10 years on from Michael Schumacher's life-changing skiing accident

It was the cruellest twist of fate that after 19 seasons of GrandPrix racing and 306 starts where his most serious injury was abroken leg, Michael Schumacher would suffer life-changing injuriesin a skiing accident in France. On December 29th, 2013, theseven-time World Champion was skiing in Meribel when, off-piste, hefell and hit his head on a rock. Fortunately, he was wearing ahelmet at the time, but the German suffered a serious head injuryand was placed into a medically induced coma in hospital inGrenoble. He returned home to Switzerland in the summer of 2014,where he receives around-the-clock care. 'Everybody misses Michael,but Michael is here' Schumacher's wife Corinna, as well as theirchildren Mick and Gina, chose to publicly speak about the skiingaccident for the first time in the 2021 Netflix documentary film,Schumacher . "Of course, I miss Michael every day," Corinna said."But it's not just me who misses him: the children, the family, hisfather, everyone around him. "Everybody misses Michael, but Michaelis here. [It's] different, but he's here, and that gives usstrength, I find." Corinna also spoke about the treatment thatSchumacher continues to receive at home. "We do therapy, we doeverything we can to make Michael better, and to make sure he'scomfortable, and to simply make him feel our family, our bond. Andno matter what, I will do everything I can. We all will. "We'retrying to carry on as a family the way Michael liked it and stilldoes and we are getting on with our lives. 'Private is private', healways said. "It's very important to me that he can continue toenjoy his private life as much as possible, Michael alwaysprotected us, now we are protecting Michael." "I've alwaysbelieved that you should never, ever give up and you should alwayskeep fighting even when there's only a slightest chance." MichaelSchumacher #KeepFightingMichael Snippets about Schumacher'scondition have been released in the decade since the accident, butthey are rare. Jean Todt, the boss of Ferrari during the Schumacherheyday, is one friend permitted to visit, and has spoken ofwatching Grands Prix with Schumacher, while brother Ralf recentlyexplained that he "misses my Michael." Earlier in 2023, a magazinepurported to have run an interview with Schumacher, but this turnedout to be a fake, AI-generated interview, with the editor promptlysacked after an apology. In Schumacher's name, the Keep FightingFoundation was launched to continue his charity work, while his F1legacy has only recently been passed by Lewis Hamilton. To thisday, no driver has won more F1 World Championships than Schumacherand he still holds a whole host of records, including mostconsecutive titles with five. #KeepFightingMichael