Webber2011 wrote: ↑15 Dec 2017, 10:22
Vasconia wrote: ↑15 Dec 2017, 09:55
Manoah2u wrote: ↑14 Dec 2017, 20:16
It hurts to know what state Schumacher is in. It really does, and i can talk from experience with my own dad who has the same condition from comparable head injury.
It's devastating, it's heartbreaking. But it is what it is, and that's just how it is.
And that same goes for Kubica. Nothing but respect for his return to this level, but if he doesn't get contracted this season, it's gonna be clear as day that he can't handle it.
I think both Michael and Brawn deserved to enjoy at least one season of this dominating Mercedes. But life is like that, it´s not fair...
I am sorry to read this mate, I hope your father will recover himself from this situation.
+1 Man, so sorry to hear about your Dad.
Wishing you both all the best.
Thanks guys.
No, unfortunately, he can't recover.
He awoke from the coma after about 6 months and has made some minor progress but due to permanent brain damage in important areas is no longer able to further develop any recovery (neurological) which is inhuman, to say it mildly. I can tell you, a man is better off falling asleep and never waking up again in such a situation.
It gives me a great deal insight in how Schumacher must be doing and his family, and i can fully understand and support why there is no news coming out. Let the man 'live' his remainder in peace.
As for hope - sure, there are rare cases of sudden moments of 'awakening' which is a result of the brain making new connections daily like every human being does, and with nothing but blind luck those connections then find a way of connecting to a 'lost path' due to previous damage disconnecting the paths to those memories (neurological connections) and suddenly 'a door' opens and essentially, you can enter into a harddrive to which you couldn't approach for a long time and find all the data stored there bar some that got lost due to 'defragmentation' or simple 'damage'.
What most people don't realise is that Schumacher actually already suffered a minor amount of such brain damage when he had his motorcycle accident and his artery was damaged/blocked and he suffered brain damage from lack of blood/oxygen into that area (paired with a hefty hit that caused a concussion which in itself is a blow to the brain). As 'mild' as that was, his motoric functions were - ever so slightly or perhaps worse than we will ever (need) to know - affected and through rest, physical therapy and time he could overcome this problem. Make no mistake as this not means that the damage was undone. You can miss a finger and still drive a car, paint, whatever, but you're still missing that finger.
This is why - i believe that is - Schumacher's post 2010 F1 stint was unsuccessfull compared to the former stint, as there were too many influences that hampered the total package (including age and change of the sport).
And, additionally, why the effects of his ski-incident might have a bigger impact than had he never had that motorcycle accident.
I think Schumacher took the challenge of a F1 return as a means of dealing with that and as a new challenge in itself to see how he could compete. Just imagine him winning a GP and perhaps even a championship despite this 'handicap'. It didn't work out unfortunately.
And this brings us to why Kubica couldn't have a successfull comeback based upon making an unfair conclusion that Schumacher's 'unsuccessfull Mercedes run has been put only on absence of time and age
Schumacher suffered from
neurological setbacks/handicaps within his F1 return. (even if it's small).
Kubica suffered from
physical setbacks/handicaps within his F1 return. (even if it's small).
They both have a handicap and you can argue for both that it would hamper them to perform on the
required level.
Nevertheless, both Schumacher and Kubica were able to (still) drive an F1 car and be reasonably competitive with it from the data they could gather.
anyway. what time today can we expect an announcement?
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