Michael Schumacher reportedly 'no longer bed-bound' in major health update on F1 icon
Michael Schumacher's health has improved according to a report in the UK, with the F1 icon said to be "no longer bed-bound."
Nearly 13 years on from his life-changing ski accident, information about his condition has been drip fed to the media ever since that fateful day in the French Alps in 2013.
Since his accident Schumacher has not been seen in public, with speculation he could communicate only by blinking.
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However, The Daily Mail reports that is not the case.
"He understands some of the things going on around him, but probably not all of them," a source told the publication.
The report states the former F1 champion is "no longer bed-bound" and can sit up in a wheelchair.
Michael Schumacher was seven-time F1 champion. Getty
He has a team of nurses and therapists who keep a 24-hour watch on him costing tens of thousands of dollars a week, but can be wheeled around his estates.
Schumacher spends part of his time living in a secluded mansion in Majorca, valued at around $50 million.
He also has a house on the shore of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, which is reportedly worth more than $80 million.
His daughter, Gina-Maria, shared a photo of her family before the accident on Schumacher's birthday earlier this month, showing the young family smiling with the caption: "The best forever. Happy birthday papa."
In November last year, a friend of Schumacher from his racing days, Former Red Bull head of operations Richard Hopkins, said fans will "never see Schumacher again".
"I haven't heard anything recently. I understand he has a Finnish doctor, a personal doctor," Hopkins said to SPORTbible.
"I don't think we'll see Michael again. I'm slightly uncomfortable talking about his condition because of how secretive, for the right reasons, the family wants to keep it.
"So I can make a remark, have an opinion, but I'm not in that inner circle.
"I'm not Jean Todt, I'm not Ross Brawn, I'm not Gerhard Berger, who visit Michael. I'm a long way from that."
