Inside the lives of the Schumachers: A devastated legend forced to hide away from public view. An overshadowed brother unable to reveal his sexuality for decades. An estranged son... and the matriarch keeping them together

After decades successful nan spotlight, Michael Schumacher went from iconic velocity demon to a retired racing recluse pursuing his tragic skiing mishap successful 2013.

Considered by galore to beryllium nan top driver of each time, Michael has been surviving a life of secrecy ever since his scary skiing smash - pinch his family releasing fewer specifications astir nan racing legend.

Meanwhile, his relative Ralf was overshadowed by Michael's occurrence and was incapable to uncover his sexuality for years until he yet declared connected societal media past play that he was successful a narration pinch a man.

His declaration has firmly thrust nan Schumachers backmost into nan nationalist limelight and is nan latest play to deed family, which has seen Ralf's boy estranged from his mother, OnlyFans exemplary Cora, who was joined to Ralf anterior to his coming out.  

Michael's wife, matriarch Corinna, is moving difficult down nan scenes to support nan Schumacher clan together arsenic she intimately guards his privateness and keeps a robust grip connected who is allowed to sojourn Michael since he suffered his near-fatal encephalon injury. 

MailOnline has taken a person look astatine nan individual lives of those astir Formula One champion Michael, their relationships and nan glue binding them together.

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER: The Formula One legend, his tragic skiing clang and nan unfaltering emotion of his woman who fights for his privacy 

A veritable motorsport fable and titan of nan Formula One paddock, Michael Schumacher is considered by galore to beryllium nan top driver of each time. 

The German maestro won 7 World Drivers' Championships betwixt 1994-2004 - a feat only equalled by Sir Lewis Hamilton - and notched up a dazzling array of records.

He besides became 1 of nan astir beloved sportsmen successful some his native Germany and Italy, acknowledgment to his unparalleled occurrence pinch iconic marque Ferrari. 

But connected December 29, 2013, his life was swiftly and irrevocably altered by a tragic accident, which astatine nan clip seemed scarcely believable - and cruelly ironic.

Schumacher had expertly piloted nan world's astir savagely accelerated and vulnerable machines for much than 15 years, achieving unparalleled glory earlier retiring successful bully wellness successful 2012 aged 43. 

Just 1 twelvemonth later while connected a family vacation successful nan French Alps, nan velocity demon was caught retired successful a freak autumn specified metres distant from a celebrated skis slope that resulted successful captious caput injuries. 

The sporting icon has remained hidden distant from nan nationalist oculus ever since, pinch Schumacher's wellness travel complete nan past decade shrouded by an almost impenetrable veil of secrecy.

The seven-time world champion was enjoying a family holiday in nan French skis edifice of Méribel and embarked connected a seemingly regular skiing excursion pinch his past 14-year-old boy Mick erstwhile disaster struck.

While descending nan highly celebrated Combe de Saulire route, Schumacher opted to task off-piste, entering into a mini sliver of uncombed powder between Piste Chamois and Piste Biche that was peppered pinch mini rocks. 

The maestro driver was besides a highly adept and committed skier - his accomplishment was specified that he had a tally named aft him astatine nan Italian edifice of Madonna di Campiglio, wherever Ferrari hosted its yearly wintertime retreat. 

But contempt nan comparatively gentle gradient and nan short region of nan off-piste section, a hidden threat was lying successful wait. The snowfall had concealed immoderate of nan boulders from view, turning nan powder paradise into a minefield.

Schumacher's skis clipped 1 specified boulder and the abrupt unit catapulted him into nan aerial - leaving him powerless to debar a head-first collision pinch different rock. 

The effect was devastating. Schumacher's helmet absorbed overmuch of nan force, but nan severity of nan mishap cracked nan difficult ammunition and fractured Schumacher's skull, starring to a traumatic encephalon injury.

Having been placed into a medically induced coma, he underwent 2 encephalon surgeries, surviving some against each odds, but remained successful captious information for nan first fewer months of 2014.

In April, doctors began nan painstaking process of gradually withdrawing him from nan coma, and by June he was deemed safe to move.  

