Michael Schumacher Planned to Manage his Son

In recent times, Mick Schumacher’s star has been on the rise and he has been tipped for F1. Interestingly, his father, Michael Schumacher had planned to manage his racing career. The whole thing was kept under wraps but Michael’s accident scuppered all plans.

According to former manager Willi Weber to motorsport-total.com, Michael Schumacher was really gunning for Mick to scale new heights. Schumacher retired from Formula One following the 2012 season and Lewis Hamilton was his successor.

Weber said, “Michael Schumacher wanted to get his boy into Formula One and even manage him the way I used to manage him.”

Weber remained as Schumacher’s manager until his skiing accident in 2013. He was then replaced by Sabine Kehm who ensured minimal contact between the German star and Weber. He even accused her of ‘destroying his relationship with the Schumacher family through the press’

The 77-year old admitted that the accident changed a lot of things for Michael Schumacher and his family.

Speaking about the idea of Michael Schumacher managing his son, he said, “That would have been a great story. He would have loved that,”

Michael Schumacher was always present for Mick’s karting races and saw potential in him. Mick Schumacher is currently competing in Formula 2 for the 2019 season. He was also inducted into the Ferrari Driver’s Academy and is well on his way to follow his father’s footsteps.

“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,” Weber continued.

“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.”

Coming back to the subject of Michael and his accident, Weber hopes that the German star recovers “so I can hug him”.