A friend’s revelation about Michael Schumacher’s health

It’s been almost 10 years since Michael Schumacherthe seven-time champion of Formula 1suffered a skiing accident while vacationing with his family in the french alpswhich caused serious injuries to his head and back.

Since that moment, the famous pilot, who even has a documentary on the platform Netflixhe was left prostrate and with the current state of his health unknown, due to the secrecy of the family.

Of Schumacher It is known that he suffered severe brain damage as a result of that unfortunate accident, and even his son mick He declared his desire to be able to speak with his father, which sets the tone for the state of the situation.

The Swiss journalist spoke on this topic Roger Benoita close friend of Schumacher who revealed a heartbreaking detail about the former German pilot who, according to his testimony, has little hope of recovering his health.

“There is only one answer to that question and it is the one his son gave: ‘I would give anything to talk to Dad.’ This phrase says everything about what her father has been doing for more than 3,500 days. A hopeless case“, he declared Benoir in an interview for the Swiss newspaper click.

The bets on where “Schumi” would end up

Roger Benoit He remembered more pleasant stories about his relationship with the pilots of the Formula 1 and the dominion he exercised Schumacher from his emergence into the Great Circus and how he forced the protagonists to place bets in the paddock to find out where the German would end up.

“We used to bet on which lap the race driver would retire. McLaren, Mika Hakkinen. But then he suffered a serious accident in Adelaide 1995. It was clear that we needed a new bet in the paddock. There it appeared Schumi. “You had to guess what position he would end up in, at first the bet was 10 German marks, then 10 euros,” he recalled. Benoit.

“Bernie Ecclestone, Flavio Briatore, Jean Todt and many others participated. Eccleston He always made three or four different bets to increase his chances of winning. He once won $3,500 on Argentina. Then she walked into the press room with the money, sat at the front table and happily told it in front of the media crowd. But she was also special with Jean Todt. As head of the Ferrari team, he was the head of Schumi, but he always gave him second place. Once he explained it to me: ‘Yes Schumi comes second, I’ll win something, and if he wins, I’ll be happy anyway.’ After a few years he came to see me and he told me that he couldn’t do it anymore. The Italian media found out and headlined: ‘Todt always bets against Schumi’”he explained.