Mick, Michael Schumacher's son comes out of silence: "He is always my father in the first place": Femme Actuelle Le MAG

On December 29, 2013, the life of the Schumacher family changed. The famous Formula 1 driver was involved in a ski accident, was in a coma and since then his health is very fragile. Confidences are difficult to obtain from loved ones : they do not wish to address the subject publicly. However, the family is not entirely in the shade, especially because Mick Schumacher decided to follow in his father's footsteps by venturing out in turn on racing circuits. In July 2019, he paid homage to his father by driving a Ferrari F2004, the car Michael Schumacher had driven in 2004.

In the columns of the German magazine Bild, the young man of 21 years agreed to make some (rare) confidences on his father, whose operation was postponed because of the coronavirus. "I have never seen my father as the greatest driver in the world. He is always my father in the first place. I do not take the lessons he gave me for granted", he said.

Schumacher: a difficult name for Mick?

When he started as a pilot, Mick Schumacher did not wish to put forward his world famous surname. He even admits to having used a different name "to run without being recognized" and to improve in his field "without being disturbed". But all of this is now ancient history. And for good reason, he is not only "the son of" by Michel Schumacher sincehe has proven himself behind the wheel. "To be honest, I no longer feel any pressure to bear this surname or to do exactly what my father did", he said, not without pride.