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When it comes to the king of the ball, you may think of Pele, Maradona, or Messi, but when it comes to the king of cars, many people's first reaction will be Schumacher, and there is no one.
Recently, Schumacher has entered the public eye, and his wife Corinna plans to sell eight watches from Schumacher's collection for his treatment, and the auction house estimates that the total value of the collection will reach $4 million.
△ Schumacher
On December 29, 2013, Schumacher was in a coma after a serious head injury after an accident while skiing at the Méribelle ski resort in France, and has been recuperating at home in Switzerland.
For 10 years, although rumors of Schumacher's awakening continued, in fact he was still in an unconscious "sleeping" state. And his wife Corinna sold real estate, private jets, racing cars, and famous watches, just so that Schumacher could "live".
Severe stupor
Schumacher, a German driver, is the most successful athlete in Formula 1.
From his F1 debut at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium on 25 August 1991 to his 12 overtakes at Interlagos on 22 October 2006, Schumacher has set so many records: an unprecedented 7 Drivers' Championships, 91 race wins, 77 fastest laps, 61 pole positions, Germany's first F1 overall winner...... Schumacher is worthy of a generation of car kings.
On October 12, 2003, Schumacher won the Formula One World Championship Drivers' Championship for the sixth time in his career, and he also helped Scuderia Ferrari to a record fifth consecutive Constructors' Championship.
In his 16-year thrilling professional racing career, Schumacher was "safe and sound", but a skiing after retiring caused him to suffer a heavy blow.
In 2013, Schumacher accidentally fell on an off-piste area at the Méribelle ski resort in France, colliding with a rock on the right side of his head. At the time of the accident, Schumacher was wearing a helmet, but he still suffered a craniocerebral injury, and the old Che Wang, who was "a little shocked and panicked, but conscious", was quickly taken by helicopter to Mutiye Hospital for treatment.
Due to the severity of his injuries, Schumacher was transferred to the University of Grenoble Medical Center, where medical care was better. After two surgeries, a four-week coma and months of recovery, Schumacher miraculously survived.
After being discharged from the hospital, Schumacher has been recuperating at his home in Switzerland. According to German media reports, Chewang's life is maintained by expensive medical technology.
It is understood that the cost of Schumacher's treatment is huge. In order to get her husband home for treatment, his wife Corinna spent £10 million to build a senior ward in her Swiss home. At the same time, Corinna hired a medical team of 15 people for Schumacher, who will care for him 24 hours a day. According to Spanish media reports, hiring this medical team costs up to 100,000 euros per week.
Schumacher's rehabilitation costs, according to reports a few years ago, have exceeded 2 billion yuan.
△On January 12, 2005, Schumacher skied in a resort in Italy
Fairy love
As the most successful driver in F1 history, such an expense is nothing for Schumacher.
According to the statistics of Sportico, an authoritative sports media in the United States in November 2021, Schumacher ranks 9th among all athletes in the world with a career income of 1.13 billion US dollars, which is higher than Beckham, the most commercialized athlete in football (1.05 billion US dollars, 12th).
So why does Corinna frequently sell their joint property?
Some analysts believe that the accounts of most banks in Germany are extremely difficult to be realized by others. A power of attorney signed by the account holder is required for the redemption of the account holder, unless the account holder is deceased. The wife, children and parents of the account holder cannot withdraw cash without a power of attorney, which means that if the property was deposited in Schumacher's name, the deposit must be signed by Schumacher himself to withdraw the deposit, so Corinna had to auction it in order to save her husband.
This isn't the first time Corinna has sold precious items.
△ "Car King" Schumacher and his wife Corinna
In the years since Schumacher's injury, Corinna has sold her husband's £25 million private jet and a holiday home in Norway. Fans have speculated that Corinna has cashed in on her assets due to a cash crunch. In 2021, Corinna listed a property in Lake Geneva, Switzerland, which was once the couple's favorite home, where they had previously lived every year on vacation. The property was sold for a whopping 58.7 million euros, or about 450 million yuan.
In 2022, Schumacher's car was auctioned in Geneva, Switzerland, and a mystery buyer bought the red Ferrari F2003-GA Series Classis 229 for more than 13 million Swiss francs (about 96 million yuan), breaking the auction price record for an F1 car. The car is considered one of the most successful cars in Formula 1, having raced nine times with Scuderia Ferrari's Schumacher, winning five Grand Prix titles and helping him win the Drivers' Championship in 2003.
With such a desperate effort to save Schumacher, Corinna was voted "the best wife on earth" by many fans.
Schumacher married his wife, Corinna, in 1995, and the king married his beloved Corinna in his hometown of Kelpen, when they were both 26 years old.
The fairy love between Schumacher and Corinna can be seen from an interview with the car king. On the eve of his retirement, Schumacher revealed in an interview that he would get a horse from his wife after retiring. "Family is very important to me, and my wife is a horse fan who is particularly obsessed with horseback riding, and now it's time to go to the races," he says. Corinna has picked a horse for me, and I think it's time for me to start enjoying my happiness too. ”
△On October 1, 2006, Schumacher won the 2006 F1 Chinese Grand Prix, which was the last time Schumacher won the Grand Prix.
"Wake up" Rashomon
Schumacher's health has been in the spotlight for 10 years. But Schumacher's condition has remained a mystery due to family secrecy.
The last time Schumacher made an official statement was back in 2014, after he injured his skiing. At the time, Shammacher's agent, Sabine, issued a statement saying that Schumacher "showed occasional signs of consciousness and awakening and was moving in a good direction." F1 driver Massa and others also said after visiting Schumacher that Schumacher's eyes have occasionally moved, and he can also feel the external environment.
In 2018, Schumacher, who had been in a coma for 5 years, came with a "good news" when he was about to celebrate his 50th birthday. At the time, the British Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror reported that Schumacher was no longer bedridden and did not need to be intubated to maintain his vital signs. However, the news has never been confirmed by Schumacher's family, the brokerage team and the medical team.
Later, the Spanish media reported that Alonso, who is also the F1 drivers' champion, said after visiting Schumacher that the health of the king of the car is still not improving, he can still only survive on a ventilator, his weight has dropped to less than 45 kilograms, and his height has dropped from 1.74 meters to 1.60 meters.
A year later, it was revealed in French media that Schumacher had finally "regained consciousness" after receiving stem cell treatment in Paris, which an unnamed nurse said was true. The president of the FIA has also said that Schumacher can watch TV with him at home.
However, in a documentary broadcast by a French television channel in 2020, Dr. Erich Ridrel, a well-known neurosurgeon in Zurich, Switzerland, revealed that although the 51-year-old Schumacher had woken up, he was in a vegetative state and did not respond to calls from the outside world. Dr. Ridrell said Schumacher was breathing normally and his heart was beating, "maybe with the help of other people, he would be able to sit up and walk two steps like a baby, and that's it." His physiology is only maintained within the "minimum sufficient for survival".
In recent years, rumors of Schumacher's awakening have not stopped, but Schumacher's family still closely protects his health, and fans have never seen video footage of Schumacher's awakening.
And his wife is still trying her best to keep him "alive".
Modern Express/Hyundai+ reporter Wang Wei