“I am 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.”
Schumacher won one race in his rookie season in German F4 in 2015 before moving to Prema for a dual assault on German and Italian F4 titles.
inished runner-up in both categories, pipped by Australia’s Joey Mawson in the former series and Argentina’s Marcos Siebert in the latter, with a combined total of 10 victories to his name.
“We are thrilled to continue working with Mick in 2017,” said team principal Angelo Rosin. “Not only is he a skilled driver, he is a great guy and already showed he has all what it takes to be a top all-round professional.
“Debuting in a challenging series like the FIA F3 European Championship is not going to be easy, but we will be 100 percent behind Mick to help him keep impressing as he did this year.”
Schumacher joins a Prema F3 2017 line-up that already features series frontrunner Callum Ilott and Ferrari protege Guan Yu Zhou.
Prema is well-renowned for its successes on the continental F3 scene, the Italian team currently maintaining a six-year unbeaten run in Euro F3 drivers’ and teams’ standings.