Everything we know about Schumacher’s condition nine years on from horror crash

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    It has been nine years to the day since Michael Schumacher suffered traumatic brain injuries in a fateful skiing accident.

    The seven-time F1 champion had a horrific accident on the skiing trip with son Mick, now a Mercedes reserve driver, on December 29, 2013. The legendary German driver fell and hit his head on a rock while skiing off-piste on the Alpine slopes above Meribel, France, and suffered catastrophic injuries.

    Schumacher, now 53, was wearing a helmet but the severity of the injuries forced him to undergo surgery and he was placed into a medically-induced coma until the following June. In 2014, Schumacher was moved home to Gland, Switzerland, where he continues his rehabilitation.

    And fans across the globe have been flooding social media on Thursday with messages of support with the trending hashtag '#KeepFightingMichael’.

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    What do we know about Michael Schumacher's condition?

    There has been very little information regarding Schumacher's condition since the heartbreaking accident nine years ago. His family have remained very private, but wife Corinna has provided the most frequent updates on her husband.

    She gave fans an emotional update on the F1 icon earlier this year when accepting the prestigious State Prize of North-Rhine-Westphalia to mark his trailblazing career.

    "I miss Michael every day," she said. "But it's not just me who misses him. It's the children, the family, his father, everyone around him. I mean, everybody misses Michael, but Michael is here.

    "Different, but he's here and that gives us strength, I find. We try to carry on a family as Michael liked it and still does. And we are getting on with our lives.

    'Private is private', as he always said. It is very important to me that he can continue to enjoy his private life as much as possible. Michael always protected us, and now we are protecting Michael."

    Schumacher's former Ferrari boss and close friend Jean Todt has been one of the very few allowed to visit the driver in his secluded home after he suffered brain damage at the age of 44.

    And Todt spoke with discretion when addressing Schumacher's rehabilitation late last year, as no member of the public has seen him his horrific ski crash.

    "I can understand why his family and friends are protecting him because we should leave him in peace," Todt said. "Michael is fighting, he is fighting, and we can only hope that he will improve."

    Netflix documentary

    In 2021 Netflix also released a documentary charting the incredible rise and career of Schumacher, from the moment he burst onto the scene in 1991 to the heart-breaking accident he suffered.

    The incident undoubtedly showed how much the accident impacted his family and it didn't delve beyond the maximum privacy his family have maintained ever since that fateful day. But the documentary did give insights into how they have dealt with everything with Corinna talking about what life is like today.

    “We’re together, we live together at home," she said in the film. "We do therapy, we do everything we can to make Michael better and to make sure he’s comfortable, and to simply make him feel our family, our bond.”

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