‘Michael Schumacher isn’t conniving – he’d have been pundit not team principal’

British former F1 driver Johnny Herbert reckons Michael Schumacher would've gone into punditry had he not been involved in a life-altering skiing accident.

The seven-time world champion hasn't been seen in public since suffering catastrophic injuries while skiing in the French Alps with his son Mick in 2013. Very little is known about his condition and his family are keen to keep it that way as they continue to urge for privacy.

The accident occurred a year after Schumacher's retirement and many have wondered whether the German legend would have gone on to become an F1 team principal. Although according to Herbert, he wasn't "conniving" enough for such a job.

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"As a driver [Schumacher] was able to get the best people around him to get the best out of himself. I don’t think the motivation would have been there for him to run a team," Herbert told Genting Casino. "He maybe would have looked back at Alain Prost, The Professor for whom it didn’t pan out perfectly. It is not a straightforward thing.

"Michael’s motivation was as a driver. But I never saw that businessman type of mentality that would have fitted in with what it takes to be a principal. Michael was not the conniving sort that is needed for that. Punditry would have been his great strength."

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Herbert spent over a decade in Formula 1, driving for seven different teams between 1989 and 2000. He achieved a career-best by finishing fourth in the world championships while racing for Renault, though arguably his greatest achievement was winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1991. After retiring he turned to punditry and has spent the last 11 years working for Sky Sports.

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Schumacher, meanwhile, will go down as arguably the greatest F1 driver of all time. He won world titles in 1994 and 1995, before winning five on the trot while driving for Ferrari between 2000 and 2004.

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