Formula One champion Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher's manager expressed the "continued support and patience" being offered to the stricken star. "We must accept it and hope with everything we have that with continued support and patience he will one day be back with us," Sabine Kehm said.
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher – The seven-time Formula One champion was hospitalized December 29 after suffering "severe head trauma" from a ski accident in the French Alps. He is no longer in a coma and has since been transferred to a hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland for rehabilitation. Here's a look back at his personal and career highlights on the 20th anniversary of his first world title triumph.
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher – Schumacher is hoisted by his pit crew at the Australian Grand Prix track in Adelaide, Australia, after winning the Formula 1 World Drivers Championship in 1994.
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher – Schumacher holds up the victory trophy, left, and the French Republic President's trophy after winning the French Formula 1 Grand Prix in Magny Cours, France, in 1995.
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher – Schumacher meets Pope John Paul II in 1999.
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher – King Juan Carlos of Spain congratulates Schumacher after he won the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2001.
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher – Schumacher checks out an Enzo Ferrari at Frankfurt's International Motor Show in 2003.
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher – Schumacher steers his Ferrari in front of a Eurofighter on the track of a military airport in Grosseto, Italy, in 2003.
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher – Schumacher sits in his car before the start at the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix in 2004 in Shanghai.
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher – A man rides past a poster with Schumacher's likeness in Bahreman, Iran, in 2005.
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher – Felipe Massa hugs Schumacher after Massa won first place in the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Turkey in Istanbul in 2006.
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher – Schumacher drives during a practice session at the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix in Melbourne in 2006.
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher – Schumacher celebrates his win at the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Germany in 2006 in Hockenheim, Germany.
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher – Schumacher's pit team works on his car during the Formula 1 Grand Prix of China in Shanghai in 2006.
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher – Schumacher arrives for an awards ceremony in Oviedo, Spain, in 2007.
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher – Schumacher autographs the T-shirt of an earthquake victim in Costa Rica in 2009.
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher – Shumacher presents the new Mercedes SLS AMG, also the 2010 Formula 1 safety car, in Geneva in 2010.
Formula One champion Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher – Schumacher visits the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, to test eSafety technologies in 2011.
