Michael Schumacher, the seven-time Formula One champion currently in a comatose state, would have been an eight-time champ, manager Stefano Domenicali has said.
Domenicali, the former team principal for the Ferrari Formula One team, said that Schumacher would have likely won “at least one title” if he had been with the team between 2008 and 2013.
According to F1.co.uk, Domenicali also called Sebastian Vettel once quitting.
Domenicali, however, stressed that his statement shouldn’t be misunderstood, claiming two-time champion Fernando Alonso “deserved” to be the world champ in 2010 and 2012.
Domenicali also said he won’t come back to F1 with another team.
Several days ago, a doctor not involved in Schumacher’s treatment said that Schumacher, 45, will have to relearn how to walk, talk, and eat.
“It is not as if someone will switch on the light and the patient is all there. He will probably come back to a world he doesn’t know,” Professor Peter Hutchinson, of Cambridge University, told the Daily Record.
“Michael Schumacher seems to have won his fight against death. But he still has the fight for his life ahead of him,” Germany’s Focus magazine also wrote. “He’s coming back into a world where everything has changed. He will return to a reality to which he is not accustomed ... Michael Schumacher will not be Michael Schumacher any more.”
Swiss skier Daniel Albrecht told the newspaper that “when one wakes up you must start from zero.” He spent about three weeks in a coma following a horrific crash in 2009.
Schumacher hit his head during an accident in December 2013 in the French Alps. He underwent two operations and was placed into a medically induced coma.
His manager said weeks ago that he was showing “moments of consciousness.”
Over the weekend, Arsenal striker Lukas Podolski, who is from Germany, showed support for Schumacher.
He wrote “Keep Fighting Michael” on his shoes during a match against Hull City.
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