The Michael Schumacher Career/Injury/Recovery Thread

BigTex · Apr 4, 2014

Finally some good news.......best wishes to he and his family...

intrepidcva11 · Apr 4, 2014

BigTex said: ↑

Finally some good news.......best wishes to he and his family...
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for those who do, let us pray.

BigTex · Apr 4, 2014

intrepidcva11 said: ↑

for those who do, let us pray.
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Mine are there!

ferraripete · Apr 4, 2014

great news! keep fighting to the finish line!!

rdefabri · Apr 4, 2014

BigTex said: ↑

Mine are there!
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Same here!

gt4me · Apr 4, 2014

Great news, so pleased to hear this.

Fast_ian · Apr 4, 2014

davebuchner said: ↑

That is a very encouraging piece of news, and I can now really believe that this healing process can go all the way, with time.

I appreciate that if Dr. Hartstein finds it so encouraging it really must be very good news, as I have found his articles to be very insightful thus far -he is certainly not prone to hysteria.

Forza Michael.
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+1

As he notes, he remains 'an outsider', but Sabine is 'the consummate professional', so parsing her words carefully leads him to believe this is *really* positive!

For now at least, can we leave the 'long way to go' downers out - We all know that.

Awesome, fantastic news.

Godspeed Michael
Ian

BaldyMountainRipper · Apr 4, 2014

SWB said: ↑

Quick, someone gather all of Schuey's race cars from the Group C Sauber to all the F1 Benettons and Ferraris and rev them outside his hospital to cheer him on (much to the chagrin of the other staff and patients)
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What an exquisite and wonderful idea. And we'll bring back the noise in F1 to boot!

TifosiUSA · Apr 4, 2014

What amazing news! So happy.

stevenwk · Apr 4, 2014

Hoping so much for his full and speedy recovery. Great news!

Prayers continue with Michael and his family.

TheMayor · Apr 4, 2014

He's going to make it back. I'm telling you.

Michael will come out of this.

He's always come back.

GordonC · Apr 4, 2014

davebuchner said: ↑

That is a very encouraging piece of news, and I can now really believe that this healing process can go all the way, with time.

I appreciate that if Dr. Hartstein finds it so encouraging it really must be very good news, as I have found his articles to be very insightful thus far -he is certainly not prone to hysteria.

Forza Michael.
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Agreed, I'm much more encouraged by Dr. Hartstein's analysis of this announcement, it is fantastic news!!!

darth550 · Apr 4, 2014

Pulling for MS!

VIZSLA · Apr 4, 2014

All our good thoughts are paying off.

davebuchner · Apr 4, 2014

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From David Coulthard :

I only hope Michael Schumacher pulls through so that he can see all the nice things people are saying about him
With hindsight I know now that I was never on the seven-time world champion's level but he gave my career as a Formula One driver credibility

The outpouring of concern for Michael Schumacher’s wellbeing over the past 36 hours, not only from the world of Formula One but from the wider sporting, and indeed non-sporting, community has been wonderful to see. In my opinion it constitutes long-overdue recognition of Michael’s status as a true sporting great. I only hope and pray that he pulls through to see what nice things people have been saying about him.
The truth is I do not believe that Michael has ever truly received the praise or recognition that his stunning achievements merited. And I say that now with the benefit of hindsight.

For years Michael was the perfect pantomime villain, particularly in this country; German, of course, ruthlessly efficient, ultra-aggressive. Whereas previous greats such as Sir Jackie Stewart or Juan Manuel Fangio left the door open to their rivals when racing, for fear of making what could easily have been fatal contact, Michael went all out in his pursuit of victory.

Sometimes he overstepped the mark – Jerez in 1997 and Rascasse in 2006 spring to mind – and those indiscretions made him unpalatable to the sporting purist. He was marked down by some, including me, as a tainted champion. But you cannot argue with his achievements.
At the end of the day he had the same rules and the same race marshals as the rest of us. And he destroyed us.

He could be infuriating. I had numerous run-ins with Michael, most famously at Spa in 1998 after we collided on a wet track and he stormed over to the McLaren garage and accused me of trying to kill him. I asked him later, in exasperation, whether he had ever been wrong about anything at any point in his life. “Not that I can remember,” he replied. To me that summed him up.

