A million pounds for Schumacher’s photos. “Cries when turned sideways”

It’s been over nine years since Michael Schumacher’s fatal accident. The seven-time world champion fell skiing in France in December 2013, hit his head on a stone and disappeared behind a wall of secrets. In fact, to this day, there is no official medical information about his health. There are speculations, and you have to be careful with them, because publishing unofficial information threatens a lawsuit from the Schumacher family.

Alonso: Schumacher hasn’t had bad days

In recent days, Fernando Alonso spoke about Michael Schumacher, who clearly stated that the German was the best driver in the history of Formula 1. – He never had bad days, he never achieved worse results. That impressed me the most when I entered Formula 1 and then I was fighting for the world title.

– Throughout my career, in many different racing series, my rivals have had worse moments. You could use them and get more points from them. This was never the case with Michael. He, along with Ferrari, were unbeatable. Even without the best car, when the team was mismanaging the tyres, Michael was still able to finish second or third. “For many years, I thought Michael was unbeatable and had reached a level no one would ever reach in the future. This sport has seen many dominators that cannot be compared – he concluded, making it clear that Hamilton’s records, which he surpassed Schumacher’s achievements, did not impress him as much as the exploits of the German.

Alonso recalled Schumacher’s great feats as he won 91 races en route to his seven world titles. The German was equaled by Lewis Hamilton, who also won his seventh title in 2020, but surpassed it in terms of the number of wins – the Brit now has 103.

Schumacher has disappeared behind a wall of secrets

Alonso’s reminder of Schumacher has renewed questions about the health of the Formula 1 legend. Schumacher has disappeared since his accident, hidden from the outside world. Some fans naively believed that perhaps the film “Schumacher”, which appeared in 2021 on Netflix, would change something. There, previously unpublished interviews and materials from the life and career of the seven-time world champion were shown.

“And indeed, a certain degree of exclusivity is certainly given by talking to his wife and children, whom he has shielded from media attention throughout his career. And this is definitely a positive aspect of this film. Viewers can get to know Schumacher from a different side than the one he showed through The usually closed German, striving for successive victories in Formula 1, is presented as a very family man, devoting every free moment to his wife and two children – .

Since the accident, Schumacher has undergone two surgeries and has been put into a medically induced coma. This decision was made by doctors in connection with “traumatic brain damage”. The decision was made to wake him from his coma in June 2014, and he has since been rehabilitated at his home in Switzerland.

A little more information about his health was provided by Corina, Michael’s wife, in the film “Schumacher”. – We are together. We live together at home. We conduct therapy. We do everything in our power to make Michael have the best and make sure he feels comfortable. To feel our family, our bond,” Corina said, without revealing Michael Schumacher’s condition.

So far, the most information has been provided by Philippe Streiff, a former racing driver, who in November 2014 revealed in an interview with the French media that Schumacher cannot speak, is paralyzed and moves in a wheelchair. Since then, however, no one has provided such detailed information, making it difficult to say unequivocally whether the seven-time world champion is still in such a state.

The French newspaper Paris March reported that, according to Schumacher’s close relatives, the German still remains almost motionless and cries when he is turned on his side to look at the scenery around his home.

£1 million for photos of Michael Schumacher after the accident

Few people can regularly be surrounded by Michael Schumacher’s family. One of them is Jean Todt, a long-time friend of the German and a former boss of Ferrari at the time when Schumacher won five consecutive world championship titles. He spoke several times about the situation of the German driver, although in very sparing words. However, as he revealed, they watched Formula 1 races together many times.

As it turned out, in 2016 one of the friends of the German driver was at Schumacher’s house. The Daily Express reported that he had taken several photos secretly from his family and then tried to sell them to the media for as much as £1 million. The media was not interested in the possibility of buying these photos, and as reported by “Daily Express”, the prosecutor’s office knows that there was an attempt to sell them, but it is not known who was to take them.

Collusion of German journalists about Schumacher’s health

It is not surprising, however, that the media were not interested in buying Michael Schumacher’s photograph. Michael Schmidt from the magazine “Auto Motor und Sport” revealed during a series of questions and answers on Reddit that, having access to some information about how he is doing after a tragic accident.

We have received a request from relatives regarding Michael Schumacher. We understand that they want to reduce the reach of such texts. I knew Michael well and I know his wife Corina. And I can do without sensational stories or catchy headlines. We have some information on Michael Schumacher’s condition and how he is coping after his accident. However, we agreed among journalists that we owe him something and we will not write or talk about it – admitted Schmidt.

The only journalist who “dared” to reveal more details about Schumacher’s health was Massimo Brizzi, a journalist for La Gazzetta dello Sport. – “The reality, which is very difficult to reconstruct from individual information about Schumacher’s health, paints a tragic picture. Michael’s life is not in danger, but he is terribly thin, he has brain damage, which raises questions about his consciousness. And above all – unfortunately – silence and a thick mystery still prevail, which after many years still envelops Schumi” – he wrote in his article.