- Michael Schumacher suffered a near-fatal mind harm whereas snowboarding in 2013
- The seven-time champion’s brother, Ralf, has ‘modified’, says Johnny Herbert
- Herbert additionally believes Schumacher, 54, would have had a promising media profession
A former Formula One star has revealed that Michael Schumacher’s tragic accident has left brother Ralf ‘very totally different’.
The seven-time world Champion – extensively thought to be the most effective the game has ever seen – suffered an accident whereas snowboarding in the Alps with his household, hitting his head on a rock in 2013.
After being rushed to hospital he was put in a medically induced coma for 250 days earlier than returning residence, having suffered a close to deadly mind harm.
Since then he has lived a really non-public life with his household in Switzerland, and few have seen or visited Schumacher, and even some buddies and family have been saved in the darkish by these closest to him in an effort to stop leaks to the press.
Now former F1 driver Johnny Herbert – Schumacher’s team-mate at Benetton – described how Ralf has been affected by his brother’s ongoing situation.
‘When Ralf Schumacher was with Sky Germany we frequently met,’ Herbert instructed Grosvenor Sport.
‘Ralf has had to do lots of issues for and with the household given what occurred to Michael.
‘He has matured. He is very totally different now to the individual he was as a driver.
‘He is an excellent human being now. He has modified so much having had to address the continuing state of affairs with his brother.’
While Schumacher’s life has continued away from the limelight, there has been hypothesis over his situation with the world largely saved in the darkish over the German nice.
French journalist Roger Benoit, a detailed good friend of Schumacher’s, claimed the 54-year-old’s case is one ‘with out hope’ in a tragic well being update earlier in September – with Herbert claiming it was a ‘horrible’ update.
He added: ‘There’s by no means any information. What we do know is we by no means hear any constructive information.
‘That’s the horrible thought that he is nonetheless not in a position to be shut to the Michael that all of us bear in mind. And that is very unhappy.’
Herbert, who has often appeared on Sky Sports F1 protection over the past decade, believes his old team-mate would have had an incredible profession in the media, claiming his ‘outspoken’ nature could have shone on the display.
‘He would have been outspoken. He was all the time very conscious of what you’ll be able to and cannot do.
‘His character was all the time in your face, telling you instantly should you had completed one thing to him on the observe.
‘Remember Spa with David Coulthard. He would have been superb.’