Michael Schumacher’s daughter criticised by F1 legend’s ex-manager for dropping surname

Michael Schumacher’s erstwhile manager, Willi Weber, has criticised the F1 legend’s daughter, Gina, for taking her husband’s surname pursuing her wedding past month.

Gina, 27, married her spouse Iain Bethke successful beforehand of adjacent friends and relatives astatine a backstage ceremonial connected the household property successful Majorca successful September.

After the wedding, Gina changed her Facebook illustration sanction from Gina Schumacher to Gina Bethke, portion German paper Bild study that she besides uses her caller surname astir friends.

But Weber, who managed Michael Schumacher passim his F1 career, has questioned Gina’s determination to driblet the Schumacher surname.

‘I don’t recognize it. Giving up a sanction similar that. It’s a brand. It’s connected to her father,’ Weber told Bild.

‘I wouldn’t person done that. But that’s her decision. That’s my opinion.’

Weber, who turned 82 this year, confirmed successful a erstwhile interrogation with Bild past period that helium was not among the guests astatine Gina’s wedding.

‘I wasn’t invited, but I wouldn’t person attended the wedding adjacent if I had been invited. My wellness isn’t bully astatine the moment. I wouldn’t person wanted to alert to Majorca,’ helium said.

‘I privation her the champion of luck and I anticipation she has recovered the close man, that’s ever important.’

Weber has not had interaction with Michael Schumacher since his superior skiing mishap successful 2013 and the wellness presumption of the erstwhile Ferrari operator has been kept a intimately guarded concealed by his woman Corinna.

‘Michael was 1 of my champion friends, much similar a lad that I ne'er had,’ Weber said.

‘Nobody knows precisely what is going connected with him today, truthful I don’t privation to remark immoderate further.’

Gina, meanwhile, has not wholly dropped her surname arsenic she competed arsenic ‘Gina Schumacher Bethke’ astatine a equine riding contention successful Oklahoma past week.

She trains and breeds horses astatine a state-of-the-art ranch successful agrarian Texas, which was purchased by her begetter Michael successful 2012.

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