Billi Weber has one big regret about Michael Schumacher, who she was no longer able to see after the snow accident in 2013: “I have no hope of seeing him again, no positive news.”
A huge regret, difficult to metabolise. Willi Weber the former historical manager of Michael Schumacher he can’t find peace for not having been able to visit his former pupil after the terrible accident in the snow in Meribel that changed his life forever. A magical partnership between the 81-year-old and the seven-time Formula 1 world champion German driver. In fact, it was Weber himself who discovered Michael and (his brother Ralf) who then took care of his career and helped him become one of the most successful and successful sports stars. popular in the world.
A unique, very strong relationship between the two which unfortunately ended definitively (previously their paths had separated) on that cursed 29 December 2013 when Schumacher had the accident in the Transalpine Alps. In an interview with the Cologne Express website, Weber spoke about how he experienced that situation: “I cried like a dog“. 10 years have passed since then and the manager cannot find peace over the former champion’s condition: “If I think about Michael now, unfortunately I no longer have any hope of seeing him again. No positive news after ten years.”
Perhaps the biggest regret of his life was not having immediately flown to Grenoble to the clinic where Schumacher was after the accident. However, things had changed between them previously: “Of course I regret it very much and I blame myself for it. I was supposed to visit Michael in the hospital. I was saddened after his accident. He hit me incredibly hard, you can imagine. Of course also the fact that Corinna no longer allowed any contact… But at a certain point the moment came when I had to separate from Michael and let him go”.
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A situation that Weber still bitterly regrets today. But why did the agent feel the need to part ways with the German champion: “This shit needs to get out of my head. Even three or four years later, people who recognized me kept asking me: ‘You’re Schumacher’s former manager. How is Michael?’ Then I stopped trying to explain and thought: why doesn’t anyone ask me how I’m doing? It was clear to me: well, it’s over now.”
Unfortunately, Weber too has had to deal with health problems in recent years: “I had back surgery, and a minor stroke. But the legs are the worst, they are constantly inflamed. And in the spring I was also infected by hospital germs. It was like blood poisoning and there was a risk of mild kidney failure. But luckily I didn’t end up on dialysis. The doctors told me: your body has to heal itself“.
In conclusion also a joke about the exit of Michael Schumacher’s son, Mick, from Formula 1. If his father or him had been there, things would have gone differently: “I think Michael wanted to bring the boy into Formula 1 and manage him the way I managed him. If he had been at Mick’s side, team boss Haas wouldn’t have played such a negative role with him and Mick would have had a second chance somewhere else.”.
