F1 champion Michael Schumacher 'critical' after ski fall

[Dostoyevsky]

Sounds far worse than the earlier downplaying of the incident:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25545993

[Dostoyevsky]

When I heard Jens Todt was at the bedside I thought we were not being told the severity of what has happened.

[Batch]

Nothing more to say really.

[Dostoyevsky]

Eminent brain surgeon there because of massive swelling to the brain. This really does not sound promising. 

[4D]

Best wishes to him, nice guy.

[ghanimah]

I guess it goes without saying that here's hoping he makes a swift recovery but the news so far doesn't look good...

[jonny72]

Sounds pretty bad from the reports. Kind of reminded me of the first reports after Diana's car crash.

Hope its not as bad as it appears.

[Chubbs]

Hope he pulls through, but judging by the recent reports its not looking good.

[walrus]

Schumacher is a fighter.  I sincerely hope he pulls through.

Schumy was my original sporting hero.

[Barry Scott]

Schumy was my original sporting hero.

I'd go so far as to say only.

He was why I continued to watch F1 and when he retired, I stopped watching.

My sister is really upset about this, she watched F1 with me and became addicted and a proper die-hard fan of Schumacher. She used to go to Silverstone every year and camp out.

For a few years, pre-9/11 I think, a friend of a friend got her tickets for the paddock and one year she met him. She saw him leaving a cafe of sorts and walked up to him as he was getting on his moped. She touched his arm, became tongue-tied and managed to say, "Michael," before she started bawling! I don't even think she got his autograph!

[Leggett]

Fingers crossed for him, never his biggest fan but hope he pulls through.

[leefer]

No one will know how bad it is untill(and if) he wakes from the coma...some people are in a coma for weeks wake up and incredibly are not to bad....small bleeds and swellings can lead to false hope and when the person awaikes they are in a bad way...it really is in the lap of the gods with this kind of injury.
Lets hope that he isn't to bad.

[Not that Nice If I'm Honest]

I wonder if Damon Hill gave him a nudge ?

[Gnasher]

Been through this with my dad (only he hit his head on a lorry doing 50  ). Hopefully he makes a full recovery and retains most of this personality, for his wife and kids' sake.