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| Schumacher 'fighting for his life' after ski accident | Schumacher 'fighting for his life' after ski accident |
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| Michael Schumacher, the seven-time Formula 1 champion, is "fighting for his life" after a ski accident in the French Alps, his doctors say. | |
| The driver remains in a critical condition in hospital in Grenoble with head injuries suffered on Sunday morning at the resort of Meribel. | The driver remains in a critical condition in hospital in Grenoble with head injuries suffered on Sunday morning at the resort of Meribel. |
| "We cannot tell you what the outcome will be yet," the team treating him told a news conference on Monday morning. | "We cannot tell you what the outcome will be yet," the team treating him told a news conference on Monday morning. |
| His family are at his bedside. | His family are at his bedside. |
| Schumacher underwent surgery on arrival at the University Hospital in Grenoble. | Schumacher underwent surgery on arrival at the University Hospital in Grenoble. |
| He remains in a coma and the medical team treating him said that they are working "hour by hour". | He remains in a coma and the medical team treating him said that they are working "hour by hour". |
| "All we can do is wait," they added. | "All we can do is wait," they added. |
| Helmet | |
| Professor Jean-Francois Payen told reporters that if Schumacher had not been wearing a protective helmet "he wouldn't be here now". | |
| "We had to operate urgently to release some pressure in his head," Professor Payen said. | |
| "Unfortunately, he has some lesions within his brain." | |
| The 44-year-old German was skiing off-piste with his teenage son when he fell and hit his head on a rock. | |
| Following the accident, Schumacher was evacuated to the hospital in the nearby town of Moutiers. He was taken from there to the larger facility in Grenoble. | |
| Professor Payen said the driver was in an "agitated condition" on arrival in Grenoble. | |
| He is being kept in a coma at a controlled temperature to facilitate his recovery, he added. | |
| Retired | |
| Schumacher, who turns 45 on 3 January, retired from F1 for a second time in 2012. | |
| He won seven world championships and secured 91 race victories during his 19-year career. | |
| Schumacher won two titles with Benetton, in 1994 and 1995, before switching to Ferrari in 1996 and going on to win five straight titles from 2000. | |
| He retired in 2006, and was seriously hurt in a motorcycling accident in Spain three years later, during which he suffered neck and spine injuries. | |
| But Schumacher managed to recover and made a comeback in F1 with Mercedes in 2010. | |
| After three seasons which yielded just one podium finish, he quit the sport at the end of last year. |