Flavio Briatore admits he is worried about the health of his former champion, Michael Schumacher.<\/p>\n
In the mid 90s, as the boss and number 1 driver of the Benetton team, the pair won their first world championships hand-in-hand.<\/p>\n
Almost twenty years later, the now 45-year-old Schumacher has been lying comatose in a French hospital bed for more than 160 consecutive days.<\/p>\n
Last week, former F1 doctor Gary Hartstein revealed he is gravely concerned that the Schumacher family has been entirely silent about the great German’s condition for several weeks now.<\/p>\n
“I’m quite afraid, and virtually certain, we will never have any good news about Michael,” he said.<\/p>\n
Italian Briatore, speaking to Italian Radio24, admitted he shares Hartstein’s fears.<\/p>\n
“There is no news because the family is very closed,” he said.\u00a0 “They are not communicating.<\/p>\n
“But surely no news in this case is not good news,” added Briatore.<\/p>\n
In the past few days, German television RTL aired a special programme about Schumacher and his new battle to recover from his horror skiing fall.<\/p>\n
German tennis legend Boris Becker said during the programme: “We cannot imagine what Corinna and the children have been going through since the accident.<\/p>\n
“They have built a protective wall around him,” he added.\u00a0 “It’s been very quiet but this is the only way to cure him.”<\/p>\n
German medical journalist Christoph Specht also said it is premature to say Schumacher is now fighting a losing battle.<\/p>\n
“Comas are not all the same,” he said.<\/p>\n
“There are always pleasant surprises in which patients wake up after many years.”<\/p>\n
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