Chronicle EditorBERLIN. — Michael Schumacher’s family have launched an initiative to help others inspired by the seven-times Formula One world champion’s career and character to “keep fighting” in the face of adversity.
“We would like to encourage others to never give up,” the stricken German racer’s wife Corinna said in a statement presenting the not-for-profit movement on Saturday.
December 29 will be the anniversary of a 2013 skiing accident in which the former Ferrari driver suffered severe head injuries when he fell and hit his head on a rock in the French Alps.
Schumacher, the most successful F1 driver of all time with 91 wins, turns 48 in January. He has been treated at home in Switzerland since he was released from hospital in September 2014.His son Mick, who was with him at the time of his accident, is now embarking on his own career in motor racing and is working through the junior series. — Reuters.
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