The Formula One icon is in a wheelchair and receives round-the-clock care costing tens of thousands of pounds
14:15, 24 Jan 2026Updated 15:39, 24 Jan 2026
Formula One icon Michael Schumacher (Image: Getty Images)
New insight has been given into true health condition of Formula One icon Michael Schumacher and the £30m mansion in Majorca where he is being cared for.
The Daily Mail say Schumacher is not bedridden, as has previously been reported, and claim reports he attended his daughter Gina’s wedding in 2024 are incorrect.
Motor racing correspondent Jonathan McEvoy travelled to Majorca to visit the home, where the 57-year-old sporting superstar is receiving round-the-clock care, costing tens of thousands of pounds a day, away from the public eye. The huge property is situated in the upmarket estate of Las Brisas, near Andratx, on the south-western tip of Majorca.
The house is protected by a security guard, who understandably refuses to confirm who lives there.
Schumacher was in a coma for months after a devastating skiing accident in 2013 left him with severe brain injuries.
It is now reported, however, that Schumacher spends his days in a wheelchair rather than being confined to bed, but he is unable to walk. Suggestions he suffers from Locked-in Syndrome – a neurological condition that allows a fully conscious to be aware of everything that is happening but unable to respond other than for blinking – appear to be wide of the mark.
The report quotes a source, who did not want to be named, saying: “You can’t be sure whether he understands everything because he cannot tell anyone. The feeling is that he understands some of the things going on around him, but probably not all of them.”
It also dismisses suggestions Schumacher attended daughter Gina’s wedding, which is said to have been held at the Majorcan mansion bought off Real Madrid president Florentino Perez in 2017.
Only three people outside of his closest family are allowed into the property, which is one of two where Schumacher resides with fiercely protective wife Corrina. The other is a £50m house in Gland, Switzerland.
The ‘Villa La Reserve’, house of Formula One Champion Michael Schumacher in Switzerland(Image: Getty Images)
The identities of those three are reported to be Ferrari giants Jean Todt and Ross Brawn, the team principal and technical director during Schumacher’s years driving the famous red car. Former driver Gerhard Berger is said to be the third.
Todt is the closest to the Schumacher family, with his visits said to be monthly and include watching F1 races together. He has only divulged that “there’s no longer the same communication as before”.
Mystery has surrounded Schumacher’s condition since the tragic accident little more than 12 years ago. He hit his head on a rock while skiing with his then 14-year-old son, Mick, suffering massive head injuries. He was placed in a medically-induced coma for 250 days in the aftermath of the accident and has not been seen publicly at any stage since.
It was previously reported by German media, ahead of the 10-year anniversary of his skiing accident in 2023, that Schumacher receives 24-hour care from a team of up to 15 people.
Such has been the ring of steel erected around Schumacher’s privacy, the family previously found themselves targeted in a shocking £12m blackmail plot.
Last year, Markus Fritsche, aged 53, stood trial with two others in Wuppertal, Germany, accused of plotting to snatch private photos and medical details from a computer. Yilmaz Tozturkan, 53, a nightclub bouncer, meanwhile directly threatened the Schumacher family – demanding £12m to prevent leaking sensitive information online.
Fritsche managed to escape prison with a two-year suspended sentence, and IT specialist Daniel Lins, 30, also avoided incarceration with a suspended six-month sentence. Following the ruling, Schumacher family attorney Thilo Damm conveyed the family’s intention to appeal, expressing dissatisfaction with the court’s decisions.
The trial material purported to show Schumacher “partly helpless, in need of care and visibly marked” by his injuries, according to prosecutor Daniel Muller. He was said to be in a hospital bed, in a wheelchair, partially dressed and attached to medical equipment.