Journalist reveals opinion on Schumacher’s health status

The health status of the seven-time Formula 1 champion, Michael Schumacher, it is a “hopeless case”. That’s what the Swiss journalist said Roger Benoit in an interview with the newspaper click. Since 2013, after an accident, one of the biggest names in world motorsport has not appeared publicly and suspense surrounds the 54-year-old German’s health.

Benoit mentioned the driver’s son when asked about the seven-time champion’s health.

“There is only one answer to that question and that is the one your son [Mick] gave: I would give anything to talk to dad. This sentence says everything about how your father has been for over 3,500 days. A hopeless case”, said the Swiss journalist. Mick is a Mercedes reserve driver in the current Formula 1 season.

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Still according to the Swiss journalist, it was Mick who gave the closest testimonial to his father’s state of health. The speech that Benoit is referring to is what Schumacher’s son said in the documentary produced by Netflix. “Dad and I now understand each other in a different way, simply because we speak a similar language, the language of motorsport. We have a lot more to talk about, and at least that’s where my head is most of the time. That’s when I think I would give up anything just to have this,” declared Mick in the film.

Roger Benoit covered Formula 1 and accompanied Michael Schumacher, with whom he had a close relationship. According to the journalist, get-togethers between him, the pilot and “bosses” of the sport were common. On December 29, 2013, Schumacher suffered an accident while skiing at the Meribel resort in the French Alps. The German was in an unmarked dangerous area between two lanes. He was wearing a helmet, but hit his head and suffered a serious head injury that left him in a coma for months.

Periodically, friends of Schumacher’s family who lived with the seven-time champion at the height of his Formula 1 career comment on his state of health, but without giving details, protecting the interest of the driver’s wife, Corinna Betsch, who prefers discretion. One of the few who maintains contact with family members is Jean Todt, former president of the FIA ​​and former boss of Ferrari, the team where Schumacher worked alongside Rubens Barrichello.