Latest Update of Michael Schumacher Health Condition: Friends, Family and Fans Still Clings to Hope of Recovery

Family, fans and loyal supporters of legendary F1 driver and seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher are still clinging to hopes that the 46-year-old racing icon would recover from his horrible skiing accident in the French Alps in late December 2013.

This as reports surfaced that a Ferrarri FXX signed exclusively by Shumacher is up for auction, various reports said.

A report by The Telegraph said there were little details about the progress of Shumacher's recovery ever since he was lifter from a medically induced coma. His wife Corinna, has imposed a complete news blackout and is guarding the family's privacy like a hawk.

Corinna has been maintained by a heavy security presence around Schumacher's spacious property. At this stage, he is recovering at a custom-built clinic that was built on the grounds of his home overlooking Lake Geneva. Schumacher has been receiving around-the-clock care from a medical staff whose members have been required to sign confidentiality agreements.

In June, Schumacher's team manager Sabine Kehm has requested the public to respect the family's wish of privacy. "Michael always had strict rules that we worked out together," Kehm said and added, "He kept his job strictly separately from the private side, and he never deviated from that. There was never a 'home story', and no journalist ever had his phone number."

She added that Schumacher's family also has to deal with constant prying of photographers and paparazzi's who made a permanent camp outside of their home in Gland Lake Geneva where  Michael was flown in September by his wife Corinna to start his long process of rehabilitation.

Kehm continued, "It is never relaxed, because this is a permanent load," Kehm said and added that some photographers have even deployed low-flying helicopters near the Schumacher's home to capture some photos.

Separately, Motor Authority reported that a Ferrari FXX 29/30 personally signed by Schumacher will be up for auction on September 26 in Berlin, Germany. The track-only model is expected to fetch at least $2.3 million. It was originally priced at $3 million when it was built in 2006. Another model was built especially for Schumacher, the FXX 30/30 that comes in black.

In August, Schumacher and Corinna celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary. A source who claimed to be a close friend of the Schumachers said the F1 champion was never interested in any other women except Corinna.

"All the models, the groupies, the...pit-stop girls never meant a thing to Michael," the source said. "They [the Schumachers] truly married their souls as well as their bodies. He doesn't know she's in the room with him in Grenoble but all the time that positive love is flowing into him. No one loves him more than Corinna. If he should not come through this, then life as she knows it will also end. She could never love again."

Schumacher has won 91 races in his storied F1 career and is listed as the wealthiest driver ever to have raced in Formula One, amassing a fortune estimated to be over $791.3 million.

But his family is also believed to be spending $152,000-a-week for his care, with the total amount spent for his rehabilitation has spiraled to more than $15.2 million.

Michael Schumacher Health Update and News: Schumi Might Never Fully Recover, However He is Currently Showing Some Improvements

Michael Schumacher is currently in their Swiss Mansion overlooking Lake Geneva. Whilst the family asked for a media blackout; sometimes people close to Schumi shares about the progress of the health of the legendary F1 racer. 

Here's the latest on Michael Schumacher health condition news and updates.

Since Schumacher's family asked for a media blackout there's not much news on former F1 racer lately. However an insider told Express that Michael Schumacher's currently recovering from his skiing injuries in the family's Swiss Mansion near Lake Geneva. The insider added that, "Progress is painfully slow. There is no miracle on the horizon."

At the moment, there's a total of 15 people monitoring and helping Michael Schumacher with his condition; the total cost for his rehabilitation is £100,000 weekly or $154,000 it wasn't an easy road for the family, but Sabin Kehm said that Schumi's condition is making progress.

In an interview she said, "We are happy to say still he does improvement and I say this always considering the severeness of the injury he had. But of course it will take a very long time for everybody involved to fight, and we are happy to take this fight."

In another interview Sabine added that we "must always keep the seriousness of his injuries in mind".

There are also those who believe that Michael won't fully recover anymore like Peter Hamlyn a consultant and a neurological and spinal surgeon.  He added that the thing that tortures the family and the public is the slow recovery of Michael Schumacher. He added, "If you look at severe head injury victims who go on to make a good recovery - and I'm not saying all do - it will always be a story of years. The first months are dominated by questions of survival. Gradually as the weeks and months go by those questions of survival turn into questions of the quality of survival."

Previously Maurizio Arrivabene (Ferrari's Team Principal) shared that a text message coming from the Schumacher family. Right after winning, Vettel made a tribute to Michael Schumacher, and Arrivabene is doing the same. Despite being visibly emotional about the whole thing, Arrivabene said he is truly trying to keep his composure, however the text message he received from the Schumacher household made him cry, he added, "I was trying all the time to stay cool, but then a text message made me cry." 

