This Thursday December 29 nine years have passed since the accident of Michael Schumacher. The seven times world champion Formula 1 collided with a rock while standing skiing in the alps and since then, his state of health has been a mystery.
The family wants to keep the maximum possible privacy regarding the topic. After the accident, the German was transferred to the Grenoble Hospital in which he was operated on and induced into a coma.
It was not until many months later that the Schumacher family announced that he was no longer in a coma and that he was continuing his recovery at the Lausanne hospital (Switzerland). In addition, in September 2014, she returned to her house to continue recovering there.
It wasn’t until last year that so much Mick Schumacherformer pilot of Haas and now Mercedes reserve driverY Corinnathe ‘kaiser’s’ wife, spoke in public about the situation of Schumacher.
“Everyone misses Michael, but Michael is here. In a different way, but it is here and that makes us find strength. We are together. We live together at home, we do therapy,” he explained. Corinna in the documentary ‘Schumacher’.
“We do everything we can to make Michael better and making sure he’s comfortable and just making him feel like he’s with his family and continuing our bond. No matter what happens, I will do everything I can. We’re all going to do it,” he adds.
respect for privacy
Corinna has denounced on several occasions that photographers have gone to the vicinity of her house to try to take a picture of michael schumacher. Besides, allegedly they stole the medical records of the seven-time champion while he was admitted to the hospital in Grenoble.
“Private life is private life, that’s what he has always said. It’s very important to me that he can continue to enjoy his private life as much as possible. Michael always protected us, now we are protecting him“, he comments.
jean todtex director of Ferrari and close friend of Michael, declared that he has been several times in his house with him and that even watched Formula 1 races together.
Schumacher numbers
Michael Schumacher won seven world titles: two with Benetton and five with Ferrari followed between the years 2000 and 2004. Regarding his numbers, the German achieved a total of 91 wins, 68 pole positions, 77 fastest laps and 155 podiums.
He held the record, along with Sebastian Vettel, for most wins in a season (13). However, this year max verstappen he broke the record, winning 15 races. lewis hamilton He also surpassed him in the number of victories, these being 103.