According to a close friend of the driver, the Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher will probably never be seen in public again.
Schumacher, 56, withdrew from public life after his horrific skiing accident in December 2013, when he suffered a head injury after falling and hitting a rock in the French Alps.
The driver spent 250 days in an induced coma after the incident, which occurred just a year after his retirement from Formula 1. Since then, Schumacher’s condition has been kept secret by his family.
Today, Richard Hopkinsformer operations manager at Red Bullwho befriended the motorsport icon in the 1990s, recently gave an interview in which he explained that he thinks the F1 star will never be able to appear in public again.
“I haven’t heard anything recently. I understand that [Schumacher] has a Finnish doctor, a personal doctor. I don’t think we’ll see Michael again,” Hopkins told the site SPORTbible.
“I feel a little uncomfortable talking about his state of health, due to the secrecy that the family wishes to maintain, for perfectly justified reasons. »
“I can make a comment, have an opinion, but I am not part of that inner circle. I am not Jean TodtI am not Ross BrawnI am not Gerhard Bergerwho visit Michael. I am very far from all that,” he added.
Hopkins went on to explain that even the few people still close to the Schumacher family have not provided any information about “Michael’s real condition.”
“Even if Ross was offered lots of good red wine, I don’t think he would open up to sharing anything. There is, I believe, a mutual respect between those who visit Michael, preventing them from revealing anything. »
“It’s what the family wants. I find this fair and respectful towards her. Even if I knew something, the family would be disappointed that I revealed it,” concluded Hopkins.
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