MICHAEL Schumacher’s secret inner circle is set to welcome another member after his son Mick’s girlfriend was granted permission to visit.
Danish model Laila Hasanovic, 23, has been with Mick for 18 months and was given a vote of confidence by the family to see Michael, according to reports.
The decision to let her see Mick’s father was made before the tenth anniversary of the tragic ski crash that left Michael in a coma for 250 days.
The lovers regularly share loved-up photos to their millions of followers on social media as Mick, 24, embarks on a new career in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship with Alpine.
Mick was alongside his father on the day of the crash and according to former driver Johnny Herbert has found the years since incredibly tough.
He said: “Mick has said he could always talk to Michael about racing before the accident. That is one of the saddest things for any sportsman.
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“It would have been a very important part of his development at that time. But Mick never had that unfortunately. He just had that relationship up until the skiing accident.
Laila comes from Copenhagen and has Bosnian roots and was first seen by Schumacher’s side at the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix.
Since then the former Miss Denmark finalist and Mick have gone from strength to strength and made a good impression on Mick’s mum Corinna and the rest of the family.
The news of her addition marks a huge step forward as outside of family only a limited group of people are allowed to see Schuey.
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Schumacher’s daughter Gina is also set to get married later this year at the family’s luxury villa in Majorca.
The 26-year-old will tie the knot with 27-year-old boyfriend Iain Bethke later this year, reports German magazine Bunte and Spanish publication Ultima Hora.
Since 2013, his wife Corinna has been creating a private world around Michael as he continues his recovery – including forming a tight knit group of people allowed to see the great man and those who can’t.
Schumacher has regular meetings with his former teammate Luca Badoer and manager Sabine Kehm – who is arguably the closest non-family member to Michael both before and after his accident.
Ex-Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, 42, is regarded by the Schumacher family as “Michael’s younger brother” and was allowed to see his old pal but gave little information on Schuey’s condition.
The third member of the so called inner circle is Jean Todt who has been close to Michael for over 30 years.
The pair reportedly watch F1 races together but Todt has admitted the F1 legend “is no longer the Michael we knew” before the accident.
Corinna has also been forced to cut out certain people to keep the family’s privacy a priority and for the sake of Schuey.
Some of these people include ex-teammate Rubens Barrichello, former manager Will Weber and ex-F1 team boss Eddie Jordan.
Weber once made sensational claims that “we have only heard lies” from the distraught family.
As an accomplished skier, the retired seven-times world champion, and his then 14-year-old son set off on the Combe de Saulire ski run in the exclusive French resort of Meribel, over a decade ago.
Footage from his helmet camera revealed he was not travelling at excessive speed when his skis struck a rock hidden beneath the snow.
He catapulted forward 11.5ft and crashed into a boulder head first that split his helmet into two and left him needing to be airlifted to hospital for two life-saving operations.
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Doctors later said the headgear is the only reason he’s still alive.
Michael was then placed in a medically induced coma to try to reduce the swelling and in the decade since the F1 superstar has never been seen in public and health updates have been very rare.
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