Michael Schumacher's son confirms 2017 European F3 campaign

Baku. 24 December. REPORT.AZ/ Mick Schumacher, the son of seven-time world champion Michael, has confirmed that he will contest next season's Formula 3 European Championship with the Prema Powerteam outfit,  Report informs citing Autosport.

The 17-year-old will step up to the championship after finishing runner-up in the German and Italian Formula 4 championships this year with Prema.

Schumacher, who besides his F3 testing has also been mounting a race-winning title challenge in the Indian-run MRF Challenge over the winter, added: "F3 will be the ideal step for me to make, and I'm totally fired up for the new year to start.

"I'm also really happy about staying with Prema, because this is such a professional team and I will again be able to learn a lot.

"The next season will surely be challenging, but the tests we've been doing in the past weeks proved the F3 car is extremely fun to drive - I can't wait for 2017 to begin!"