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Presenter forced to apologise for making cruel joke about F1 legend Michael Schumacher live on TV

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Updated 19:19 25 Sep 2023 GMT+1Published 19:14 25 Sep 2023 GMT+1

Presenter forced to apologise for making cruel joke about F1 legend Michael Schumacher live on TV

Antonio Lobato has apologised for his offensive joke, which led to monumental backlash from F1 fans.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

A presenter has been forced to apologise after making an offensive joke about Formula One legend Michael Schumacher's condition.

Antonio Lobato was providing punditry on the Japanese Grand Prix for DAZN in Spain on Sunday alongside broadcasters Noemi de Miguel, Pedro de la Rosa and Toni Cuquerella.

But he caused an almighty stir with a joke he made at the expense of seven-time world champion Schumacher, who has not been seen in public since a skiing accident in 2013 in the French Alps in 2013.

After another pundit said "Let Adrian Newey (Red Bull engineer) be shaking because Antonio Lobato is coming, he responded by remarking: "Let Michael be shaking! Well... not Michael, he cannot shake."

As expected, the joke did not go down well and after going viral, led to calls from fans for him to be removed from his position. That action has not been taken at the time of writing but Lobato posted a five-minute video on his social media apologising and describing as "pure clumsiness".

He explained: "I made a mistake without any bad intentions. It was simply a mistake of pure clumsiness, of pure inability to express myself correctly, maybe because of too many hours up, jetlag in Madrid, or whatever – which is not an excuse for those of you who didn’t see it.

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“What happened is that I went too far and made an expression that is not good, it is not accurate, it is not fine.

“I didn’t mean to make a joke. I didn’t mean to make fun of Michael Schumacher, no.

“I think that everyone who knows me and knows what I’m like knows perfectly well that I would never make a joke about something like that. Never, but I was clumsy.”

Schumacher was placed in a coma in 2014 after hitting his head on a rock before eventually been taken back to his home in Switzerland, though details about his quality of life have remained scarce.

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Image: Getty
Image: Getty

His son Mick has carried on his racing legacy and is currently a reserve driver for Mercedes and McLaren.

Featured Image Credit: Getty & X/@alobatof1

Topics: Formula 1, Michael Schumacher

Josh Lawless
Josh Lawless

Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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