Michael Schumacher health update: F1 icon able to sit at dinner table with family. Will he recover?

A decade after F1 icon Michael Schumacher suffered devastating head trauma following a fall while skiing with his son, Mick, reports have emerged that he joins his family at the dinner table. But all updates on his health suggest that there is still little chance of recovery. British F1 driver Johnny Herbert told BettingSites.co.uk. that he heard from those within the F1 circle that Schumacher does sit at the table for dinner, but did not know if that is true.

Johnny Herbert: very private, very secretive

He said, "I can only read between the lines. We haven’t heard much from the family and understandably so. That has always been very much a part of Michael and the family’s way to keep everything very private, very secretive."

No chance of recovery?

Herbert said further, "That has carried on from his racing days. I don’t feel things have moved on in a way that many of us who knew him and many of his fans around the world want to see. They’d love to know, we’d all love to know that things are moving on positively. But because we don’t have any information, we can only assume that he is not yet in a position where there is a chance of a recovery."


The former Benetton and Jaguar driver, who was a team-mate with Schumacher for a time, said, "In my opinion, and I must stress this because we haven’t heard anything from the family, it shows that unfortunately, he is probably in the similar situation as he was straight after the accident."

Very few people can meet Schumacher

Herbert described Schumacher as a "very family-oriented man", who Juggled life as a husband, father and global brand.

Herbert also said that the list of non-family members with access to the Schumacher household remains a small one. He revealed that Ferrari chiefs Ross Brawn and Jean Todt are among those invited to spend time at the family home on Lake Geneva, as is another ex-Ferrari driver, Gerhard Berger.

FAQs:

What happened to Michael Schumacher?
F1 icon Michael Schumacher suffered devastating head trauma following a fall while skiing with his son, Mick, almost a decade ago at the Alps in France. He has been in a comatose condition since then.

Who can meet Michael Schumacher?
The list of non-family members with access to the Schumacher household remains a small one. Ferrari chiefs Ross Brawn and Jean Todt are among those invited to spend time at the family home on Lake Geneva, as is another ex-Ferrari driver, Gerhard Berger.