Michael Schumacher’s ex-F1 boss gives tragic insight into his health following ski accident

Michael Schumacher’s old boss has given a tragic insight into his health.

The former Formula 1 star has been out of the public eye since a tragic skiing accident in late 2013.

Schumacher was with his son Mick (who was 14 at the time) when he travelled across an off-piste area of the slope. Wearing a helmet at the time, he fell and hit his head on a rock, causing severe damage.

The 56-year-old was placed in a medically induced coma until 2014 and has spent the time since protected from public view and living at home with his wife, Corinna.

Much of Schumacher’s life and condition since has been kept private and in a 2021 Netflix documentary, Corinna explained that while he is ‘different’, he’s ‘here’ and it gives the family ‘strength.'

The race driver’s ex-manager at Benetton, Flavio Briatore, says he often speaks with them.

Speaking with an Italian news outlet, Corriere della Sera, he seemed to say that Schumacher is bed-bound.

“If I close my eyes, I see him smiling after a victory,” Briatore said. “I prefer to remember him like that rather than him just lying on a bed.

“Corinna and I talk often, though.”

During the documentary, Schumacher, Corinna explained: “We’re together. We live together at home. We do therapy. We do everything we can to make Michael better and to make sure he’s comfortable. And to simply make him feel our family, our bond.”

She went on to say how they are all ‘trying to carry on as a family’ in the way that the racing legend ‘liked it and still does.'

One of the greats. (Lars Baron/Getty Images)

Mick also said: “I think dad and me; we would understand each other now in a different way now."

Corinna also opened up more about the family’s decision to keep everything about Schumacher’s health as private as possible.

“‘Private is private’, as he always said. It’s very important to me that he can continue to enjoy his private life as much as possible,” she explained.

“Michael always protected us and now we are protecting Michael.”

Back in April, the F1 star signed a charity helmet belonging to fellow F1 icon Sir Jackie Stewart, for auction to raise money for the 85-year-old's charity Race Against Dementia.

“It is wonderful that Michael could sign the helmet in this worthy cause – a disease for which there is no cure,” Stewart told The Daily Mail.

“His wife helped him, and it completed the set of every single champion still with us.”