Michael Schumacher at 55: Inside the life of the former F1 champion ...

F1 icon Michael Schumacher was involved in a horrific skiing accident in 2013 and has not been seen in public since. 

Schumacher's career boasted seven F1 world championships alongside a dazzling array of records, and he is considered by many to be the greatest driver of all time. 

Few have seen or visited Schumacher since he suffered his near fatal brain injury, and reports of the German's condition are extremely rare. 

The German is cared for by a team of medical staff and his wife Corinna at their Lake Geneva home, but little has been made public about his condition. 

Mail Sport takes a look inside the life of the former F1 champion, ten years on from his horrific ski accident.

The seven-time world champion was enjoying a family holiday just over a year on from the final race of the 2012 Formula One season in which he had announced his second, and final, retirement.

The Schumacher family were enjoying a holiday at the renowned ski resort, Méribel, on the French Alps.

Schumacher, 55, had taken to the slopes with his then 14-year-old son Mick, and the pair had embarked on a seemingly routine skiing excursion when disaster struck.

While descending the highly popular Combe de Saulire route, Schumacher opted to venture off-piste, entering into a small sliver of uncombed powder between Piste Chamois and Piste Biche that was surrounded by small rocks. 

Unfortunately, the snowfall had concealed some of the boulders from view, turning the powder paradise into a minefield. 

Schumacher's skis clipped one such boulder and the sudden force catapulted him into the air - leaving him powerless to avoid a head-first collision with another rock.

The impact was devastating. Schumacher's helmet absorbed much of the force, but the severity of the accident cracked the hard shell and fractured Schumacher's skull, leading to a traumatic brain injury.

Ski patrollers and a helicopter rescue team arrived at the scene within minutes, with eyewitnesses claiming Schumacher was conscious after the accident, but was unable to answer questions and was moving erratically.

The rescue team quickly immobilised him and transported him to the nearby Moutiers Hospital, where he arrived at 11.53am.

From there, a helicopter airlifted him to the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, a leading medical facility equipped with a specialised neurosurgery unit, for two lifesaving surgeries to reduce pressure on the brain.

Thankfully, the F1 legend survived both surgeries against the odds, but remained in critical condition for several weeks.

By April 2014, Schumacher was being withdrawn gradually from the medically induced coma, a process that was completed in June 2014.

He then travelled to Lausanne University Hospital for continuous rehabilitation, before leaving the facility in September to the £50m Schumacher family home in Gland, Switzerland, on the banks of Lake Geneva.

The sporting world were quick to show their support following the accident - but his wife Corinna - has insisted on secrecy over his condition.

The rule has been faithfully observed by Schumacher's loved ones, friends and wider entourage, who believe the racer and his immediate family deserve privacy to maintain his dignity.

None but a trusted few are granted access to his bedside amid strict security protocols.

But this is a price worth paying for Corinna and Schumacher's manager Sabine Kehm, who said several clandestine attempts to see Michael were launched just days after his accident.

In such attempt, a journalist dressed as a priest had tried to gain access to Schumacher's hospital room under the pretence of bestowing a blessing upon the stricken racer.

'I wouldn't have ever imagined something like this could happen,' Kehm told Die Welt at the time.

A former Ferrari team-mate of Schumacher shed further light on the situation and how Corinna keeps a close guard on who visits him. 

Luca Badoer said, via the Sun: 'Only a few people are allowed to visit. Corinna decides who is allowed to see him.

'The family wants to maintain a sort of secrecy about this and I respect their will.

Badoer - who is one of the people permitted to visit - added: 'They do all this for the good of Michael.' 

Michael Schumacher's wife is 'getting on with life as he would have wanted' a decade on from his horror ski accident, according to one of the Formula One legend's close friends.

Johnny Herbert, a former team-mate of Schumacher's, said: 'She [Corinna] has said they are trying to carry on as a family as Michael would have wanted. 

'They are getting on with their lives but private does mean private.'

Herbert added: 'It would be lovely just to have him back.'

Michael and Corinna have two children - Mick and Gina. 

The 24-year-old has carved out a career in the motorsport for himself, taking his place amongst the ranks at Mercedes as their main reserve driver last season.

The son of seven-time champion ended his four-year partnership as a Ferrari junior - after also losing his Haas seat to the returning Nico Hulkenberg. 

Schumacher, 24, joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2019, and after winning the Formula Two championship in 2020, he moved to the Haas team.

However, he had two underwhelming seasons with the American outfit, failing to score a point in his first season, while he was convincingly outperformed by his experienced team-mate Kevin Magnussen in 2022.

He was also involved in a number of on-track incidents over his two seasons and was criticised at times by Haas' team principal Guenther Steiner.

Michael's son, Mick, is currently in a relationship with Danish model Laila Hasanovic.

Hasanovic, 23, who has been dating Mick since last August, has recently been granted permission to visit Michael after she joined the inner circle, according to a Swedish newspaper.

According to the paper, there was a vote of confidence at the end of last year before the tenth anniversary of the accident. 

As for his daughter, Gina, the 25-year-old opted to follow in Corinna's footsteps - who was the European champion in western-style horse riding.

Gina regularly competes in equestrian competitions - and has won the the FEI European Reining Championship.