Mick and Gina-Maria, the two children of Scuderia Ferrari legend Michael Schumacher, have shared heartfelt tributes to their father to mark the Ferrari great’s 54th birthday today. The seven-time Formula 1 world champion, who suffered a tragic skiing accident nine years ago, that left him with serious brain injuries, is still fighting for his long-term health after the F1 legend suffered serious head injuries. The former F1 driver as not been seen in public since suffering the accident almost one decade ago.
Michael was brought to the family’s Lake Geneva home in September 2014 where a team of medical staff now support his wife Corinna in looking after the 54-year-old. Mick Schumacher, a former member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, wanted to share a post on Instagram today: the young German driver posted a throwback photograph of him and his father together alongside a gushing caption.
The photo, which has so far received more than 800.000 likes and more than 5,000 comments, had the message: ‘Happy birthday to the best Dad ever. Love you!’
At the same time his sister Gina-Maria also posted an image of herself and her father together on her social media accounts, with the caption: ‘Happy Birthday Dad. Throwback to our karting times! #keepfighting.’
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The heartfelt tributes on social media come after the former Ferrari Academy Driver member shared a family picture of him smiling to the camera with his mother Corinna and Gina-Maria, with the post receiving thousands of comments from fans of all teams.
Ferrari legend Michael Schumacher is widely seen as the best Formula 1 driver of all time, winning five F1 championships alongside the Maranello team, alongside other titles secured with Benetton (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004). Added to this he has 71 fastest laps and 155 podiums to his name.
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