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Doesn't sound good but it's just speculation at this point... :(

Yeah I must add the family released a statement today saying not to believe anything unless its from them...im guessing they knew this story was coming....

I have hope but IF it's as the article said I hope the family do the right thing.

Damn. :(

Just Damn.

I really hope the australian race winner dedicates their win to schumi's fight...

I think every winner this year will probably have a few words to say about him.

I would like to hope so.

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chael Schumacher is still in a wake-up phase from his medically-induced coma, according to the latest statement released by his management.

It is the first official update on his condition in three weeks, but his management made clear his condition has not changed and that unofficial reports cannot be trusted.

"Michael is still in the wake up phase," read Friday's statement. "The situation has not changed. Any medical information published which is not confirmed by the team of doctors treating Michael or his management has to be considered as not valid."

Schumacher was placed in a medically induced coma after sustaining head injuries in a skiing accident in December. Doctors started bringing him out of the coma at the end of January

There are rumors he's breathing independently.

..is that from his family, Eoin ..?..

Yeah its a reissue of Friday's statement

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The soap opera returns. It is hard to remember a Formula One season starting in quite the same circumstances as this one.

The sport's greatest champion, Michael Schumacher, lies comatose in a hospital bed, its chief executive, Bernie Ecclestone, is fighting for his professional life in a German court, the champion of the past four years, Sebastian Vettel, is strapped to a Red Bull emasculated by radical changes; oh, and Ron Dennis is back.

The convergence of Vettel and Red Bull by increments squeezed the life out of the sport. Last season's procession to a fourth consecutive world championship left even the diehards screaming for mercy.

Suddenly great drivers rendered impotent by the steely brilliance of Vettel and the automotive genius of Adrian Newey have an opportunity to resurrect careers.

Lewis Hamilton's move to an uncertain Mercedes a year ago looks inspired now. Perhaps the team's biggest challenge will be keeping Hamilton and Nico Rosberg from each other's throats.

So the pieces that have been up in the air all winter are about to fall on Melbourne. The big teams will adjust fastest to the new environment and order shall eventually emerge from the chaos.

Will it be Hamilton or Rosberg, Alonso or Raikkonen, Jenson Button or Kevin Magnussen – or will fate hand Massa the trophy it stole from him at Interlagos in 2008?

In a sense none of it matters. One word from Schumacher that tells the world there is a way out of that tragic and unfathomable silence trumps any outcome on the track.

Sums up how most F1 fans feel about this season

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Injured Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher has been showing "small, encouraging signs" in his fight for recovery, his family says."We are and remain confident that Michael will pull through and will wake up," the relatives said in a statement.

Doctors in France have been working to bring the seven-time champion out of a medically induced coma.The 45-year-old German suffered a severe head injury in a skiing accident in the French Alps on 29 December.

He has been kept in a coma to help reduce the swelling in his brain.

'Hard fight'
On Wednesday, Schumacher's manager, Sabine Kehm, released a statement on behalf of his family because of "an increasing interest in [his] condition in light of the start of the Formula 1 season".

The family praised the efforts of the French doctors at Grenoble hospital, but also warned that "it was clear from the start that this will be a long and hard fight for Michael."

"We are and remain confident that Michael will pull through and will wake up. There sometimes are small, encouraging signs, but we also know that this is the time to be very patient," the statement added.

Investigators probing the accident said Schumacher had been going at the speed of "a very good skier" at the time of his crash in the resort of Meribel.

He had been skiing off-piste when he fell and hit a rock, investigators said.Experts reconstructed events leading up to the crash after examining Schumacher's skiing equipment and viewing footage filmed on a camera attached to his helmet.

Schumacher retired from racing in 2012 after a 19-year career.He 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.

Family statement in full:"We are and remain confident that Michael will pull through and will wake up. There sometimes are small, encouraging signs, but we also know that this is the time to be very patient.

Michael has suffered severe injuries. It is very hard to comprehend for all of us that Michael, who had overcome a lot of precarious situations in the past, has been hurt so terribly in such a banal situation.

