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Michael Schumacher 10 years on: why his family is staying silent

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Michael Schumacher was left with serious brain trauma after a skiing accident. (PHOTO: Gallo Images/Getty Imgaes)
Michael Schumacher was left with serious brain trauma after a skiing accident. (PHOTO: Gallo Images/Getty Imgaes)

December 29, 2013, the day the world stopped turning for Michael Schumacher.

Everything that filled his life – cars, holidays, globetrotting, glitzy events – came to a crashing halt on a snowy slope. 

In a way, time froze that day and Michael will forever be remembered as he was then: one of the greatest drivers in Formula 1 history with 91 victories, 155 podium finishes and seven world championships. He hasn’t been seen in public since, fiercely protected by his wife, Corinna – alive but forever altered. 

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