher.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have always believed that I would realise my dream of Formula One."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Schumacher, a member of the Ferrari young driver academy, will form an all-new line-up at Haas along with Russian Nikita Mazepin whose signing was announced on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The pair replace Frenchman Romain Grosjean, currently recovering from a fiery crash in the Bahrain Grand Prix last Sunday, and Denmark's Kevin Magnussen.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Schumacher will be in the car next week with Haas slotting him in for Friday first practice at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The Formula Two Championship has long served as a proving ground for talent to showcase their credentials and this year’s field has undoubtedly been one of the most competitive in recent seasons," said Haas principal Guenther Steiner.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I firmly believe he’s earned the opportunity to graduate into Formula One based on his performances."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Schumacher has a 14-point lead in the F2 standings with two races to go.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Michael Schumacher retired in 2012 after a three-season comeback with Mercedes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Ferrari great has not been seen in public since suffering severe head injuries in a skiing accident in the French Alps in 2013.</p>