The text message was sent by Sabine Kehm who is Schumacher's manager. Another important role that Kehm played was that Kehm is responsible in persuading Vettel to leave Red Bull and join the Ferrari team last winter. Much of Schumacher's success was when he was in Ferrari, winning 5 of his 7 titles when he was there from 1996 to 2006. Arrivabene and Schumacher worked together when Schumacher was still in Marlboro.

Arrivabene also shared about how much he sees Schumacher in Vettel, he added,"They have different natures, different personalities; but the way Sebastian approaches his work - delving into every detail of how he can motivate everyone and criticise constructively - reminds me of Michael. Both share the same cultural background and this perfectionism, which they have brought to Ferrari."

In his winning speech, Sebastian Vettel said, "It's been my dream, Michael was my hero. All the kids at the go-kart track looked up to him."

Vettel added, "When he turned up to shake hands every year it made our lives. I don't understand yet how special it is."

Michael Schumacher is a record breaking F1 racer with 7 championships under his belt. Back in December 2013, the racer has a severe skiing accident in the Alps.

Vettel also said, "Michael left very large footsteps but the target is not to fill those but to leave some new ones. It's been a while since I was on the top step. The first time with Ferrari. We made big changes over the winter and the welcome the team gave me has been amazing. Great achievement. We have a great car."

"It is a bit emotional, a very special day and will always remain part of me. 

"The key was the way the tyres lasted. That's where we were able to close the gap compared to Mercedes. 

"It is a bit of a surprise for us but we need to take it. We need to confirm that and then try to catch these guys."

Man arrested in Schumacher records theft found hanged in Swiss jail

ZURICH, Switzerland -- An air ambulance employee who was arrested in connection with the suspected theft of former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher's medical records was found dead in his cell on Wednesday, prosecutors said.

The man, whose name wasn't released, was found hanged in a Zurich police jail on Wednesday morning as officers were handing out breakfast, prosecutors said in a statement. Initial investigations indicated that no one else was involved, they said.

The air ambulance service, Rega, arranged the seven-time F1 champion's transfer in June from a hospital in France to a hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland, to continue his recovery from a Dec. 29 skiing accident.

A week later, Schumacher's manager said medical documents purported to be Schumacher's were being offered for sale to some media. Swiss prosecutors opened an investigation into suspected violation of professional secrecy after Rega and Schumacher's family filed criminal complaints.

The investigation led prosecutors to the Rega employee, who was arrested on Tuesday. He denied wrongdoing in questioning by police, and prosecutors had planned to question him further.

Prosecutors said they currently have no evidence of further suspects and likely will close the case.

"This tragic event leaves us sad and speechless," Rega chief executive Ernst Kohler said, adding that the company is offering support to the man's relatives.

Rega has said it organized Schumacher's transfer to Lausanne and, as part of that, was given a medical report by the Grenoble hospital where he had been treated since his accident.

Schumacher's accident happened on a family vacation as he was skiing with his 14-year-old son at the Meribel ski resort in the French Alps. He hit the right side of his head on a rock, cracking his helmet. Doctors operated to remove blood clots from his brain, but some were left because they were too deeply embedded.

Schumacher's condition stabilized after he was placed in a drug-induced coma, from which he has since emerged.

Friend worries about Michael Schumacher's health condition due to lack of recent updates

Mika Häkkinen, F1 racer and a friend of Michael Schumacher, worries about his friend's condition due to the lack of recent updates about his health.

This F1 champion competed with Schumacher several times in the past, but according to him, the most memorable was the Belgian Grand Prix in 2000. He remembers the great racer to be a "terrifically combative competitor" that day. "You do not win seven world championships by being soft-hearted, and Michael was never that; but he was a superb driver, one of the best in the history of the sport in fact," he wrote on his post on the McLaren website. That is why Häkkinen is saddened to hear Schumacher's latest condition, or lack of it.

Schumacher, a German Formula One legend, had a skiing accident last December 2013, and went into a drug-induced coma soon after. In June 2014, his manager, Sabine Kehm, confirmed that he's out of the coma and went into rehabilitation in September 2014. There has been a news blackout on the racer's status after that, as requested by his family, and fans are anxiously awaiting for any recent updates about the great legend's health condition.

Last May, according to TVNZ.com.nz, Kehm told in an interview that the racing legend is showing signs of improvement, considering the severe head injury that the racer suffered. At the moment, Schumacher is being taken care of in his Swiss mansion in Geneva. A total of 15 medical workers are monitoring his health and helping his rehabilitation. According to Kehm, the weekly cost is about $154,000, which isn't too easy for Schumacher's family. "But of course it will take a very long time for everybody involved to fight, and we are happy to take this fight," she adds.

Häkkinen finally added on his post, "Keep fighting, my old friend."