'No hope': Close friend gives chilling update on Schumacher's ...

It has been 10 years since Michael Schumacher suffered life-threatening injuries in a skiing accident and the latest update on the F1 racing star is not promising.

Close friend Roger Benoit said Schumacher is a “case without hope”, according to the Daily Mail, which cited Benoit’s interview this week with the Swiss newspaper Blick.

Schumacher hit his head on a rock and suffered severe brain damage while skiing the French Alps in December 2013.

Schumacher, who was wearing a helmet while skiing with his son Mick, was placed in medically-induced coma for 250 days.

Schumacher returned home after that, but updates on his condition are extremely rare as those close to him have prioritised his privacy.

Benoit, in his interview, when asked for a specific update on Schumacher’s condition, gave this chilling statement: “This sentence says everything about how (Michael) has been doing for over 3500 days. A case without hope.”

Schumacher’s wife Corinna broke her silence and spoke about the accident for the first time in eight years for a Netflix documentary.

“Michael is here,” Corinna said in 2021. “Different, but he’s here, and that gives us strength, I find.

“We’re together. We live together at home. We do therapy. We do everything we can to make Michael better and to make sure he’s comfortable. And to simply make him feel our family, our bond. And no matter what, I will do everything I can. We all will.”

Now 54, Michael Schumacher hasn’t been seen in public in a decade.

Schumacher was an F1 racing legend, winning the Drivers’ World Championships seven times, which is tied with Lewis Hamilton for the most titles all-time.

Schumacher’s 91 career Grand Prix wins are second to Hamilton’s 103 victories.

Formula One legend Johnny Herbert said everyone has “lost out” on the absence of the “mega star”.

“We have lost a mega star of our sport who gave so much enjoyment to a lot of people,” Herbert said.

“It was very sad that Mick couldn’t have his Dad around and it is sad that we as an F1 community don’t have him around the paddock.

“It is a shame. Everyone loses out on learning about the Michael Schumacher we never saw when he was in the cockpit.”

This article was originally published by the New York Post and reproduced with permission