Today they are fulfilled 10 years of secrets, enigmas, intriguessecrets, half-truths, lies, assumptions, uncertainties, concealments, in reality, of silence and mystery. That, silence and mystery.
They are fulfilled today, Friday, December 29, 2023, 10 years since the accident of the seven-time F1 world champion (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 20004), the German Michael Schumacherwho, next Wednesday, will turn 54 years old, who crashed into some hidden rocks due to the fine snow that day, when he was skiing with his son Mick and a friend of his, on a slope near one of his residences, the one he owned at the Méribel station, which is part of the Three Valleys complex, one of the most reputable ski resorts in the French Alps.
Schumacher was a great skier. As a driver he raced 307 grand prix in 19 seasons in F1, reaching the podium in half of them (155), winning 91 races and traveling 81,208 kilometers in an F1. Despite being so skilled with skis and his poles, ‘Schumi’ lost control when he was crossing from one track to another looking for the best (it is not true that he was skiing ‘off-piste’, as was published after the accident) and had the bad luck that his head crashed on a hidden rock.
That was not his worst luck. His worst luck was that, as is now common among skiers (something that real experts do not recommend), Schumacher He skied with a GoPro camera embedded in his helmet to record your day in the snow. When crashing, the camera seriously damaged part of his brain, causing the worst damage. It is still macabre and, of course, part of the secrets and mysteries that began to circulate from that December 29 until this Friday, December 29, that the recording of that camera was the key piece to investigate the accident of the seven-time champion.
The irreversible injuries suffered by the ‘Kaiser’ were apparently caused by the GoPro camera, which he was wearing in his helmet and which, when colliding with a rock, stuck in his brain.
When we talk about 10 years of mystery and silence it is because, although it may seem like a lie, although it seems impossible, From that day on, nothing has been heard from again. more serious, truthful, authentic, certain of the state of health, of life if he has it, of a man who has been hidden for, that is, 10 years, since the word ‘kidnapped’ would not be correct, as he is always under protection of his family and, at most, three or four close friends, such as, for example, the Frenchman Jean Todt, former head of Ferrari and former president of the FIA and, of course, the former German journalist Sabine Kahm, who is, along with Corinna Betsch, wife of ‘Schumi’ since 1995 and mother of Ginna Maria and Mick, the one who has prevented, no one knows how or for how much, anything, absolutely nothing, from being known about the state, vegetative, without a doubtfrom the German champion.
For many of the F1 experts consulted by El Periódico, from the Prensa Ibérica group, it is truly mysterious how it is possible that, for 10 years, he has not escaped not a single authentic information of Schumacher’s condition and, of course, not only in a newspaper or magazine but, even, in the feared, crazy, free and open social networks we have been able to see an image, if not of the pilot himself in his bed, yes, at least , of the immense and sophisticated ICU that they have built in their mansion in Gland, a small town near Geneva, where 15 professionals, including doctors, physios, rehabilitators and other specialists, treat him daily under the coordination of Dr. Richard Frackowiak, with an approximate weekly cost of 148,000 euros, which represents 30 million euros since 2013.
“I miss Michael every day; he is here, different, but he is here. Every day he shows me how strong he is”
Kahm doesn’t talk to anyone and, when he does so, it is to win a lawsuit against the German magazine that, in 2015, published that Michael was already walking or to, as has happened recently, request an immediate rectification from the skillful, daring and incorrect German journalist who invented a interview with Schumacher with answers provided by Artificial Intelligence, the latest of many scandals experienced during this decade. The magazine was ‘Die Aktuelle’ and its editor-in-chief was immediately fired.
If Kahm does not speak and Corinna has limited herself to commenting, in the Netflix special ‘Schumacher’, that “I miss Michael every day; He is here, different, but he is here, because every day he shows me how strong he is.”, it is evident that the only rigorous voice is Todt, who, despite the fact that he once confessed that he had seen some F1 grand prix alongside the seven-time champion, his last words were: “Mick is here, so no I miss him, but he is no longer the Mick he used to be.”
It is evident that there have been close friends who have said theirs, especially in recent days, as this sad anniversary approached. But they are protagonists who do not have direct information about the state of the seven-time champion, started by his brother Ralf, whose favorite phrase is “my heart smiles every time I see Gina Maria and Mick.” Or Piero Ferrari: “I don’t like it when they talk about Michael as if he had died.”. Or on former manager Willi Webber: “I have no hope of seeing him again”. Also, also, the colorful and talkative Eddie Jordan, the first boss that the ‘Kaiser’ had in F1: “Michael is missing.” Or the thousands and thousands of messages that his followers leave in the ‘Keep Fighting’ group.
One thing is clear, the Schumacher family has done everything possible and impossible to ensure that no one had access to the pilot not even knowing how and in what state it is. The true protector of ‘Schumi’ has been Sabine Kahm, who has even caused seas of tears in two of Michael’s close friends such as (were) the former Ferrari pilot Luca Badoer and, most especially, ‘la mamma’, who is what Schumacher called Rossella, the cook at ‘Montana’, the restaurant in Maranello, close to the Fiorano track, where the ‘prancing horse’ drivers train.
“Do not expect anything from us today, on this tenth anniversary. There will be no news”
This hermeticism, which turns this decade into the decade of mystery and silence, has logically generated all kinds of rumors and storiessome of them, if not all, are truly incredible, from that ‘paparazzi’ who disguised himself as a priest to try to enter Michael’s room in the first hospital in Grenoble where he was taken on the day of the accident to the most recent one, published ago 24 hours by the popular and noisy German ‘Bild’, which claims that the seven-time champion was put into a Mercedes AMG, which reached over 300 km/h, with F1 sound, to try to stimulate the brain the ‘Schumi’.
There are those who now remember the text that appeared on the invitation to Corinna and Michael’s wedding: “Separately, we are just words; together, a poem”. It is evident that the Schumacher family, Corinna, her children and Sabine Kahm, have every right in the world to keep the former F1 champion alive, even if it is totally expressionless.
Many now remember the text of the invitation to Michael and Corinna’s wedding in 1995: “Separately, we are just words; together, a poem.”
What’s more, waiting, perhaps, for the medicine to give Michael the possibility of recovering in some way, the Schumachers are spending part of their fortune, valued at 500 million euros. Of course, both Michael and Corinna and their financial advisors have known how to maintain and carry out big investmentsmany of which they have been able to realize with the sale of some of their most appreciated assets such as their cabin in the mountains of Norway, their Rolls Royce ‘Phantom’, the Ferrari F-2001, with which they won in Monaco in 2001 or his private plane, a beautiful Falcon 2000 EX, valued at more than 20 million euros.
And, 10 years ago today, the Schumacher world, which was a pleasant world, happy like few others, rich like some, exciting, alive, began to become a world full of mystery and silence, a lot of silence. Just silence. His brother Ralf said it a few days ago: “Michael was very lucky during his successful life in F1, but then this tragic accident happened.” And silence came, hell, pure uncertainty. As Felix Damm, Schumacher family lawyer, noted, “do not expect anything from us on this anniversary: there will be no news”.
2023-12-29 07:43:12
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