{"id":289955,"date":"2023-09-25T12:34:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T12:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=289955"},"modified":"2023-09-25T12:34:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T12:34:09","slug":"f1-pundit-facing-backlash-after-comment-about-michael-schumacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/f1-pundit-facing-backlash-after-comment-about-michael-schumacher\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 pundit facing backlash after comment about Michael Schumacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Watch the moment Spanish F1 pundit makes cruel joke about Michael Schumacher&#8217;s physical condition on live TV &#8211; 10 years after legend&#8217;s skiing accident<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A Spanish F1 pundit is facing severe backlash for recent comments on live TV\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Antonio Lobato made reference to the physical condition of Schumacher<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Spanish F1 pundit is facing calls to apologise after making a joke about Michael Schumacher&#8217;s physical condition on live television.<\/p>\n<p>Schumacher had a skiing accident in December 2013 and was put in a medically induced coma. He hasn&#8217;t appeared publicly ever since.<\/p>\n<p>The former Formula One driver &#8211; who won seven world championships &#8211; is cared for by a team of medical staff, and his wife Corinna, at their Lake Geneva home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite being out of the public eye for nearly a decade, Schumacher&#8217;s name cropped up during recent discussions following the Japanese Grand Prix.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a video that has now appeared on Twitter, one pundit said: &#8216;Let [Red Bull engineer] Adrian Newey be shaking because Antonio Lobato is coming&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/11\/69420581-12557611-Michael_Schumacher_pictured_in_2005_hasn_t_been_in_public_since_-a-1_1695639073944.jpg\" height=\"467\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Michael Schumacher (pictured in 2005) hasn&#8217;t been in public since a skiing accident in 2013 <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/11\/75807147-12557611-image-a-5_1695639219695.jpg\" height=\"339\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Spanish journalist Antonio Lobato (pictured) is facing a backlash for comments made on Schumacher following the Japanese Grand Prix<\/p>\n<p>Lobato himself responded: &#8216;Let Michael be shaking! Well&#8230; not Michael, he cannot shake.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 58-year-old journalist has since faced numerous calls to resign following the ill-humoured comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One fan wrote: &#8216;An apology from [Antonio Lobato] would be the minimum, a sign of decency You don&#8217;t disrespect ANYONE that way, especially when thousands of people are watching you. Journalism in Spain has a very bright present and future with people like this,&#8217; they continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A second user posted: &#8216;Shocking to think that was an acceptable joke. He must apologise.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month,\u00a0former F1 driver Johnny Herbert<span>\u00a0&#8211; Schumacher&#8217;s team-mate at Benetton &#8211; revealed that the legend is &#8216;not close&#8217; to returning to his former self.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p> &#8216;There&#8217;s never any news. What we do know is we never hear any positive news,&#8217; Herbert said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That&#8217;s the horrible thought that he is still not able to be close to the Michael that we all remember. And that is very sad.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In April, a German magazine was labelled as &#8216;stupid&#8217; after they promoted an &#8216;exclusive interview&#8217; with Michael Schumacher on the front cover of their latest edition &#8211; only to later reveal the fake quotes were generated via Artificial Intelligence (AI).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A secrecy remains about his condition and so heads turned when German magazine\u00a0Die Aktuelle revealed an &#8216;exclusive interview&#8217; with the stricken driver.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The front cover, dated April 15, 2023, included the exclusive tag, as well as a picture of a smiling Schumacher. They went on to claim it is &#8216;the first interview&#8217; he has given since his skiing accident.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/11\/68989147-12557611-Schumacher_s_wife_Corinna_pictured_together_skiing_in_2005_has_k-a-2_1695639077354.jpg\" height=\"445\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Schumacher&#8217;s wife\u00a0Corinna (pictured together skiing in 2005) has kept his condition private<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/25\/11\/69994669-12557611-German_mag_Die_Aktuelle_claimed_to_have_an_exclusive_interview_w-a-4_1695639102643.jpg\" height=\"809\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>German mag Die Aktuelle claimed to have an &#8216;exclusive interview&#8217; with Michael Schumacher<\/p>\n<p>The article, which does not feature a byline, continues before ending with an admission that the quotes are in fact fake and they have not spoken to Schumacher or anyone in the family.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Did Michael Schumacher really say everything himself? The interview was online. On a page that has to do with artificial intelligence, or AI for short,&#8217; the now widely derided piece concludes.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately F1 fans condemned the magazine for its &#8216;lack of decency&#8217; and the &#8216;shame&#8217; in purpoting to have spoken to Schumacher.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>German media expert\u00a0Boris Rosenkranz wrote a comment piece labelling the stunt &#8216;Too stupid to be true&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12557611\/Watch-moment-Spanish-F1-pundit-makes-cruel-joke-Michael-Schumachers-physical-condition-live-TV-10-years-legends-skiing-accident.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Watch the moment Spanish F1 pundit makes cruel joke about Michael Schumacher&#8217;s physical condition on live TV &#8211; 10 years after legend&#8217;s skiing accident A <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/f1-pundit-facing-backlash-after-comment-about-michael-schumacher\/\" title=\"F1 pundit facing backlash after comment about Michael Schumacher\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>F1 pundit facing backlash after comment about Michael Schumacher - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/f1-pundit-facing-backlash-after-comment-about-michael-schumacher\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"F1 pundit facing backlash after comment about Michael Schumacher - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch the moment Spanish F1 pundit makes cruel joke about Michael Schumacher&#8217;s physical condition on live TV &#8211; 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