{"id":292963,"date":"2023-05-04T07:28:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T07:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=292963"},"modified":"2023-05-04T11:58:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T11:58:23","slug":"ex-teammate-blasts-appalling-schumacher-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=292963","title":{"rendered":"Ex-teammate blasts 'appalling' Schumacher stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former teammate of Michael Schumacher<\/a> has slammed the "appalling" AI-generated interview with the seven-time World Champion<\/a> that was published in a German magazine.<\/p>\n

Die Acktuelle published the infamous interview last month, promoting it as the "first exclusive interview" with Schumacher since his skiing accident at the end of 2013.<\/p>\n

The editor has since been sacked<\/a>, amid threats of legal action from the Schumacher family.<\/p>\n

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Johnny Herbert was teammates with Schumacher at Benetton for the final two races of 1994 and then the entirety of the 1995 season.<\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/p>\n

They were also the first two of Schumacher's record seven world championships.<\/p>\n

"That German magazine interview was appalling – this is the modern, mad world of AI and how dangerous it can be," Herbert told Ice 36.<\/p>\n

"That was a prime example of using it in completely the wrong way."<\/p>\n

The magazine also wrote the interview "sounds deceptively real" with the supposed quotes attributed to Schumacher generated by AI. Die Aktuelle is one of many tabloid celebrity magazines in Germany.<\/p>\n

Little is known about Schumacher's condition – his wife Corinna has been caring for him at their mansion near Lake Geneva, Switzerland, since the accident.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Eddie Jordan – Schumacher's first team boss – said "he's there but he's not there".<\/p>\n

Herbert said that no doubt added to the intrigue of the story.<\/p>\n

"I can understand the fascination with Michael because it is a story that has not had an ending yet," he said.<\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/p>\n

Herbert said he had no contact with Corinna or anyone else in the Schumacher family.<\/p>\n

As teammates, Herbert said Schumacher was "ruthless".<\/p>\n

"We didn't always see eye-to-eye. He was ruthless. But that is why he achieved what he achieved.<\/p>\n

"He had a way that he wanted to go about his racing. He was fortunate that he got the right people around him \u2026 and he took those people to Ferrari.<\/p>\n

"I remember Ross [Brawn] saying Michael was the best driver he had ever worked with. Because of that they would do anything for him. And I mean anything.<\/p>\n

"Because of that, Michael gets that motivation, they get the motivation back because he gives it back, and together they deliver. Then it becomes a cycle of success."<\/p>\n

Schumacher's son Mick made his F1 debut in 2021, but was dumped from the HAAS team at the end of 2022 after racking up millions of dollars in repair bills from crashes.<\/p>\n

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