His state of health continues to question his fans… Sunday, December 29, 2013, during a family vacation in Méribel, in Savoie, Michael Schumacher was the victim of a terrible skiing accident. Since then, the wife of the former Formula 1 driver, Corinna, and her close friends, have given very little information about his state of health. Monday, September 4, 2023, Roger Benoit confided in the Daily Express. In the past, the journalist of the German daily Picture, smoked cigars with the star many times after shopping. Asked if he could give news of his friend, he said: “No… There’s only one answer to that question and it was his son Mick who gave it in 2022 in one of his rare interviews: ‘I’d give anything to talk to Dad.'” To conclude, Roger Benoit added not without emotion: “This sentence says everything about how his father has been doing for more than 3,500 days. A hopeless case.”
Mick Schumacher: “To know that he drove this car…”
If Mick Schumarer does not seem to be able to communicate with his father, he paid tribute to him this summer. From July 14 to 16, 2023 took place the Festival of Speed in Goodwood, United Kingdom. A few days before the event, it was while he was driving the Mercedes MGP W02 that his father had driven during the 2011 season that the 24-year-old racing driver confided in. “It will be spectacular to race in my father’s car from the 2011 season, the W02, even if only for a short time“he said in a statementbefore adding: “Knowing that he drove this car makes it even more special, and there will be a lot of emotions to be had. I had the chance to drive one of his Benettons and some of his Ferraris, but it will be the first time I’ll be behind the wheel of a Mercedes he drove. I’m sure I’ll walk away with a big smile.” Saturday April 1, 2023, for the Italian magazine Corriere della SerraJean Todt, a long-time friend of the Schumacher family, had ranted: “Leave him alone! We respect the privacy wishes of Corinna and her children, we know that this accident had consequences. Whoever says he knows something, he knows nothing. I will always see him. He and his family are my family.”