“I heard from people in F1 that Michael Schumacher is sitting at the dinner table”

Last December 29 marked 10 years since Michael Schumacher’s accident while skiing in the Méribel resort, in the French Alps. Since then, the family has hidden the state of health of the former German pilot and few statements have been made by the family or by Jean Todt, as one of the few privileged people who can visit the ‘Kaiser’ in his medicalized. house Therefore, it is surprising the way in which Johnny Herbert, who was Michael Schumacher’s teammate at Benetton at the end of the 1994 academic year and in the 1995 season, spoke in an interview with ‘Bettingsites’ about the possible state of the German’s health, reflecting about on what his former F1 partner might do with some rumors he heard in the paddock.

“I only hear fragments secondhand. I heard people from Formula 1 sitting at the dinner table, but I don’t know if that’s true,” he said, launching a hopeful statement that will surely not please the family, who had already denounced the family in 2015. ‘ Bunte’ magazine for publishing that Schumacher got better and “started to walk alone.” “Not true. Such speculation is irresponsible, given the severity of the injuries, Michael’s privacy is very important. Unfortunately, that only gives false hope to many people involved with him,” family spokeswoman Sabine Kehm announced in 2015.

Furthermore, Herbert highlights the privacy with which the family wants to address the issue of Michael’s recovery, something he attributes to the possibility that it means limited progress.

“We haven’t heard much from the family and that’s understandable. “That was always a big part of how Michael and the family kept everything private, secret,” Herbert said.

“I don’t think things are progressing the way many of us who know Michael Schumacher and many of his fans around the world would like to see,” he added. “They want to know, we all want to know that things are moving forward positively. But since we don’t have any information, we can only assume that it is not yet in a position where there is a possibility of recovery,” he argued, with an assumption without apparent foundation. Pure speculation.

“In my opinion, and I must emphasize this because we haven’t heard anything from the family, this shows that he is probably in the same situation that he was in immediately after the accident. “I guess the family is waiting for science to find something that will hopefully bring back the Michael we all knew,” he added.

Of course, from what he heard in the world of motorsport, Herbert was able to reveal which people could contact Michael Schumacher and visit him. It’s a very select group of just three people, according to the former British driver: “I’ve heard Ross (Brawn, former Benetton director), Jean Todt and Gerhard Berger. In my opinion, that’s all.”

Schumacher, as director in F1

On the 10th anniversary of Michael Schumacher’s accident, a resident of Maranello, the Italian town where Ferrari’s headquarters are located, told Mundo Deportivo how much Ferrari fans would repeat what they would like if Schumacher can be part of the team. The leadership of Ferrari management or direct the team to return it to success as in his years as a driver. In addition, Michael’s former driver and friend, Timo Glock, also highlighted a few days ago what a “good F1 team manager” Michael is.

“Knowing his character, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him play as a team principal at Mercedes, for example, and find a way to move into management. Would I be good at that? Not all racing drivers have been . Alain Prost is the best example of how it didn’t work so well when he had his team. Niki Lauda did it, but only in the direction of Mercedes. Will he and Michael work together well? Actually I think . They would have experienced the old school and the new school experience. “They would have had a good effect,” Jonnhy Herbert expressed in this regard, agreeing very much with Glock’s words.