Michael Schumacher 'always freaked out' during public appearances, according to his former manager Sabine Kehm, who spoke on the fifth anniversary of his skiing accident. Kehm described the seven-time Formula 1 champion as a 'complex human being' whose professional traits sometimes hindered him in personal interactions.
Kehm told German newspaper Express that Schumacher was 'faithful, reliable, dutiful and fact-driven', but his meticulousness extended to shielding his private life. 'With the same meticulousness he used to drive his professional development, he shielded his private side and his family from public life,' she said.
The manager recalled Schumacher once asking: 'Do I have to demonstratively show I have feelings so that they can be taken from me?' Kehm, who became his manager in 2010, noted that his characteristics sometimes held him back 'in the human field'.
Separately, former Ferrari boss Jean Todt revealed he watched the 2018 Brazilian Grand Prix with Schumacher at his home in Switzerland. Todt, who visits the injured driver at least twice a month, said: 'I almost cry. There are pictures of him all over my offices and apartments.'
Schumacher suffered life-changing head injuries in a December 2013 ski accident in Meribel, France. He spent six months in a coma and now receives round-the-clock care from a team of 15 physicians at his home near Lake Geneva, at a cost of £115,000 per week.
