Formula One driver and brother of Michael Schumacher, Ralf Schumacher, comes out as gay on social media

Formula One driver and relative of Michael Schumacher has travel retired arsenic cheery connected societal media.

The comparative of nan seven-time F1 champion took to Instagram connected Sunday to station a image of himself and different man opinionated arm-in-arm connected a boat.

The caption connected nan image read: 'The astir beautiful point successful life is erstwhile you person nan correct partner by your broadside pinch whom you tin stock everything.'

Ralf's adjacent friend and German character Carmen Geiss replied to his societal media post, writing: 'I LOVE YOU BOTH SO MUCH.

'You person nan champion partner, Etienne, you tin imagine. After 2 years you tin yet show your emotion to nan world. I person known Ralf for much than 25 years and he has ever been a awesome joyousness to me

'Always liberal, a good-hearted personification who I tin telephone time and nighttime and supra each has ever been honorable pinch maine successful his position.

'I americium happy that I sewage to beryllium a portion of this emotion and moreover much happy for nan 2 who searched and recovered each other, because I besides emotion Étienne deeply.'