10 years after the accident, his state of health remains the best kept secret in the sporting world

10 years ago today, on December 29, 2013, the Formula 1 driver was the victim of a serious skiing accident. He has never appeared in public since, without much more being known about his state of health.

One of the best kept secrets of recent years concerns the state of health of Michael Schumacher. The seven-time Formula 1 world champion suffered a serious skiing accident on December 29, 2013, just 10 years ago, when his head hit a rock. He was then on vacation in the resort of Méribel in the French Alps.

Since then, the German pilot, victim of serious head trauma, has never appeared in public again and continues his treatment at his home in Gland, Switzerland, without much more being known about his state of health. and the cerebral after-effects left by the accident.

The latest news from Michael Schumacher comes from his brother and it is, as always, cryptic. “Fortunately, medical and scientific advances offer many opportunities, even if nothing is the same as before.”confided Ralf Schumacher, a few days ago, to the German daily Bild.

A locked communication

Jean Todt, the former president of the international motorsport federation and one of the few to be able to visit the German in his ultra-protected residence, made the same remarks on December 13 to the newspaper The Teamevoking “a different Michael”, but with which “he had the privilege of being able to share moments”.

This communication from the Schumacher clan has not changed for ten years. A silence that some media are trying to fill. On Thursday, Bild explained, without further details, that the former driver, now 54 years old, was made to listen to car noises to stimulate his brain with familiar sounds.

In April, a German magazine, Die Aktuelle, caused an uproar by announcing that it had landed an interview with Michael Schumacher: it was a fake interview carried out with artificial intelligence.