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A former Ferrari engineer has claimed that everyone is ‘always wrong’ about Michael Schumacher.
Schumacher, 57, is one of the greatest drivers in Formula 1 history, having won seven world titles.
During what was an illustrious career, Schumacher drove for teams such as Jordan, Benetton, Ferrari and Mercedes.
The German dominated the sport when he was driving for Ferrari, winning five world titles in a row from 2000 to 2004.
As a result, Schumacher is firmly in the F1 GOAT debate, along with the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Ayrton Senna.
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Rob Smedley says everyone is ‘always wrong’ about Michael Schumacher
Throughout his career, Schumacher built up a reputation of being arrogant and someone that will do everything to win.
However, according to ex-Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley, people are ‘always wrong’ about the real Schumacher.
Speaking on the latest episode of the High Performance Racing podcast, Smedley revealed that Schumacher is ‘super humble’ and is the opposite of ‘arrogant’.
Smedley said: “Michael, every time I talk about Michael, and I ask, you know, people for their opinion of him, they always get him wrong. They invariably get him wrong.
“He was the opposite of arrogant inside the team. He was super humble, self-deprecating, lots of self-doubt. But all of those things drove him to be a brilliant driver.
“Massively hardworking, harder working than, back in that era, harder working than anybody else.
“Michael was one of those people. All of the brilliant traits that forced him to be brilliant, and he was universally loved inside the team.”
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One of the most controversial moments of Schumacher’s career came at the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix.
During qualifying, the German was on provisional pole when he parked his Ferrari at the exit of Rascasse, which brought out yellow flags and denied others a final shot at beating his time.
However, the stewards were unimpressed with Schumacher’s explanation and sent the Ferrari star to the back of the grid.
Speaking about the incident, Smedley said: “Every now and again, when he put the helmet on, he would, as Mr Todt would describe it, make mistakes.
“He was that desperate to be on pole and beat Fernando (Alonso), he just did something a bit stupid.
“Fernando made a mistake at Swimming Pool as well, and he didn’t need to do it. If he had just finished the lap and just concentrated on finishing the lap, he would’ve been on pole anyway.”
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