He had complete and utter self-belief. It was what made him a champion.
And what a champion: 91 grand prix victories and seven drivers’ world titles. I can say now, and again it is with the benefit of hindsight, that I was never on his level. You cannot admit that, even to yourself, during your career because you need to have self-belief but I have no trouble admitting it now.

Michael was the reference point for me. I can see that now. If I beat him to a win or a podium, I knew I had done a very good job. He gave my career credibility.
As I said, we did not always see eye to eye but there were two sides to Michael.
He was a ruthless competitor but at the same time he was a family man; generous, kind. If you were part of his trusted circle then he was loyal. If you were not, he could cut you off completely.

I never knew exactly which camp I belonged to but our shared relationship with Mercedes-Benz meant that we were thrown together regularly.
I can vividly recall being invited to Michael’s private parties after the German Grand Prix and staying up smoking cigars with him, late at night after a few drinks, talking about just how lucky we were to be doing what we loved.

There was always that underlying respect. When Michael retired at the end of 2006 he approached me and suggested we swap helmets. It had never even occurred to me to ask him. Why would he have wanted my helmet? But he knew that I collected them and I was honoured that he offered me his. It remains one of my prized possessions and I know he keeps mine at his home in Switzerland.

I think Michael might have got more credit before now had he not burnt his bridges so completely with the British media, to whom he was completely closed, at least during his first career. I think Sebastian Vettel may have learnt from that experience.
In any case, Michael’s comeback with Mercedes showed he had a more human side. And in a funny way, it cemented his legacy rather than harmed it.
Watching him struggle to match Sebastian and Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, not always through fault of his own, proved that time waits for no man. It was too easy during his first career to assume that he simply swept all before him.

Those struggles with Mercedes gave us, certainly me, a new-found appreciation for the unbelievable levels of consistency he achieved in his first career.
This skiing crash has connected Michael to the rest of us on a human level once and for all. Here is a father, like any other, his wife and children at his bedside praying for him to pull through. It is something to which we can all relate.

The awful thing is that so often it takes something like this before we say what we truly feel about someone.
I hope that in this instance, with Michael having received such swift medical attention, and given the fact that he continues to receive the very best treatment possible, he is going to emerge victorious once again. And when he does he is going to realise in what esteem he is held.
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When DC wrote this article 3 days after the accident I thought he was being premature in thinking the situation was so grave ... I appreciated his sentiment especially as he was 'the enemy' back in the day. But how prophetic he turned out to be in terms of the seriousness of the injury. Also, his piece quoted in this thread in late March (the 25th I think) was heartfelt and genuine. Hopefully Michael will now be able to read these articles one day and have a Bacardi and coke with DC to reminisce.

Forza, Michael.

finnerty · Apr 4, 2014

CBS World News (in the US) also reporting tonight that MS is possibly "having moments of consciousness" as per the press release. So, looks to be very well confirmed as to factual.

And, certainly it is a bit of a positive sign ---- though I would like to hear it confirmed from his Doctors along with some more detail.

barbazza · Apr 4, 2014

Good news. As expected, the man doesn't know how to quit

sammysaber · Apr 4, 2014

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Good news. As expected, the man doesn't know how to quit
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Well said indeed ! Great news.

butcher · Apr 4, 2014

The most positive news in months. Keep fighting MS!

Drive550PFB · Apr 4, 2014

If anyone can do it, MS can.

ArtS · Apr 4, 2014

Good luck MS!

Vincent Vangool · Apr 4, 2014

Great to hear this, and also to get the statement that it's a private family matter, and that no news is not due to no improvement, but due to they would do what I would if it were a family member, worry about the patient versus feel the need to update the public with every detail.

So great to hear of some improvement.

GOOD LUCK SCHUMI!

subirg · Apr 5, 2014

Thinking positive thoughts. Get better soon Michael!

SPEEDCORE · Apr 5, 2014

Positive news.

Forza Schumie

BBL · Apr 5, 2014

I didn't see this article posted in this thread before, but then, this has been a busy thread! Personal experience of a very similar situation from Robin Warner:

I know what Michael Schumacher is going through - A message of hope from one brain injury survivor to another

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