He past travelled to Lausanne University Hospital for continuous rehabilitation, earlier leaving nan installation successful September to nan £50m Schumacher family location successful Gland, Switzerland, connected nan banks of Lake Geneva wherever he is believed to person resided ever since. 

Despite a worldwide outpouring of condolences and support successful adjacent measurement pursuing Schumacher's accident, his woman Corinna, whom he joined successful 1995, has insisted connected full secrecy complete his condition.

The norm has been faithfully observed by Schumacher's loved ones, friends and wider entourage, who judge nan racer and his contiguous family merit privateness to support his dignity.

None but a trusted fewer are granted entree to his bedside amid strict information protocols, which person inevitably fixed emergence to a number of rumours complete Schumi's condition.

The family has besides been taxable to extortion and blackmail from opportunists seeking to rate successful connected nan legend's tragedy. 

Last period a brace of suspects, Yilmaz T, 53, and his 30-year-old boy from Wuppertal successful Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia region, were arrested aft they allegedly threatened to leak images of Schumacher taken aft his near-fatal skiing crash. 

They allegedly told nan Schumachers they 'would not want (the pictures) published' and 'demanded millions' to extremity them from doing so. 

The 2 men, who were arrested connected June 19, transferred 'individual files' to nan family to show they had entree to documents astir nan F1 prima - threats that investigators later deemed credible. 

A 3rd man, thought to beryllium nan mastermind down nan plot, was besides arrested arsenic portion of nan investigation. The 52-year-old previously worked arsenic a information defender for nan family, nan nationalist prosecutor's agency successful Wuppertal said.

A elder charismatic successful Wuppertal confirmed to German media that a preliminary information of information sets obtained successful searches of nan bouncer's flat contained 'photos relating to nan Schumacher family's backstage life'. 

RALF SCHUMACHER: The centrifugal racing relative who reached nan pinnacle of F1, joined a Playboy exemplary and past came retired arsenic gay 

By almost anyone's standards, Ralf Schumacher enjoyed a highly successful profession successful racing.

But his accomplishments successful nan athletics were dwarfed by nan occurrence of his older relative Michael, who was besides a dab manus erstwhile it came to building a racing squad astir him and interacting pinch nan media. 

Ralf by opposition often shied distant from nan property and struggled to merge arsenic efficaciously pinch his team, and arsenic a consequence ne'er came adjacent to achieving nan stardom enjoyed by Michael. 

After an awesome inferior profession which saw him decorativeness arsenic a runner up successful respective racing championships, Ralf won nan Formula Nippon racing bid successful Japan successful 1995 and punched his summons to nan F1 paddock for nan 1997 season. 

He competed for 11 years astatine nan pinnacle of nan sport, racing for 3 teams and winning six Grands Prix earlier leaving nan F1 grid for nan German touring car title DTM astatine nan extremity of 2007. 

Ralf yet retired from motorsport alongside Michael astatine nan extremity of 2012, and has since gone connected to build a successful post-racing profession arsenic an entrepreneur and a pundit successful Germany.

The brothers shared a bully narration and remained adjacent passim their careers, but dissimilar different family members Ralf is said to person mislaid touch pinch nan contiguous family since his brother's fateful accident. 

Ralf, now 49, has openly told media that he is nary longer successful adjacent interaction pinch Michael and his woman Corinna but says he is ever location to connection support. 

'When I spot his children Gina-Maria and Mick, my bosom smiles,' Ralf shared pinch German mag Bunte successful November arsenic he elaborate his distant relationship pinch nan family. 

'If personification successful nan family is looking for my advice, I'm there. They spell their ain way.'

The erstwhile F1 driver admitted: 'I miss nan Michael of nan aged days. Life is unfair from clip to time. Michael was very fortunate passim his life. But past location was this tragic accident.

'Michael wasn't only my brother. When we were kids, he was besides my coach and mentor. He taught maine virtually everything astir kart racing.'

Ralf said: 'There whitethorn beryllium an property spread of 7 years, but he was ever by my side. We raced together, we practised overtaking manoeuvres and everything that matters successful motorsports. I had nan honour to study from nan best.'

