Michael Schumacher had ‘secret plan’ to manage son Mick’s F1 career before tragic ski accident

MICHAEL Schumacher had a “secret plan” to manage his son Mick’s F1 career before his devastating skiing accident, it’s emerged.

Willi Weber, the racing legend’s former manager, said Schumacher wanted to get his “boy” to the top in the sport.

But his dreams were tragically snuffed out after he suffered serious brain injuries in the accident in the French Alps.

Weber told German website motorsport-total.com that Schumacher recognised his son’s talent and was eager to help “his boy into Formula One and even manage him the way I used to manage him”.

He added: “Michael was anxious to get his boy into Formula One and even manage him. That would have been a great story. He would have loved that.”

F1 DREAMS

Schumacher retired from Formula One at the end of the 2012 season and was eventually replaced at Mercedes by reigning five-time champion Lewis Hamilton.

The seven-time world champion was placed in a medically-induced coma following his accident in December 2013.

He hit his head on a rock while skiing in the exclusive French Alps resort of Mirabel, suffering a traumatic brain injury.

Weber told the sports news site that the accident “changed everything”.

Michael Schumacher attended many of Mick’s kart races before his son turned 14 and believed his son would one day reach Formula One status.

is competing in Formula Two, having won the European Formula Three Championship last year.

Michael was anxious to get his boy into Formula One and even manage him. That would have been a great story. He would have loved that

Willi Weber

This month, the 20-year-old held a successful F1 test at the Bahrain International Circuit, where he drove a Scuderia Ferrari SF90 and also tested an Alfa Romeo F1 car.

Weber added: “Mick always thought as Michael’s son he had to achieve the same results as his father and this of course gave the boy a huge burden.

“Michael knew which teams he could to speak to and how it works because he garnered many years of experience. That was his grand ambition.”

Schumacher reportedly received £115k-a-week care at a special medical facility at his Lake Geneva home, costs which are now expected to have exceeded £20m.

Late in 2018 the personal secretary of Benedict XVI, Georg Gänswein spoke to German magazine Bunte about Schumacher’s condition.

The German archbishop revealed he paid the record-breaking driver a visit, but didn’t give many hints as to his overall health.

He said: “I sat in front of him, I touched him with both hands, and I looked at him. His face, as we all know, is the typical face of Michael Schumacher; only that it has become a little more puffy.

“He feels that around him there are people who love him, who care about him and, thank God, keep the curious public away.”

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