MICHAEL SCHUMACHER sought adventure when away from his Formula One car, which saw him win seven World Championships.
In 2013 though, he suffered a horrific skiing accident which saw him sustain a severe brain injury that caused him a coma.
Is Michael Schumacher still in a coma?
No, it was confirmed that Michael was brought out of the medically-induced coma by June 2014.
This was less than a year after the accident took place on December 29, 2013.
He crashed and hit his head on a rock while skiing with his son Mick on the slopes above Méribel in the French Alps.
He suffered a bad head injury, but it was the helmet that ultimately saved his life.
Michael was swiftly airlifted to Grenoble Hospital and underwent surgeries, subsequently placed in a coma while experiencing the afflictions of "traumatic brain injury".
After being brought out of the coma he was allowed to return to his Switzerland home, where it was reported that he remained in a wheelchair under the care of his family.
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The Schumachers are fiercely protective of Michael's privacy and yet a Netflix documentary has been granted unprecedented access to the family, including Michael's wife, Corinna, and his two children, Mick and Gina.
His father, Rolf, also speaks, as does his brother, the former F1 driver Ralf, in the new Schumacher documentary, released on September 15, 2021.
There is no real update on Michael, no medical explanation of the ex-F1 driver's condition or footage of him from after the accident.
When Mick speaks, as has always been the case when mentioning his father, it is in the past tense.
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Mick followed his father into F1 – he races for Haas – and it has been made clear that the media are not to ask about Michael.
The 22-year-old says in the documentary: "I think Dad and me, we would understand each other in a different way now.
"Because we speak a similar language, the language of motorsport. And we would have much more to talk about.
"And that's where my head is most of the time. Thinking that would be so cool, that would be it. I would give up everything just for that. Yes."
This rare glimpse inside his family, despite not divulging much, feels intimate and heartbreaking.
Meanwhile, Corinna said in the documentary: "Michael is here. Different, bu he's here, and that gives us strength, I find.
"We're together. We live together at home. We do therapy.
"We do everything we can to make Michael better and to make sure he's comfortable.
"And to simply make him feel our family, our bond.
"And no matter what, i will do everything I can. We all will.
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"We're trying to carry on as a family, the way Michael like it and still does.
"And we are getting on with our lives."
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