Michael Schumacher’s son has criticised the media for fake photos of their family that have reportedly been widely circulated online.Mick Schumacher, 19, who is poised to join his father’s former Ferrari team this year, shared three images on his social media accounts, asking “all media to remove them from their archives”.
The photos show Schumacher with two children prior to the Formula One (F1) legend’s skiing accident in 2013.
The popular photos were allegedly of Mick Schumacher and his 21-year-old sister Gina. The Sun reports that the images were widely shared my media outlets and among fans on social media.
ading Italian team Prema, on Sunday wanted the public to know that neither him nor his sister were the children in the photos.
Mick Schumacher✔@SchumacherMick
These photos are often published because they supposedly show me as a child with my father. To clarify: these pictures here do NOT show me, and neither do they show Gina. I’m sorry for the people in these photos. I can only appeal to all media to remove them from their archives.
Posting the pictures, Schumacher said: “these photos are often published because they supposedly show me as a child with my father. To clarify: these pictures here do NOT show me, and neither do they show Gina.
“I’m sorry for the people in these photos. I can only appeal to all media to remove them from their archives.”
It’s not known who the children in the photos are.
German racing great Schumacher turned 50 on January 3 but has not been sighted publicly for more than five years.
He suffered severe brain injuries in a skiing accident in the French Alps back in 2013 and was placed in an induced coma until June 2014.
Since the accident, Schumacher’s family have kept his exact condition a closely guarded secret and very little is known about his recovery during his treatment at his home in Switzerland.
Son Mick has linked up with the Ferrari driver academy.
He last month visited the Ferrari museum dedicated to his father in Maranello, Italy, and posted photos about it last week on Instagram.
Schumacher, who won the European Formula 3 championship in his second attempt in 2018, was present at the post-season F1 test with Ferrari in Abu Dhabi last November.
Charles Leclerc, who will partner Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari in 2019, is a graduate of the Ferrari academy as is new Sauber signing Antonio Giovinazzi.
However, being a member of the Ferrari driver academy does not guarantee a drive in F1.
Source: Stuff, NZ