Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) announced Sept. 26 that Mick Schumacher, who competes in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) for Alpine, will participate in an NTT INDYCAR SERIES test with the team Monday, Oct. 13 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.

Schumacher, the son of legendary seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, has made 44 starts in Formula One with a best finish of sixth place and earned four podiums in WEC to date. Michael Schumacher won the United States Grand Prix F1 race five times on the original, 2.605-mile configuration of the IMS road course (2000, 2003-06).

“I am very much looking forward to driving my first INDYCAR test,” Mick Schumacher said. “A big thank you to the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing team for giving me this opportunity. The same goes for driving this car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time, a racetrack with a big history and that my dad has driven on before. I am excited to see which special features it holds.

“I am very curious to understand the special features and characteristics of this race car, which is different from the cars I am used to driving, yet similar, and I remain very interested in gaining experience in the diverse world of motorsport. Great to be able to see what it is all about and how difficult it is, since I hear a lot about how tough it is physically. It is not a secret that I am big fan of single-seater racing, after all, so this first INDYCAR test will be an experience to treasure, and I am very much looking forward to driving a car where I can see my wheels.”

Schumacher, 26, a native of Switzerland, most recently drove an open-wheel race car as the Mercedes F1 reserve driver while competing in WEC in 2024 and participated in tests at Silverstone, Barcelona and Paul Ricard. The test at IMS will let Schumacher familiarize himself with the technical specifications of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES with an eye toward possible participation in the future.

During the Sonsio Grand Prix on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 8-9, RLL drivers Graham Rahal, Louis Foster and Devlin DeFrancesco qualified second, third and fifth, respectively with Rahal leading a race high 49 of 85 laps before earning the team’s best finish of sixth place.

“I have followed Mick’s career from afar, as well as that of his father, so the thought of seeing him in one of our race cars is very exciting,” said Bobby Rahal, RLL co-owner. “I think it’s going to be a great day for RLL and also for Mick as he gets his first experience in an Indy car. Obviously, he’s got a great deal of talent and knowing that we’ve had pretty good setups for the IMS road course, it should give him a good baseline to start from.”

This won't be Mick Schumacher's first visit to IMS, as he observed Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge track activity on Miller Lite Carb Day last May along with friend and former RLL sports car driver Dirk Muller.

The 2026 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season begins Sunday, March 1 with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

Schumacher finished runner-up to Enaam Ahmed at the junior direct-drive Karting World Championship and Karting European Championship in 2014. Graduating to junior formula in 2015, Schumacher finished runner-up in both ADAC F4 and Italian F4 in 2016. After finishing third in the MRF Challenge Championship in 2016-17, Schumacher moved to FIA European Formula 3, winning the championship with Prema in 2018. Progressing to FIA Formula 2 for 2019, Schumacher won the title in 2020 with Prema.

He became a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2019 and went on to participate in rookie testing for Alfa Romeo and Haas in F1 in 2020 before he signed with Haas as a full-time driver in 2021. Haas failed to score points during the season with the VF-21, with Schumacher earning a season-best finish of 12th in Hungary.

In 2022, Schumacher scored his maiden points finish at the British Grand Prix with eighth place, followed by a career-best sixth at the Austrian Grand Prix. He was also the official reserve driver for Ferrari in 2022. For 2023 and 2024, he served as a reserve driver for Mercedes, which included serving in the same capacity for McLaren and Williams.

In 2024, Schumacher moved to the FIA World Endurance Championship with Alpine and achieved his first podium finish at the 6 Hours of Fuji. In 2025, he has earned podium finishes at the 6 Hours of Imola and Spa-Francorchamps with two rounds remaining in the season in Fuji (Sept. 28) and Bahrain (Nov. 8).