Michael Schumacher (January 3, 1969, Hürth-Hermülheim, Germany) continues to fight. It is one of the few known since December 29, 2013, at the Méribel station, in the French Alps, he experienced a skiing accident that changed his life drastically. Since then, the information that has come out about the state of health of the seven-time F1 world champion is relatively small and is known through the words of some friends who visited him, such as jean todthis former boss at Ferrari and a good family friend of Schumacher.
“I’m always wary of ads like this, but it’s true. We watched the race with Michael Schumacher at his home in Switzerland. He doesn’t give up and keeps fighting.”said Jean Todt a few years ago, that this time, in statements to ‘Corriere della Sera’he mentioned again his great friend, whom he visited from time to time.
His new words: “There were consequences”
“Those who claim to know know nothing”, he said this time, referring to the rumors that have appeared in recent years about the state of Michael’s health, and the statements of several protagonists. In addition, he mentions the accident that Michael had while skiing, admitting it “there are consequences”though not specified more.
The Schumachers’ privacy is asked to be respected
“I visit them often, their family is my family,” he added regarding the Schumacher family and the wife of the 7-time champion, Corinna Schumacher, whom he has always defended for wanting to keep secret the true state of health of the ‘ Kaiser’. Again, in this appearance in the aforementioned Italian outlet, Todt again asked to respect the will of the family: “We must leave them alone, we must respect Corinna’s decision.”
The family has spoken in the documentary
It should be noted that Schumacher’s family has already discussed Michael in the documentary released by Netflix in 2021 about the seven-time F1 world champion. There, his son Mick Schumacher said a phrase from which many conclusions can be drawn: “I would give anything to talk to him.”
“My father and I will now understand each other in a different way. I think we will speak a similar language, of motorsport, and we will talk a lot, and that’s what I keep thinking. I think I know how good it would be, if there was one. I would give anything to have that,” said Mick.
“When I think about it, the pictures that come to my mind are the four of us having fun. I see pictures of us driving go-karts across the countryside, I see pictures of us riding in a pony carriage, lots of moment that I look back on with joy.”, pointed out the F1 driver, currently reserve driver for the Mercedes and McLaren teams, in that documentary.
“Since the accident, those experiences, those typical moments in a family are no longer present. At least not like before. And in my opinion it is very unfair,” added Mick in said production.
Michael Schumacher received an award from his home state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) in 2022, which his wife collected in Cologne. “Today we honor a man who not only stands out for his sporting achievements. But above all, we pay tribute to Michael Schumacher beyond the races and the spotlight,” said the North’s Prime Minister Rhine-Westphalia’s Hendrik Wüst. But in that act, he showed how hard it was for Corinna, who couldn’t hold back the tears at the beginning. Her daughter Gina, who came to accompany her, had to console her mother.
Source: La Verdad
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