Michael Schumacher now: Skiing accident means F1 icon is out of the public eye - what do we know?

F1 legend 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michael Schumacher will go down ꦺin history as one of the greatest 🅘racing drivers of all time.
But Schumacher’s life changed dramatically whꦺen he suffered a horrific skiing accident on December 29, 2013.&nb🥂sp;
The seven-time world champion🥃 has been out of the public eye ever since🧸 and his health condition has been kept private, with his family only issuing rare updates.
What happened to Schumacher?
Schumacher was left in a critical condition after an accident while skiing with his son🐻 Mick in the French ski resort of Meribel on December 29 2013.
The then 44-year-old had only just retired f🍸rom F1 for a second time at the end of the previous season, haviಞng returned to the sport with Mercedes between 2010 and 2012.
Schumacher, who was wearing a helmet when he fell and hit his hea🅘d against a rock, sufferꩲed serious brain trauma and was in a coma when he arrived at a French hospital.
He underwent immediate surgery before a second operation during the 𒁃night.
Germany’s Bild newspaper reported at the time🦂 that Schumacher’s condition had worsened and♑ surgeons had drilled holes in his skull to reduce the pressure on his brain.
According to reports, Schumacher initially walked away from th✱e accident after complaininꦕg only of feeling a bit shaken.
Schumacher was moved to a bigger facility at Gr🌱enoble before being brought home to Switzerland continue his recovery in September 2014.

How is Schumacher now?
The Schumacher family mꦉaintain a dignified silence about the 56-year-old’s health as they say those would be his wishes.&n🐬bsp;
In 2014, The Telegraph and wheelchair-bound.
A rare update was provided♎ by the family in September 2021 upon the releas🌱e of a Netflix documentary about the F1 legend’s life.
Schumacherꦑ’s wife Corinna said the 91-time grand prix winner isඣ “different, but he’s here”.
"He still shows me how strong he is every day,” said Corinna. "We're trying to🔯 carry on as a family.”
She added: "We live together at home. We do ther📖ap𒅌y.
"We do everything we can to make Michael better and to make sure he's comfort🍎able. And to simply make him feel our family, our bond.
"And no matter what, I will do ℱeverything I can. We all will. And we are getting on with our livജes.”
It was reported by German media, ahead of the 10-year anniversary of his skiing accident in late-2023, that Schumacher receives 24-hour care fromဣ a team of up to 15 people. He has been driven in a Mercedes road car, and played sounds frꦡom the F1 track, to stimulate his brain with familiar noises.
Schumacher’s son Mick has followed in his father’s footsteps by making his F1 debut✅ with Haas in 2021 after winning the F2 title.
The 23-year-old spent two years in F1 with Haas, with a sixth place at the 2022 Aust🌠rian Grand Prix his best finish to date. He is currently the third driver for Mercedes, the team where his father ended his own career.
Mick first talked public❀ly abo𒈔ut his father in March 2017, describing him as “my idol” and “my role model”.
ཧIn the Schumacher Netflix documentary, Mick said he "would give up everything" just for the chance to talk to his father Michael about racing.
Who visits Michael Schumacher?
Former Ferrari boss an🅰d e𒀰x-FIA president Jean Todt revealed that he watches F1 races with Schumacher, and is one of a select few allowed to visit him.
"I don't miss Michael. I can see him,” Todt told German TV channel RTL. “But of course, what I miss is what we used to do together♏.
"Yes it's true - I watch the races with Michael."
Eddie Jo🦩rdan, the ex-team boss who gave a young Schumacher his big break in F1, is not allওowed to visit but agrees with the family's decision.
"🍸This was the most horrifi꧂c situation for Mick and Corinna," he told .
"It's been nearly 10 years now and Corinna has not beenꦗ able to go to a party, to lunch or this or that, she's like a prisoner because everyone wou🅺ld want to talk to her about Michael when she doesn't need reminding of it every minute.”
What do we know about Michael Schumacher?
Felix Damm, Schumacher's lawyer, explained in 2023 why no final ꦏreport was ever released about the F1 legend's health.
“It was always about protecting private things," he said. "Weꦜ considered whether a final report about Michael’s health could be theܫ right way to do this.
“But that wouldn’t have been the end of it and there would have had to be cons💟tantly updated ‘water level reports’ and it would not have been up to the family when the media interest in the story stopped.
“They [the media] could pick up on such a report again and again and as ‘and what does it look like now?’ one, two, three months or years after⭕ the message,” he added. “If we then wanted to take action against t🦩his reporting, we would have to deal with the argument of voluntary self-disclosure.
“If it is not the person concerned himself but friends or acquaintances who disclose private informa💖tio🧸n, it is not a case of ‘voluntary self-disclosure’ of privacy."
In late-2024, Lewis Ham𝓰ilton wrote a tribute as the foreword of a book about 🅷Schumacher.
The book, World Championship Cars: Michael Schumacher, explores the machinery that the F1 legend drove throughout his car🌞eer.
Hamilton wrote in the book: “Micha🅰el is among the legends in our sport. When you grow up with passion for motorsport, you always look up at specific people, and without doubt Michael was a role model for young drivers.
"His speed, his work morals, his determination and consistency - the le✨ngth of his career and his top performance can🧜 only be admired."
Hamilton added: “When it comes to Michael's legacy, however, Iꦦ focus on him as a person rather than a competitor.
"It's not about titles or trophies, but about the family that h🌌e and Corinna created 🐼together.
“Their gr🍨eatness, their humility and their sincerity say much more about Michael's vꦰalues than I ever could.”
Schumacher family blackmail plot
The family of Schumacher were victims of a blackmail plot. The culprit was jailed in February 2025🌌.
Yilmaz Tozturka🅠n was given a three-year s🌜entence conspiring with two other men to obtain private footage of Schumacher.
Tozturkan’s son, Daniel Lins, and Schumacher’s former bodyguard Markus Fritsche were give൲n suspended sentences.
Tozturkan said in court: “I’m very sorry and ashamed for what I have done. It was ♎a very disgusting thing. I take full responsibility.”
Thilo Damm, the Schumacher family lawyer, admitted afterwards: “We don’t know where 🦹the missing hard drive is … so there is the possibility of another threat through the back door.”

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