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Old 30-12-2013, 08:45 PM   #31
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i dont care about this man,,,the reason goes back to the 1994 australian f1 ,after what he did to win the world championship,,running his broken car into Hills car
jog on then.


I suspect he will pull through though.
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i dont care about this man,,,the reason goes back to the 1994 australian f1 ,after what he did to win the world championship,,running his broken car into Hills car
You may not like what occurred in 1994 but the guy is a human and has not done anything serious enough to not warrant your compassion.
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i dont care about this man,,,the reason goes back to the 1994 australian f1 ,after what he did to win the world championship,,running his broken car into Hills car


So why comment?


Hopefully a full recovery. Sending best wishes to him and his family.
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Press conference to be held at 11am Grenoble time

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Old 30-12-2013, 09:24 PM   #35
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BBC Live Reporting at the press conference, scroll down to 0959 for the start....

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Would be an odd way to go out from a guy who has been traveling at around 300km/h for some of his life.
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Old 30-12-2013, 09:59 PM   #39
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Pretty scarey brain injuries, depending on the type some you don't wanna come back from,
my old mum had an aquired brain injury 8 years ago, having been in the brain injury section myself at the hospital and rehab visiting many times and seeing some other patients with horrific head injuries ,
it is surprising to see what people can come back from and live a reasonable life, hopefully mr Schumacher can too.
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I just hope theres no bleeding in the brain. There's not been any mention of this, which has a big bearing on his full recovery.
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Hope he makes it.
Senna drove people off the road too remember, and there is an international tear duct for him.

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Pretty scarey brain injuries, depending on the type some you don't wanna come back from,
my old mum had an aquired brain injury 8 years ago, having been in the brain injury section myself at the hospital and rehab visiting many times and seeing some other patients with horrific head injuries ,
it is surprising to see what people can come back from and live a reasonable life, hopefully mr Schumacher can too.
When I crashed my bicycle two days ago my head hit the ground. Glad I was wearing my stack hat. Don't want to experience a head injury.
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I have mentioned that this man has won championships, but his sporting nature means he will never be considered by me as a champion.

That said, I am praying for him to be well asap.
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Your choice whether you like him or not but big call if you have not met him. This is not a thread about F1 Racing. Have some respect for human life. I find it terribly sad when any person is in this place and his wife and children will be distraught.
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Would be terrible if this is what brought him to an end. Hope he recovers.
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I have said very little about this today and with my wife about to depart for Canada on a skiing holiday with her son i am a touch nervous !!!

Godspeed for Schumi i really hope this is just a speedbump and he recovers fully ..x..
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Pretty classless to not care about a human life because of that. And hell you can look at pretty much any sports star and you'll find something like that in their career. Doesn't diminish the fact he's a human being with a family. And say what you want about that accident but when Ferrari told Barrichello to let him win in 2002 he gave the spotlight to him and gave him a win later in the season.
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i dont care about this man,,,the reason goes back to the 1994 australian f1 ,after what he did to win the world championship,,running his broken car into Hills car
I hated Schumacher the driver too. What he did then in 1994, and again in 1997 against Villeneuve was unforgiveable as far as I'm concerned.

But, as much as I dislike the driver, I can only wish him a speedy recovery. No one deserves this. I feel for his family at the moment. Hope he pulls through.
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Schumacher brings out the anger in some people and do does Vettel, racing is racing, those guys aren't out there to lose. I watched pretty much every F1 race of Schumacher's right from the beggining and he was the best driver on the track year after year after year, I also saw all Ayrtons races and I think Schumacher was just as fast if not faster. Anyone with a family will have compassion for him during this time for the sake of his kids if no other reason. Everyone else needs to go and have a hard look at themselves in the mirror and see what's in there. Michael has done a lot of good things for a lot of people in his days, now its time to return the favour and wish him well.
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Reports this morning saying there is no improvement & he remains in an artificial coma.
Keep up the fight Michael...
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I shake my head in disgust/dismay at some of the idiotic comments in this thread.
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Some video of the conference.....

http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories..._FOR_LIFE_3112

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As a nurse, speaking from experience. Michael would have been better off being killed, in the accident. Serious brain injury that Michael suffered will leave him a incapacitated for life.
He will face years of rehab and will never get back to original self. Makes you wonder why bad things happen to good people.??
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wow this is the first ive heard of it as ive only just woke up

i never liked the guy as a driver, didnt like some tactics and thought he was arrogant

but i certainly hope he manages to recover and get behind the wheel of a motor vehicle again, the bloke certainly could drive

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From what I've read they got to him pretty quick so that's a good thing. No point writing the bloke off yet, even the doctors don't know what will happen. He'll be right.
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As a nurse, speaking from experience. Michael would have been better off being killed, in the accident. Serious brain injury that Michael suffered will leave him a incapacitated for life.
He will face years of rehab and will never get back to original self. Makes you wonder why bad things happen to good people.??
Bit early to make that call don't you think, many people who have suffered serious brain injuries have then recovered to be basically unaffected. Hamster from Top Gear for one.
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Any more news or is it simply a waiting game.
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Bit early to make that call don't you think, many people who have suffered serious brain injuries have then recovered to be basically unaffected. Hamster from Top Gear for one.
Hope you`re right. Two things on Michael`s side were that he got treated quickly and that even after the impact, he was still with it, just a little agitaded from what I read.
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As a nurse, speaking from experience. Michael would have been better off being killed, in the accident. Serious brain injury that Michael suffered will leave him a incapacitated for life.
He will face years of rehab and will never get back to original self. Makes you wonder why bad things happen to good people.??
How can you make an outrageous comment like this, you are not there on the medical team & do not know jack ****.

People do recover from severe injuries & he may be one of the lucky ones which I hope he does.
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trublu..spend a day in an ED , HDU, ICU and a Brain Rehab Unit and you will see where my comments come from..experience !!! http://www.traumaticbraininjury.com/...-tbi-symptoms/
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