Formula One legend Michael Schumacher did not attend his daughter’s wedding, according to one of his friends. Rumours started to swirl in September that Schumacher watched his oldest child tie the knot in Spain in what would have marked his first public appearance for over a decade.

British Formula One legend Johnny Herbert has debunked a widespread rumour that Michael Schumacher recently travelled to Spain and claimed the German racer’s wellbeing is a “closed shop”.

Reports from Germany suggested the seven-time Formula One world champion had been able to attend a private wedding for his daughter Gina-Maria in Switzerland in October