Summing up Michael's dire predicament, Ralf added: 'Fortunately, precocious aesculapian subject provides galore opportunities. However, thing is for illustration it utilized to be.'

Ralf returned to nan spotlight this past play when he revealed he is successful a aforesaid sex-relationship with his business manager, a Frenchman from Nice named Etienne. 

Ralf's adjacent friend, German character Carmen Geiss, revealed that nan mates had been together for 2 years and said that they were 'sensationally happy' and 'never had an statement aliases dispute'.

News of Ralf's same-sex narration comes almost a decade aft he divided from ex-wife Cora-Caroline Brinkman successful 2015. 

The brace were were joined for 14 years, having tied nan knot backmost successful 2001 earlier their divorcement 9 years ago. They had a son, David, who is now aged 22 and is besides a racing driver.

Cora, now 47, had a racing profession of her own, driving successful various classes and championships, and besides built a abstracted profession successful showbusiness arsenic a Playboy model, tv presenter and actress.

She is champion known for featuring connected German tv programmes for illustration Top of nan Pops, Mareinhof and Alarm Fuer Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei, and since nan divided from Ralf launched a floor plan on the big level OnlyFans.

The brace remained adjacent aft their split, pinch Ralf congratulating his ex-wife connected joining nan formed of nan German type of I'm a personage get maine retired of present successful January 2024.

Prior to his narration pinch Cora, Ralf allegedly had a fling pinch Katie Price. She claimed that successful 1998, while she was going by her shape sanction Jordan, her and Ralf shared a furniture a fewer times. 

In her autobiography 'Being Jordan', Katie wrote that while they slept adjacent to each different connected 3 occasions, their narration only went arsenic acold arsenic Ralf putting a manus connected her breast.

But Ralf denied her claims, telling media astatine nan clip that Katie 'had large problems' and was a 'liar'. 

MICK SCHUMACHER: The devoted boy who followed successful his father's sparkling footsteps earlier taking connected nan astir public-facing domiciled successful nan heartbroken family

The Schumacher brothers Michael and Ralf each had 1 boy of their own. 

Mick Schumacher, boy of Michael, was conscionable 14 years aged astatine nan clip of his father's accident, which he witnessed first-hand having accompanied his dada connected nan ill-fated excursion.

Since past he has go nan astir public-facing personnel of nan family, carving retired his ain way successful motorsport. 

He scooped titles successful some Formula 3 and Formula 2 inferior categories connected his measurement to F1, wherever he secured a two-year stint arsenic a driver for American constructor Haas. 

He was yet fto spell astatine nan extremity of nan 2022 play arsenic Haas struggled to compete pinch larger, much successful teams, but was retained arsenic a reserve driver by nan Mercedes F1 team, which his begetter helped to motorboat successful 2010. 

He is now competing for constructor Alpine successful nan 2024 FIA world Endurance Championship, but remains a reserve F1 driver for Mercedes arsenic good arsenic constructor McLaren. 

Mick has besides paid homage to his father's profession aggregate times connected nan way successful heartwarming accumulation events. 

He drove his father's 1994 Benetton F1 car successful show laps astatine Spa successful 2017, piloted nan record-breaking Ferrari F2004 astatine nan Mugello racetrack successful 2020, and astir precocious sported his father's original Mercedes overalls and title helmet erstwhile driving astatine Goodwood's Festival of Speed past summer. 

A spot disconnected nan aged block, Mick is an highly articulate and affable individual, and contempt his committedness to support his father's privateness he has often offered rubbing insights into their relationship. 

He has besides often discussed nan effect of his father's staggering bequest successful motorsport, saying that Schumacher had ever told him to 'do what you love', giving him assurance to move from karting up nan ranks of motorsport earlier his F1 debut. 

In 2018, Mick described his dada as 'his idol'. 

'It's ne'er easy (to see my dad's career),' Mick said. 'What my dada did was extraordinary. I admit it much each day.

'I ever want to comparison myself to nan best, and my begetter is nan best. He's besides my idol. I'm pleased if I tin comparison myself to him.'

In a heart-rending segment successful nan Netflix documentary Schumacher, Mick said he wished he could talk to his begetter astir his burgeoning profession and, while connected nan verge of tears, added that he would 'give up everything' for nan opportunity to simply talk F1 together.  

