Michael Schumacher is able to 'sit at the dinner table' at his family's luxury villa, F1 insiders claim, as new details of his situation emerge 10 years on from his tragic skiing accident
- F1 legend Schumacher was involved in a horrific skiing accident back in 2013
- The seven-time world champion hasn't appeared publicly in almost ten years
- Johnny Herbert has now provided an update on the German's health condition
Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is able to 'sit at the dinner table', according to retired star Johnny Herbert.
Schumacher - who won seven world championships throughout his career - was involved in a tragic skiing accident in December 2013 that left him in a medically induced coma.
The condition of Schumacher, who was put into an artificial coma and underwent several surgeries, has been shrouded in mystery ever since, with only brief updates coming from his inner circle.
However, it appears now that their has been an update provided on the German, which former British F1 star Herbert revealed in a recent interview.
Speaking to BettingSites.co.uk, Herbert said: 'I hear bits only second hand. I hear, from those within F1, he does sit at the table for dinner but don’t know if that is true. I can only read between the lines.
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Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is reportedly 'sitting at the dinner table'
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Former British F1 star Johnny Herbert revealed the update during a recent interview
'We haven’t heard much from the family and understandably so. That has always been very much a part of Michael and the family’s way to keep everything very private, very secretive.
'That has carried on from his racing days. I don’t feel things have moved on in a way that many of us who knew him and many of his fans around the world want to see.
'They’d love to know, we’d all love to know that things are moving on in a positive way. But because we don’t have any information, we can only assume that he is not yet in a position where there is a chance of a recovery'.
The German is cared for by a team of medical staff and his wife Corinna at their Lake Geneva home, but little has been made public about his condition.
Herbert continued: 'In my opinion, and I must stress this, because we haven’t heard anything from the family, it shows that unfortunately he is probably in the similar situation as he was straight after the accident.
'It doesn’t seem they have moved much, if at all. I suppose the family is waiting for science to come up with something that will hopefully bring back the Michael we all knew and for the people who only saw him through the television pictures when he was being dynamic on a race track'.
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December 29 marked 10 years since Schumacher's life changed in a skiing accident
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A file picture dated 11 January 2000 shows German the Formula One Ferrari driver Schumacher carving a turn while skiing at the Italian resort of Madonna di Campiglio, Italy
In 2018, rumours began that Schumacher had secretly been moved to a private mansion on the Spanish island of Majorca by his wife Corinna, which were compounded in 2020 when Elisabetta Gregoraci - the ex-wife of Schumacher's former boss at Benetton Flavio Briatore - made similar claims.
'Michael doesn't speak, he communicates with his eyes,' Gregoraci said while appearing on Italy's version of reality TV show Big Brother.
'They moved to Spain and his wife has set up a hospital in that house. Only three people can visit him and I know who they are,' she said.
But her claims were widely refuted by Schumacher's family, manager and other sources, and it is widely accepted he remains in their Switzerland villa.
Schumacher's family remain very protective of his privacy and it is understood that many of their close friends and relations are even unsure about the state of his health.
However, in the Netflix documentary 'Schumacher', which aired in 2021, his wife Corinna did provide a rare update.
She revealed he continues to undergo rehabilitation for the life-changing injuries he suffered and claimed he is now 'different, but here'.
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In the Netflix documentary 'Schumacher', which aired in 2021, the F1 star's wife, Corinna, did provide a rare update on his condition
Reflecting on how Schumacher used to act, Herbert said: 'We all know there was the massively serious side to him totally driven by getting the best out of himself.
'But there was that end of season downtime, the relaxed moment we always had after Adelaide. He would enjoy the alcohol treats that were available and we all did. We could only do it once a year.
'He would go around the room and his party piece was to rip off everybody's shirts. Trousers too. But it was mainly buttoned shirts which he would love to rip off. That was the fun side of him.
'Those are the memories most people didn’t see, but they are the lovely memories I have of him. He had a great sense of humour and hopefully something we will see again'.