{"id":289723,"date":"2023-09-06T10:33:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T10:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=289723"},"modified":"2023-09-06T10:33:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T10:33:59","slug":"michael-schumacher-is-a-case-without-hope-reveals-his-close-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/racing\/f1\/michael-schumacher-is-a-case-without-hope-reveals-his-close-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Schumacher is &apos;a case without hope&apos;, reveals his close friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Michael Schumacher is &#8216;a case without hope&#8217;, reveals his close friend in tragic health update after almost 10 years of care following F1 icon&#8217;s skiing accident<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Michael Schumacher suffered near fatal injuries in a skiing accident in 2013<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Few have seen or visited Schumacher since he suffered his serious brain injury\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Close friend Roger Benoit has provided a tragic update on the German&#8217;s health<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Michael Schumacher is a &#8216;case without hope&#8217;, claims close friend Roger Benoit.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time world champion, who suffered life-threatening injuries during a skiing accident in the French Alps in 2013, has not been seen in public for over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>After falling on the snow and hitting his head on a rock, Schumacher spent 250 days in a medically-induced coma in hospital before being permitted to return home.<\/p>\n<p>Few have seen or visited Schumacher since he suffered his near fatal brain injury, and reports of the German&#8217;s condition are extremely rare.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some friends and even family members have been kept in the dark by those closest to him in an effort to prevent leaks to the press.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/10\/60528755-12486189-Schumacher_pictured_in_2005_hasn_t_been_in_the_public_eye_since_-a-96_1693992512674.jpg\" height=\"467\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Michael Schumacher (pictured in 2005) is a &#8216;case without hope&#8217;, a close friend has claimed\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/10\/47649817-12486189-Schumacher_pictured_skiing_in_Italy_in_2005_collided_with_a_rock-a-93_1693992108342.jpg\" height=\"452\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Schumacher (pictured skiing in Italy in 2005) hit a rock while skiing in Meribel in 2013 and suffered a near fatal brain injury that left him in a medically induced coma for six months<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/10\/75114039-12486189-image-a-99_1693992757127.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The German is seen as one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time, having won seven world titles<\/p>\n<p>Benoit, a close friend of Schumacher and Formula One journalist, has claimed that the 54-year-old&#8217;s case is one &#8216;without hope&#8217; in a tragic health update this week.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Swiss newspaper Blick, Benoit refused to provide a specific update on Schumacher&#8217;s condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When asked, he replied: &#8216;No. There is only one answer to this question and that is what his son Mick gave in one of his rare interviews in 2022: &#8220;I would give anything to talk to dad&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This sentence says everything about how his father has been doing for over 3,500 days. A case without hope.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Schumacher&#8217;s son Mick, who drove for Formula One team Haas in 2021 and 2022 and is now a reserve driver for Mercedes and McLaren, said last year: &#8216;I think dad and me, we would understand each other in a different way now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/10\/75113861-12486189-image-a-98_1693992607221.jpg\" height=\"433\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Schumacher&#8217;s son Mick (above),\u00a0who drove for Formula One team Haas in 2021 and 2022, said last year: &#8216;I think dad and me, we would understand each other in a different way now&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We would have had much more to talk about and that is where my head is most of the time, thinking that would be so cool. I would give up everything just for that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;These moments that I believe many people have with their parents are no longer present, or to a lesser extent.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Wife Corinna broke her eight-year silence about the accident in Netflix&#8217;s 2021 documentary titled Schumacher, in which she revealed he is &#8216;different&#8217; since the injury but still &#8216;here&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Michael is here,&#8217; the 54-year-old said. &#8216;Different, but he\u2019s here, and that gives us strength, I find.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We\u2019re together. We live together at home. We do therapy. We do everything we can to make Michael better and to make sure he\u2019s comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And to simply make him feel our family, our bond. And no matter what, I will do everything I can. We all will.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/10\/47950575-12486189-Michael_Schumacher_s_wife_teared_up_as_she_spoke_about_his_tragi-a-90_1693991759977.jpg\" height=\"353\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>His wife Corinna tears up while speaking during Netflix&#8217;s 2021 documentary, Schumacher, about the German driver&#8217;s life. She reveals he is &#8216;different&#8217; since the injury but still &#8216;here&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/10\/47652361-12486189-Michael_in_archival_footage_with_his_son_Mick_daughter_Gina_and_-a-94_1693992266432.jpg\" height=\"352\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/10\/47652363-12486189-Schumacher_with_his_family-a-95_1693992266433.jpg\" height=\"352\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Michael in archival footage with his\u00a0 family in the 2021 Netflix documentary Schumacher<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We\u2019re trying to carry on as a family, the way Michael liked it and still does. And we are getting on with our lives.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I have never blamed God for what happened. It was just really bad luck &#8211; all the bad luck anyone can have in life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s always terrible when you say, &#8220;Why is this happening to Michael or us?&#8221; But then why does it happen to other people?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Family friend and Formula One icon Eddie Jordan shared earlier this year that Corinna had refused to let him visit Schumacher.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This was the most horrific situation for Mick and Corinna,&#8217; Jordan told OLBG in March.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/10\/47649443-12486189-Corinna_52_pictured_with_Michael_in_Italy_in_2005_broke_her_eigh-a-92_1693991986447.jpg\" height=\"445\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Corinna, 52, (pictured with Michael in Italy in 2005) admitted: &#8216;I miss Michael every day. But it&#8217;s not just me who misses him. It&#8217;s the children, the family, his father, everyone around him.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/10\/75113475-12486189-image-a-91_1693991891253.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Family friend Eddie Jordan has revealed that Corinna had refused to let him visit Schumacher<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s been nearly 10 years now and Corinna has not been able to go to a party, to lunch or this or that. She&#8217;s like a prisoner because everyone would want to talk to her about Michael when she doesn&#8217;t need reminding of it every minute.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I know her very well and a long time before Michael Schumacher.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She\u2019s a lovely girl and I knew her when she married Michael so there is a long history of good relations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I made an effort to go see Michael in the early days and Corinna refused, and rightfully so because too many people wanted to go see him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12486189\/Michael-Schumacher-case-without-hope-skiing-accident.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Schumacher is &#8216;a case without hope&#8217;, reveals his close friend in tragic health update after almost 10 years of care following F1 icon&#8217;s skiing accident Michael Schumacher suffered near fatal injuries in a skiing accident in 2013 Few have seen or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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