'Since nan accident, of course, these experiences, these moments that I judge galore group person pinch their parents, are nary longer coming aliases to a lesser extent. And successful my view, that is simply a small unfair,' Mick said. 

'I deliberation maine and dad, we would understand each different successful a different measurement now. Simply because we speak a akin connection – nan connection of motorsport – and that we would person a batch much to talk about.

'And that is wherever my caput is astir of nan time. Thinking that would beryllium truthful cool… I would springiness up everything conscionable for that.'

Mick has been making love Danish exemplary Laila Hasanovic, 23, since August 2023 and a Swedish newspaper reported earlier this year that she joined nan soul circle that is allowed to sojourn Schumacher.

According to nan paper, location was a ballot of assurance astatine nan extremity of past twelvemonth earlier nan tenth day of nan accident. 

Laila and Mick regularly stock loved-up photos to their, combined, complete 4 cardinal followers connected societal media.

They are often seen soaking up nan sun connected tropical islands aliases dressed to nan nines astatine glitzy hotels and restaurants and person moreover been spotted by eagle-eyed fans stepping hand-in-hand astatine a number of F1 races.  

The 2 person ne'er shied distant from declaring their emotion to nan world and person been seen enjoying double dates pinch Mick's long-time pal, F1 driver Esteban Ocon, and his girlfriend.

In March this year, nan exemplary paid rubbing tribute to her boyfriend's begetter aft posting a bid of photos to her Instagram showing her handbag emptied retired onto a bed.

In a saccharine motion to Schumacher, Laila showed disconnected her AirPod lawsuit which was emblazoned pinch 2 signs; nan first being a 'rock on' manus gesture, and nan 2nd a circle pinch nan number 47 successful nan middle.

Fans were speedy to announcement nan value of nan number which was erstwhile Schumacher's racing number. 

Laila is besides notably a Miss Universe finalist aft coming adjacent to winning nan globally-recognised beauty pageant successful 2019. 

DAVID SCHUMACHER: A devastating car crash, and estranged from his OnlyFans exemplary mother

Just for illustration his uncle, relative and begetter Ralf, David Schumacher possibly unsurprisingly earns his surviving arsenic a racing driver. 

Born successful October 2001 months aft Ralf and Cora sewage married, David grew up go-karting alongside Mick.

But successful nan aforesaid measurement that Ralf's accomplishments were overshadowed by Michael, David fell short of achieving nan aforesaid results arsenic his cousin. 

While Mick enjoyed title occurrence successful Formula 3 and Formula 2 earlier entering F1, David competed successful Formula 4 and Formula 3 classes but ne'er came adjacent to tasting awesome success.

He yet near open-wheel racing successful 2022 for a move into nan German touring car title DTM, wherever he suffered a horrendous clang astatine nan Hockenheimring - a circuit that years earlier was nan tract of his uncle's Formula 1 triumphs.

David collided pinch chap racer Thomas Preining and his car smashed into a obstruction earlier careening backmost onto nan way and hitting different cars, resulting successful a immense fireball.

He was pulled from nan wreckage and was initially cleared by doctors, but was suffering from sizeable backmost pain. 

Further examinations later successful nan week revealed a lumbar vertebra successful his backmost was broken, casting doubts connected whether he would ever return to racing. 

But Ralf's boy healed up and chose to conflict on, yet returning to decorativeness retired nan play earlier entering a GT Endurance title past year.  

David, 22, came retired successful afloat support of his father's determination to uncover his aforesaid activity relationship, writing: 'I'm very happy that you've yet recovered personification pinch whom you tin really show that you consciousness comfortable and safe. 

'It doesn't matter whether you're a man aliases a woman. I'm 100% down you, Dad, and I wish you each nan best! Congratulations!'

But while David maintains a adjacent narration pinch begetter Ralf, who often attends his races wherever they are routinely pictured smiling together, German outlet BILD reported David and Cora person had small to nary interaction since 2022.

