A rare update about Michael Schumacher’s health was released by a journalist close to his family.
One of the most successful F1 drivers of all time, Michael has never been pictured publicly since his life-changing skiing accident in 2013.
Now, the insider revealed the “sad” situation he's in and gave updates about the F1 legend’s health.
Highlights
- A rare update was provided on the condition of F1 legend Michael Schumacher.
- An insider revealed that his current situation is “sad.”
- Michael has never been pictured publicly since his life-changing skiing accident in 2013.
An insider provided a rare update on Michael Schumacher’s health
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“The situation is very sad,” said Felix Gorner, a reporter for German broadcaster RTL.
The journalist, who is the closest to the racer’s family and considered to be a trustworthy source for updates on his health, said Michael “can no longer communicate verbally.”
“He needs constant care and is completely dependent on his caregivers,” he said, as quoted by the Daily Mail. “And he can no longer express himself verbally.”
“The situation is very sad,” said Felix Gorner, a reporter for German broadcaster RTL
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Michael has almost completely stayed out of the spotlight since he fell and hit a rock so hard, splitting his helmet in two, while skiing in the French Alps in December 2013.
A severe brain injury left him fighting for his life, and he was in a coma for 250 days.
Since then, he has spent most of his time at his $50 million Spanish villa in Mallorca, where he is provided around-the-clock care by a team of doctors and nurses.
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Very few people meet him on a daily basis; as Felix said, a “maximum of 20 people” can currently “approach” him.
“In my opinion, it's the right strategy,” he said. “Because the family is acting in Michael's best interests. They've always strictly protected his privacy, and that hasn't changed.”
“Currently, there's a maximum of 20 people who can approach Michael,” Felix said
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The reporter’s comments came months after Michael reportedly attended the wedding of his daughter Gina to Iain Bethke.
The ceremony took place in the family’s luxury estate, and guests were forbidden from carrying their phones to the venue to ensure Michael’s privacy was not compromised.
Former F1 driver Christian Danner has been friends with the family and said Michael’s wife Corinna and son Mick do not talk about his accident, calling it “their way of handling the issue.”
“Last year in Monza I spoke to Corinna, sometimes a little bit to Mick,” he was quoted telling SpaceportSweden.
Michael has stayed out of the spotlight since the life-changing skiing accident in 2013
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Christian said he has known Corinna for a longtime, since she was dating former F1 driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen.
“It goes way back. Whenever we see each other, we say hello and we have a coffee together. It's the Formula 1 family,” he said.
Christian also revealed that Michael was “occassionally quite nasty” and “rather unpopular” among his peers “because of the way he would go about his racing.”
“But to watch him drive a car was such a pleasure … ,” he added. “It was an incredibly intense driving style.”
Elisabetta Gregoraci, the ex-wife of former F1 boss Flavio Briatore, previously spoke about Michael’s health on the Italian version of Big Brother in 2020.
“Michael doesn’t speak, he communicates with his eyes,” she said before claiming that only three people could visit him at the time.
“They moved to Spain, and his wife has set up a hospital in that house,” she added.
The sports icon sometimes “cries” when you “put him in his wheelchair facing the beautiful panorama of the mountains overlooking the lake,” a relative told French magazine Paris Match in 2019.
“What a terrible ending to a legend of F1,” a social media user said
