Overview

• Riccardo Patrese revealed he asked Corinna Schumacher for permission to visit Michael and use a familiar voice to prompt a reaction.
• Corinna Schumacher declined Patrese’s request, telling him that “now is not the time” for such an intervention.
• Michael Schumacher has not appeared in public since his December 2013 skiing accident in Méribel left him with severe brain damage.
• He continues to receive 24-hour medical support in his Geneva residence, where only a handful of trusted visitors are allowed.
• Flavio Briatore, Elisabetta Gregoraci, Jean Todt and Felix Gorner describe him as bedridden, communicating mostly through eye movements and fully dependent on caregivers.