Michael Schumacher.Photo: Mark Thompson/Getty
Michael Schumacherwas sent love and well wishes on his 54th birthday.
On Tuesday, his children shared sweet throwback photos of their dad.
“Happy Birthday Dad 🫶🏽🥰 throwback to our karting times! 🏎️#keepfighting❤️,” his daughterGina-Maria, 25, captioned anInstagram post featuring a photo of the twowearing similar racing bomber jackets.
The 23-year-old posted an image ofhim and his fatherdressed up in black suit jackets and white button-down shirts as well as another photo of his dad in his racing uniform.
“Happy birthday to the best Dad ever ❤️ love you!” he captioned the post.
Schumacher is regarded as one of the best F1 drivers. According toF1, Schumacher earned 91 wins and seven championships and was honored with aNetflix documentary(released in 2021) that chronicles his life.
According toSports Illustrated, when he was awarded the State Prize of North-Rhine-Westphalia award in July 2022,his wife Corinna was presentto accept the honor and provided a brief update.
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“I miss Michael every day,” said Corinna. “But it’s not just me who misses him. It’s the children, the family, his father, everyone around him. I mean, everybody misses Michael, but Michael is here. Different, but he’s here and that gives us strength, I find. We try to carry on a family as Michael liked it and still does. And we are getting on with our lives. ‘Private is private,’ as he always said.”
“It is very important to me that he can continue to enjoy his private life as much as possible,” she continued. “Michael always protected us, and now we are protecting Michael.”
source: people.com
