- December 29 marks ten years since Schumacher’s horrific skiing accident
- They revealed new details about the German’s incredible 24/7
- One of the revelations is that Schumacher drove a Mercedes AMG
New details of Michael Schumacher’s round-the-clock care have been revealed 10 years after his horrific skiing accident.
December 29 marks a decade since the seven-time Formula 1 world champion suffered severe head injuries while skiing in the French Alps resort of Meribel. While crossing an unprotected off-piste area, he fell and hit his head on a rock and suffered a serious head injury, despite wearing a helmet.
He may never fully recover, his brother Ralph recently admitted.
The 54-year-old was placed in an induced coma and underwent several surgeries and has not been seen in the public eye since before the incident.
His family has kept his condition closely guarded, although he is being cared for by a team of medical staff and his wife, Corinna, at their home in Lake Geneva.
German publication BILD revealed that as part of his care and rehabilitation, Schumacher was driven in a Mercedes AMG car.
The purpose of this was to stimulate the brain with familiar sounds after Schumacher spent more than two decades racing cars in Formula One or other categories before his debut in 1991 at the Belgian Grand Prix.
It has also been revealed that up to 15 doctors, massage therapists and assistants are part of his team to provide him with the best care 24 hours a day.
Schumacher’s wife Corina has strict rules about who can visit the F1 legend at their care home.
That list includes close friends Jean Todt – Schumacher’s former team boss at Ferrari – and Luca Badoer – a former test driver for the Scuderia during the German’s glory years.
Fans will be offered a rare glimpse into the life of the Formula 1 legend in a five-part documentary by German broadcaster ARD which starts today.
A documentary was made on Netflix in 2021 when Corinna provided a rare update.
She revealed that he continues to undergo rehabilitation for the life-changing injuries he suffered and claimed he is now ‘different but here’.
His brother Ralph, a former F1 winner, meanwhile admitted this week that “things are not the same”.
He said: “I miss Michael from the old days. Life is unfair every now and then.
“Michael has been very lucky throughout his life. But then there was this tragic accident.
The 48-year-old entrepreneur and expert added: “Fortunately, advanced medicine provides many opportunities. But nothing is the same.”
Corinna, who is said to “deal with life as he would like”, and Schumacher married in 1995 and the couple have two children together – daughter Gina-Maria and son Mick – who has followed in his father’s footsteps becoming an F1 driver.
Schumacher won back-to-back titles in 1994 and 1995 with Benetton before winning five consecutive titles with Ferrari from 2000 to 2004. He returned to the sport after a brief retirement in 2010 and spent three seasons with Mercedes before retired in 2012 – a year before his horrific skiing accident.
