Could Michael Schumacher 'one day be back with us'?
Manager offers hope of recovery but two years after the skiiing accident, doctors says the F1 hero's condition is unlikely to change

Michael Schumacher could hopefully "one day be back with us", says his manager - two weeks after a more gloomy update on his condition said there was "no good news" about the seven-time Formula 1 champion.
The driving legend (pictured above) suffered severe head injuries in a skiiing accident in December 2013 and since then, there has been "very little" information about his health, says the Daily Telegraph. The incident left him in an induced coma for six months after which he has been receiving specialist medical care at his home in Switzerland.
The latest update comes from his manager, Sabine Kehm, at the opening of an exhibition about the driver in Marburg, Germany.
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"He is the most successful driver in history and sometimes, on days like this, it is good to be reminded of it," she said. "Of course, Michael is not here and of course we miss him. We know what has happened and cannot change it.
"We must accept it and hope with everything we have that with continued support and patience, he will one day be back with us. Racing was his life and no one would have liked to have been here more than him."
However, earlier this month, Schumacher's former boss at Ferrari, Luca di Montezemolo, told journalists: "I have news and unfortunately, it is not good." He refused to elaborate further.
Last year, FIA president Jean Todt, a close friend of Schumacher, said the German was "still fighting", but the Telegraph reports it is widely believed that the driver is paralysed and confined to a wheelchair, with memory problems and is unable to speak.
Blogger and former F1 doctor Gary Hartstein, who has written extensively on Schumacher's injuries, said this month: "We are now over two years since the injury. Despite the family’s silence, one can safely assume that were there to have been ANY good news, we’d have gotten it.
"What we know is that two years after a severe head injury, a patient’s clinical status is (with near statistical certainty) not going to change."
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