Up until 2012, 82-year-old Willi Weber managed Schumacher, helping to make the future seven-time world champion one of the highest-earning athletes of all time.
After being turned down for an invitation to his daughter Gina’s wedding, Michael Schumacher’s old manager has disclosed why he avoids seeing the Formula One star.
However, Weber was not even invited to celebrate Gina’s marriage to Michael at the family’s opulent £27 million Majorca vacation home with longtime boyfriend Iain Bethke.
Weber has since disclosed that he would not have been able to attend the ceremony anyway due to health issues and also opened up about why he’s already “said goodbye to Michael.”
He also managed his brother, Ralf, who raced in Formula One for 11 years and won six races.
It was my fault that I didn’t visit Michael after the accident and stand by him because I thought the media reports were exaggerated.
I thought I’d better wait a few days and then everything would be fine. But it was too late. For a long time I blamed myself for not reacting immediately.
Since then, I’ve said goodbye to Michael in my heart in order to find my peace again. He said this to Bild.
There is no ill blood between Weber and Schumacher, 55, who has not appeared publicly since sustaining a major brain injury while skiing in the French town of Meribel in 2013.
‘I have had no contact with the family for over 10 years, I can barely remember what even happened,’ he continued.