'Very sad': Schumacher's F1 'hell' revealed

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A erstwhile teammate of Michael Schumacher says the vocation of his son, Mick, indispensable beryllium suffering done his father's mysterious wellness battle.

Johnny Herbert was a teammate of Schumacher astatine Benetton for the last 2 races of 1994 and past the entirety of the 1995 play - the archetypal 2 of Schumacher's grounds 7 satellite championships.

Herbert outlined the conflict Mick had nary uncertainty braved not having his begetter to usher him done his floundering Formula 1 career.

Michael Schumacher with ex-teammate Johnny Herbert. (Getty)

"Michael Schumacher's wellness is besides precise bittersweet for Mick. It can't beryllium casual for Mick, due to the fact that of what his dada achieved," helium told Ice 36.

"Being astir your dada erstwhile you're younger. Then of people his dada is not determination to bask it and usher him.

"There person been a batch of radical who person helped Mick implicit the years, but I deliberation it is simply a concern that helium would person loved his dada to beryllium determination for him."

Little is known astir Schumacher's information - his woman Corinna has been caring for him astatine their mansion adjacent Lake Geneva, Switzerland, since his skiing mishap astatine the extremity of 2013.

Mick made his F1 debut successful 2021 but was dumped from the Haas squad astatine the extremity of 2022 aft racking up millions of dollars successful repair bills from crashes.

He is present a reserve operator astatine Mercedes.

Michael Schumacher with children Mick and Gina. (Netflix)

Despite the hardship, Herbert commended the young operator for handling himself "brilliantly".

"He has dealt with the concern brilliantly. There was truthful overmuch media attraction conscionable due to the fact that of who helium was and is," Herbert said.

"Then the expectations of what his dada did and trying to unrecorded up to them. He was nether a hellhole of a batch of unit and did it get the amended of him?

"Maybe. Did helium bash capable erstwhile helium was up against Kevin Magnussen [at Haas]? Probably not. That's wherefore it didn't enactment out.

"He ne'er created that accidental for himself to proceed arsenic a racer."

Herbert is assured that Mick tin find his mode backmost to the grid — particularly if helium gets a accidental to radiance astatine a expansive prix.

"There is inactive a accidental an accidental volition unfastened up and helium volition get that one-off contention similar it did for Nyck de Vries, that mightiness pb radical to think, 'Wow'."

Last week, Herbert slammed German mag Die Aktuelle which published a false, AI-generated interrogation with Schumacher successful April.

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