It was clear from the start that this will be a long and hard fight for Michael. We are taking this fight on together with the team of doctors, whom we fully trust.

The length of the process is not the important part for us.It is heart-warming to see how much sympathy his family is shown and I can say that the family is extremely grateful for it. However, it should not be forgotten that Michael's family is dealing with an extremely intimate and fragile situation.

And I would like to remind all of us that Michael has always actively kept his family out of the public eye and consequently protected their private lives.

We try to channel all the energies we have toward Michael and we firmly believe that this will help him. And we believe that he will also win this fight."

Going in a good direction finally. FORZA MICHAEL

I heard this on the radio as I was waking up this morning and it made me smile. Something positive at last...

Very weird timing with the new season starting in 2 days...

The Australian GP will put a message onscreen before the race willing Michael to keep fighting...

Sky sports news reporting that he's showing small encouraging signs

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Michael Schumacher is showing "small, encouraging signs" and his family remains confident he will "pull through and will wake up", according to a statement released on Wednesday morning.

Schumacher has now spent almost 11 weeks in a coma following a skiing accident on December 29 having undergone two operations to remove blood clots from his brain.

The 45-year-old remains in a waking-up process at the University of Grenoble hospital in France.

The statement, issued by his agent on behalf of his family, read: "We are, and remain confident, Michael will pull through and will wake up.

"There sometimes are small, encouraging signs, but we also know this is the time to be very patient.

"Michael has suffered severe injuries. It is very hard to comprehend for all of us that Michael, who had overcome a lot of precarious situations in the past, has been hurt so terribly in such a banal situation.

"It was clear from the start this will be a long and hard fight for Michael, and we are taking this fight on together with the team of doctors, whom we fully trust.

"The length of the process is not the important part for us."

And in keeping with previous official statements released by Schumacher's manager Sabine Kehm, it was again made clear that the privacy of the German's family should continue to be respected.

"It is heart-warming to see how much sympathy his family is shown and I can say the family is extremely grateful for it," the statement added.

"However, it should not be forgotten Michael's family is dealing with an extremely intimate and fragile situation.

"And I would like to remind all of us Michael has always actively kept his family out of the public eye and consequently protected their private lives.

"We try to channel all the energies we have toward Michael and we firmly believe this will help him, and we believe he will also win this fight."

More here

http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12...-from-accident

That the same I posted??

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Originally Posted by Iceman (Post 6751723)

That the same I posted??

Sorry Eoin I never even noticed, just heard it on the news earlier and went to the sky website.

Das right bitch

:laugh2:

Bizarre statement from Lewis Hamilton :umm2:

Lewis Hamilton on Michael Schumacher accident: 'all things happen for reason' and 'it 'will show his character'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/mot...racter.html?fb

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Muscle atrophy is reportedly taking a significant toll on Formula One racer Michael Schumacher, who’s in his 83rd day of an artificial coma after suffering a horrific skiing accident this winter.

The once fit and hearty champion has lost 25% of his body weight while doctors have tried unsuccessfully to bring him out his medically induced coma for several weeks now, according to Mirror.com.

Schumacher is reportedly down to about 120 pounds, the paper said, leading a German doctor to speculate that he’d suffered serious muscle loss.

“One must assume that his muscles have degraded greatly due to the immobility,” Dr. Curt Diehm, a German physician, told the website.

Schumacher, 45, had an accident Dec. 29 while skiing at Meribel, a resort in the French alps.

He suffered extensive brain injuries, but doctors have withheld any definitive word on his condition.

His medical team at the University of Grenoble has slowly been reducing the drugs that had kept him unconscious immediately after the accident.

German Formula One driver Michael Schumacher has lost a quarter of his weight in the 83 days he's been in a medically induced coma, doctors say.

But Schumacher has yet to regain his faculties even as doctors phase out his medications.

The seven-time champion’s wife and two children have kept daily bedside vigils with him at the hospital

Forzamichael

..his doctors say fans must prepare for very bad news...:sad:..

http://www.independent.ie/sport/form...-30124433.html

Felipe's helmet at the first grand prix

http://www.independent.co.uk/incomin...Schumacher.jpg