From what I understand, there have been quiet complaints and whispers up and down that Euro F3 paddock about exactly what is/was going on with Mick Shumachers car that miraculously became the fastest car on the grid by miles midway through the season. Before that, his car and performances were at best average and his results reflected that. In all my years of watching motor racing, no driver typically is average (or slightly below) for a year and a half then suddenly is lights out fast, blowing away his competition and his teammates, who had previously beaten him soundly. Even if he had an average car, his quality would shine through But the Prema Powerteam car is one of the best in F3 and his teammates were all doing extremely well with him lagging behind severely in 4th, then all of a sudden he becomes unstoppable. Ridiculous.
you can see this uncanny trajectory if you scroll down to the drivers championship on this wiki page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_F...n_Championship
And he finished 12 in the series in 2017:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_F...n_Championship
with all 3 of his teammates that year blowing him away:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prema_Powerteam
So...no, I don't rate him that highly and suspect things are going on behind the scenes to artificially inflate his quality, and particular car.