Werner reveals his favourite sport outside of football, names his role model

Timo Werner opened up on his love for Formula One in an interview with the club website. He also shared who his role model was outside of football.

"What I do love to watch is Formula One. It is my favourite sport to watch after football because I can’t do Formula One myself! "I have loved it since I was a kid because when I grew up, as well as footballers, my role model was Michael Schumacher because he was the biggest German sportsman in this time.

"It was very good to watch Formula One at this time and after that I have always watched it. We’ve had another good German driver for a long time, Sebastian Vettel, and there are some good rivalries so I like to watch those. 

"In Germany we have also good teams like Mercedes and because I played for Red Bull Leipzig, it was close to the Red Bull Formula One team so I support them as well. When we had the time to go to Formula One, we went to Red Bull so there is always that connection for who I support. 

"I have been to Hockenheim in Germany, I have been to the Red Bull Ring in Austria – it is a dream I have to go to every single track where they drive in one year, but that is a dream I can realise after my career."