<p>Mick Schumacher is "very similar" to his famous father in how he conducts himself off the track, said Ferrari's Formula One team principal on Friday.</p>.<p>The 20-year-old son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher got his first full experience of driving an F1 car during testing in Bahrain earlier this month.</p>.<p>Mick followed in the footsteps of his legendary father in getting behind the wheel of a Ferrari, completing 56 laps on an emotional occasion for his watching mother Corinna.</p>.<p>Michael has not been seen in public since suffering a severe head injury while skiing in December 2013.</p>.<p>"The first time I saw him (Mick) after many years when he came back, I looked at him and don't think he really looked similar to Michael," said Ferrari's Mattia Binotto.</p>.<p>"But the way he's behaving is very similar -- the approach, the way he's interested in the car, discussing conditions.</p>.<p>"He was always looking at the car, speaking to the mechanics. That's very similar to his father."</p>.<p>Speaking in Shanghai ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix, Binotto was keen not to lumber Mick with even higher expectations, with interest already intense interest in the youngster.</p>.<p>"The objective was not really to assess the performance in the very first day in an F1 car," said Binotto.</p>.<p>"More important for him is the learning phase. Day by day he is advancing a completely new challenge in his F2 season."</p>.<p>Following his European Formula 3 title last year, Mick made his Formula 2 debut in Bahrain, finishing eighth and sixth in the two races.</p>.<p>He joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in January, entering into a partnership with the team that helped his father win five F1 championships.</p>
<p>Mick Schumacher is "very similar" to his famous father in how he conducts himself off the track, said Ferrari's Formula One team principal on Friday.</p>.<p>The 20-year-old son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher got his first full experience of driving an F1 car during testing in Bahrain earlier this month.</p>.<p>Mick followed in the footsteps of his legendary father in getting behind the wheel of a Ferrari, completing 56 laps on an emotional occasion for his watching mother Corinna.</p>.<p>Michael has not been seen in public since suffering a severe head injury while skiing in December 2013.</p>.<p>"The first time I saw him (Mick) after many years when he came back, I looked at him and don't think he really looked similar to Michael," said Ferrari's Mattia Binotto.</p>.<p>"But the way he's behaving is very similar -- the approach, the way he's interested in the car, discussing conditions.</p>.<p>"He was always looking at the car, speaking to the mechanics. That's very similar to his father."</p>.<p>Speaking in Shanghai ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix, Binotto was keen not to lumber Mick with even higher expectations, with interest already intense interest in the youngster.</p>.<p>"The objective was not really to assess the performance in the very first day in an F1 car," said Binotto.</p>.<p>"More important for him is the learning phase. Day by day he is advancing a completely new challenge in his F2 season."</p>.<p>Following his European Formula 3 title last year, Mick made his Formula 2 debut in Bahrain, finishing eighth and sixth in the two races.</p>.<p>He joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in January, entering into a partnership with the team that helped his father win five F1 championships.</p>