Overview

• Patrese revealed he sought to assist Schumacher’s recovery by visiting him at home but was told it was not the right time.
• He believed that a familiar voice might prompt recognition, a strategy sometimes seen to aid brain-injury patients.
• Journalists Felix Gorner and Elisabetta Gregoraci have reported that Schumacher is bed-bound, fully dependent on caregivers and unable to speak.
• Corinna Schumacher continues to restrict access to her husband, having rebuffed offers from other former colleagues including Eddie Jordan.
• Schumacher's sole public gesture in April—signing Sir Jackie Stewart’s charity helmet—remains one of the few insights into his condition since 2013.