Martin Brundle explains Michael Schumacher snub after F1 icon was left 'very upset'
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Martin Brundle has revealed Michael Schumacher snubbed him for five years after the F1 icon was left 'very upset' with comments made by the Sky Sports presenter.
Schumacher was a force of nature during his Formula One career, with the 55-year-old winning seven titles.
And he actually raced alongside Brundle, with the pair once team-mates at Benneton.
Now, speaking on the Sky Sports F1 podcast, the 65-year-old has revealed the paiur didn't speak for five years.
F1 news: Martin Brundle has revealed Michael Schumacher snubbed him for five years after the icon was left 'very upset' with comments made by the Sky Sports presenter
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This, according to Brundle, was because a German newspaper did a poor job of translating comments.
Even to this day, the Sky presenter is baffled by their fall-out. They did, however, make up following a boozy night out in Spain.
“Well, weirdly, we fell out because something I said was translated, taken out of context and translated into German and put in a headline and newspaper," he recalled.
“And Michael got very upset, I have no idea what it was to this day.
“He wouldn’t speak to me for five years, it was really odd.
“And then we got drunk together in a nightclub in Valencia when he was on his sabbatical between Mercedes and Ferrari.
“We were fine after that, he was sort of hanging off my shoulder, like, ‘My teammate, my teammate!’
“And it broke the ice again. So I really don’t know what the problem was, but that was a real shame.”
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Not much is currently known about Schumacher and his condition today.
The F1 icon hasn't been seen in public ever since a tragic skiing accident in December 2013.
Schumacher was on holiday in the French Alps when he tragically veered off course and hit his head on a rock.
Though he was initially conscious, the Ferrari legend was then air-lifted to hospital and placed in a medically induced coma.
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Schumacher later returned home but it's unclear what he's like now, nearly 11 years on.
His wife, Corinna, admitted in a 2021 Netflix documentary that he was 'different' from before - and vowed to keep protecting her husband's privacy.
"Michael is here. Different, but he's here, and that gives us strength, I find," she said.
"He still shows me how strong he is every day.
Michael Schumacher lives away from the spotlight ever since his skiing accident in 2013GETTY"We live together at home. We do therapy. We do everything we can to make Michael better and to make sure he's comfortable. And to simply make him feel our family, our bond.
"And no matter what, I will do everything I can. We all will. We're trying to carry on as a family, the way Michael liked it and still does. And we are getting on with our lives.
"'Private is private', as he always said. It's very important to me that he can continue to enjoy his private life as much as possible.
"Michael always protected us, and now we are protecting Michael."
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