FEW sporting families have endured and enjoyed more than Michael Schumacher’s incredible motor-racing dynasty.
Nine years after the seven-time F1 champion suffered life-changing head injuries skiing, nephew David has fractured his spine in a fireball race crash.
Schumacher senior, wife Corinna and their two children Mick and Gina Maria have moved to a £27million mansion in Majorca for the winter.
It’s thought the sea-view property includes all the medical equipment the 53-year-old needs for rehabilitation.
Schuey always kept his family life as private as possible.
And that’s stayed the same since his accident, with little known about his condition.
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But his family’s love for racing can’t escape the spotlight.
Brother Ralf notched six F1 wins and now Michael’s son Mick also competes in motorsport’s top championship.
Michael’s daughter Gina Maria admitted she too was tempted by the fast lane. But after a season of karting she swapped racing for riding – with equestrian.
Here’s our guide to one of the sport’s greatest families.
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MICHAEL SCHUMACHER
The fiercely, famously, fantastically competitive German shares the record for most F1 crowns – after Lewis Hamilton caught him up on seven in 2020.
After two titles with Benetton in 1994 and 1995, Schuey lifted the crown five times with Ferrari.
He retired in 2006 with 91 GP wins but surprisingly returned in 2010 for two mediocre years with Mercedes.
Schumacher’s situation changed forever, though, when he fell and hit his head while skiing off-piste in 2013.
After being air-lifted to a hospital and having two surgeries he was placed in a medically induced coma for six months to reduce swelling of his brain.
And via another hospital in Switzerland he finally returned to his home in Lake Geneva in 2015, where it’s understood he has mainly remained.
CORINNA SCHUMACHER
Michael’s wife is a keen horsewoman, winning the 2010 European Championship in western style horse riding.
The animal rights activist, who is also 53, has two children with the racing legend – son Mick and daughter Gina Maria.
RALF SCHUMACHER
Michael’s younger brother, 47, won six GPs when competing in F1 from 1997-2007 with Jordan, Williams and Toyota.
They are the only siblings to have both triumphed triumph in F1 races.
Ralf is now a co-commentator for Sky Sport in Germany.
MICK SCHUMACHER
Son Mick’s F1 career could be in the balance after just two years.
Pointless in 2021, he was buoyed by finishing eighth and sixth in the British and Australian GPs respectively this year.
But Haas team principal Guenther Steiner claims he “lacks consistency”.
Mick first released his racing bug in karting – in 2008 – before working his way up through F4, F3 and F2.
Now, 23, Mick reckons playing chess is a major help in his mental build-up to racing – meaning check first, chequered flag second.
DAVID SCHUMACHER
As Ralf’s son, Michael’s nephew and Mick’s cousin, David is the youngest of the racing Schumachers.
But the Mercedes driver, 20, faces at least six weeks out after an horrendous crash on Saturday.
He fractured his spine in a collison with Thomas Preining in Saturday’s DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) event at Hockenheimring.
Both cars smashed into the barriers and bounced back onto the circuit.
And although David was initially given the all-clear, further scans revealed the far more extent of his injuries.
GINA MARIA
Michael’s daughter, 25, won gold at the FEI World Reining Championships in Switzerland – after confessing she “preferred the horses” to race cars.
The Western riding star did try karting for a year – but quickly decided it wasn’t her mane interest.
Showjumper Iain Bethke is her long-term boyfriend.
Source: Motorsport - thesun.co.uk
