Ok so i ve read an article saying that Todt went to Schumis home to visit him. He says that Schumi will probably be able to live normal life, but most likely never drive an F1 car again. He didnt say any more details or info, only that he respects Schumis familys wish not to disclose more details, so he didnt.
That is indeed very good news, if true. It'd be nice for him to...after all those years of spending weekends away from home, be able to enjoy his wife and kids. Never a follower of any one particular driver, I always found myself rooting for the underdog of the time, whether it was Hill, Villeneuve and then Hakkinen. I remember Michael racing with a very 'heavy' heart the same weekend he lost his mother suddenly. It was the turning point on how I viewed Schumacher as not just a racer...but a person.
I know exactly what you mean. I have always rooted for the underdog as well, even though having tremendous respect for Schumacher all through the years. He was a bit frightening at times, his on track antics, his unwillingness to ever yield and so on. But man, he was always spectacular to watch! The turning point for me was Monza 2000, when he was overwhelmed with emotion during the press conference and broke down crying. Up until then I had kinda seen him as the Terminator of F1. It just gave me a whole perspective on him. I really really hope the good news holds some truth. With everything looking so unbelievably grim with Bianchi this would really hit the spot...
Unfortunately that is not true at all - pure speculation: Michael Schumacher still has "a long and hard road ahead of him," the F1 legend's friend Jean Todt said this week. On Tuesday, we reported that the FIA president had told the Belgian broadcaster RTL after visiting Schumacher at home that the great German "can live a relatively normal life within a short period of time". The quote was translated from print reports that appeared on Monday at the specialist Dutch website formule1.nl, and the Dutch-language Belgian newspaper HLN. Subsequent investigations have revealed that Todt's comments were in fact made to French radio RTL, in which the 68-year-old did sound optimistic about the future of his former Ferrari colleague. However, it was actually the reporter who had asked Todt if Schumacher will one day live a 'normal life' again, to which the former Ferrari boss answered: "One can only hope. We can say he will probably not be able to drive in formula one again. He has made progress in recent weeks and months, but there is still a long and hard road ahead of him. He needs time and rest. He fights and one can hope that things will improve quickly." When pressed for details about Schumacher's current condition, including whether the former Ferrari and Mercedes driver can move and speak, Todt insisted: "I do not want to say because it is a very personal matter. What is important is that he is alive and his family is around him." (GMM) http://f1today.net/en/news/still-a-long-and-hard-road-ahead-of-schumacher--todt
Yeah it figures... news outlets taking things out of context and distorting it to make headlines. Depressing stuff.
@Mibrandt... Yeah! After reading the full interview on another site, the deceptive wording to JT's response became clear. What seems more clear, is what was not said. After six months in a coma, I didn't expect Michael would run a marathon. I think we'd settle for him being able to speak...even impaired. He'll never be well. I had actually stopped listening for reports long ago...as they said absolutely nothing. Sometimes we forget that despite having heard the Schumacher name for years in F1, he is only in his mid forties. That's still relatively young. I wish the best for him and his family. Hopefully they can salvage the bits that matter most to them.
From what i know hes not getting better, but hes not getting worse either, i guess we are gonna have to learn to live with the fact that Schumi will never walk again or be himself. Very terrifying to think what actually happened.
I heard that maybe something got lost in the translation of di Montezemolo's recent comment. So it's uncertain whether there's "no good news" or if "the news is not good". Either way, terrible thing that happened to Schumacher.
Montezemolo is not in the close friends. He's not allowed to have news or to come see Michael. As Jean Todt said some days after the accident : "The people that talk know nothing, and the people that know will tell nothing.".
Ah okay, I did not know that, I actually thought they were closer. Well, then it's probably just a (perhaps mistranslated) comment taken out of context, typical media style.
I've seen some pretty amazing recoveries, but it depends how bad things were in the first place. If he's not recoverable, we'll just learn one day that he died of complications (which can mean anything related to being bed-ridden and more susceptible to illness). My hope is that he's probably having to learn to walk, talk, and 'be himself' again - and wants to do that before he goes public. It can take many years. One of my friends (when I lived in England) you could see evidence of injury as one eye didn't fully open, but the mental change was more severe, bi-polar and... aggressive. He put everything into the recovery and pushed himself hard. He had to learn to walk and regain some speech control. Once the recovery process was done, it was almost like he had nothing else to live for and he committed suicide. There's really so many levels to this complex scenario with Michael. Status when he went home? Recovery? Lasting effects? How he deals with that? Whether his wife can deal with it (it's hard to be around someone that throws something at you for no reason). All I feel I can do is keep him in my thoughts, and keep watching him on YouTube.
Good post Tim, very well put and yeah, all we can do is hope and keep watching him during the good times. Sad story about your friend...
