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Twelve Years After Ski Crash, Silence on Michael Schumacher’s Condition Persists

The family’s strict privacy has left only secondhand reports to fill the information vacuum.

Overview

  • On the 12th anniversary of his 2013 Méribel ski accident, the last official medical update remains the July 2014 notice that he left a coma, moved to Lausanne, and later returned home for specialized care.
  • Family control over access continues, with close friends and former colleagues respecting requests not to disclose details of his condition.
  • Former Red Bull operations chief Richard Hopkins recently said he does not expect the public to see Schumacher again and noted he is under the care of a personal Finnish doctor.
  • German journalist Félix Gorner told RTL earlier this year that Schumacher is fully dependent on continuous assistance and no longer communicates verbally, a claim not confirmed by the family.
  • Public touchpoints in 2025 included auctions of historic gear that directed a share of proceeds to the family’s Keep Fighting Foundation and a reported, disputed claim that Schumacher signed a helmet for a dementia charity effort.