Michael Schumacher’s family have paid tribute to his ‘strong’ and ‘special’ character in the trailer for a new Netflix documentary about the legendary racing driver.
Schumacher, which will be released on September 15, tells the story of the German Formula One champion’s career.
A trailer released today shows his wife Corinna and their two children Gina and Mick, who followed in his father’s footsteps into F1, talking about the racer, 52, who has not been seen in public since suffering severe head injuries in a skiing accident in 2013.
Corinna, also 52, says in the highly-anticipated film about her husband of 26 years: ‘I just felt that he is somebody special.
‘I think that he is simply very strong mentally. Extremely strong. He still shows me how strong he is every day.’
Mick, 22, adds: ‘When I look at him I think, “I want to be like that”.’
The trailer shows archive footage of Schumacher’s career, from his days karting as a young boy to his record seventh F1 championship in 2004.
The documentary promises unseen material showing the ‘many facets of his multi-layered personality’, with brother Ralf, Sebastian Vettel, David Coulthard and Bernie Ecclestone also featuring.
The portrait of the racing legend is ‘the only film supported by his family’ and was described by his press officer and manager Sabine Kehm as the ‘family’s gift to their beloved husband and father’.