Could 26 (GMM) Flavio Briatore says he has little interest in visiting his outdated good friend and colleague, Michael Schumacher.
Collectively, as Benetton crew boss and driver, the duo received their first world championships in 1994 and 1995 – earlier than Schumacher moved on to Ferrari and received 5 extra titles.
However when Schumacher, now 56, suffered extreme mind injury in a late 2013 snowboarding fall, Briatore says he didn’t go to the good German – and hasn’t regretted his determination since then.
“We final noticed one another at a boxing occasion in Germany, a couple of months earlier than his horrible snowboarding accident,” Briatore, again within the F1 paddock this yr because the highly effective govt advisor at Alpine, advised RTL.
The 75-year-old insists he received’t be asking Michael’s spouse Corinna if he can be part of the very small group of people that have been allowed to go to the seven time world champion in his present bodily state.
“I wish to keep in mind Michael as he was – filled with vitality and energy,” Briatore mentioned. “He wouldn’t need me to recollect him the way in which he’s now.”
The Italian says he nonetheless has nice affection for Schumacher.
“Michael and his household had been an enormous a part of the success, together with my private success,” mentioned Briatore.
“I wish to preserve these moments – they had been superb. Corinna is an unbelievable lady. She’s very brave. She did a fantastic job to maintain the household collectively.”
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