CORINNA SCHUMACHER: The 'guardian angel' woman of 29 years who fell successful emotion pinch prima driver earlier his chaotic emergence to occurrence and now keeps robust grip connected husband's soul circle pursuing his heart-breaking accident

'I miss him everyday, but Michael is here,' Schumacher's woman Corinna said, blinking backmost tears arsenic she collapsed her eight-year soundlessness astatine nan extremity of a 2021 Netflix documentary astir nan German driver's life. 

The affectional show, Schumacher, featured never-before-seen backstage videos and interviews pinch Corinna, his 2 children Gina-Maria and Mick, and his relative Ralf.

Delving into history of nan seven-time F1 title winner, nan documentary retraces nan backstage life and profession of Schumacher and explores nan aftermath of a tragic mishap that near nan motorsport fable pinch a terrible encephalon injury.

But done nan hardship, uncertainty, and life changes, Corinna, Schumacher's woman of 29 years, shouldered overmuch of nan work for protecting her husband's privacy and marshalling his soul circle.  

Prior to nan tragedy, however, she was an inextricable portion of his chaotic occurrence arsenic he roseate to superstardom. 

Corinna is an accomplished equestrian and sportswoman successful her ain right, having won a European title successful 2010, and besides became a shrewd businesswoman, helping Michael and their advisers to make beneficial business decisions and investments arsenic he racked up unthinkable sums of money from title wins, lucrative contracts and sponsorships. 

Speaking to German outlet Bild, Corinna's friends said: 'She was and still is underestimated by galore today,' adding that Michael was 1 of nan fewer who genuinely understood conscionable really beardown she is. 

Corinna was introduced to nan racer by a communal friend successful 1991 - and conscionable 4 years later they tied nan knot successful a glamorous ceremonial that saw Corinna donning an royal achromatic gown and wearing flowers successful her hair.

She knew a different broadside to nan centrifugal racing icon – a existent man and family man who loved thing much than to statement and propulsion friends into nan swimming pool.

'He's simply nan astir lovable personification I've ever met,' Corinna said successful nan uncommon Netflix interview.

It was nan mini moments that attracted Corinna to nan then-fledgling star, including erstwhile she cooked a repast successful ceremony of his day and he was 'the only one' to thief her cleanable nan dishes.

'I thought, 'That's a due bloke,' she recalled. 'And yes, he was really funny and that's what I saw successful him.

'I fell successful emotion pinch him simply because he was a awesome person. I conscionable sensed that he was thing typical to me.

'I ne'er erstwhile thought, 'He's a terrific racing driver astatine nan commencement of a dazzling career.' No 1 could person guessed that would happen.'

Schumacher spoke very highly of his woman successful respective interviews complete nan people of his career, openly declaring they made decisions together and that she was a root of immense strength. 

Corinna has fixed very fewer interviews since 2013, alternatively focusing connected maintaining her husband's privacy, managing his estate, and building world renowned equine ranches successful Switzerland and Texas. 

But nan 2021 Netflix documentary saw Corinna unfastened up much than ever before.

Sharing her enduring emotion for her husband, she explained really she misses their aged life together, but affirmed that nan man she joined is still there.

'Everybody misses Michael, but Michael is here. Different, but here. He still shows maine really beardown he is each day,' she Corinna said.

'I person ne'er blamed God for what happened. It was conscionable really bad luck - each nan bad luck anyone tin person successful life.'

Corinna besides discussed really she felt arsenic if 'guardian angels' had been watching complete Schumacher's comparatively untroubled racing career. 

'I don't cognize if it's conscionable a benignant of protective wall that you put up yourself aliases if it's because you're successful a measurement naive - but it simply ne'er occurred to maine that thing could ever hap to Michael,' she said. 

Schumacher retired successful 2006 but conscionable 4 years later was backmost racing for Mercedes GP, wherever he spent his last years connected nan way earlier being replaced by Lewis Hamilton.

But Corinna beamed pinch pridefulness arsenic she said of her fondest memories of her hubby - remembering nan man who very fewer sewage to see.

She said: 'At parties, he was nan first to get and nan past to leave. He loved it… We laughed truthful overmuch and had truthful overmuch existent fun.

'We each ended up successful nan excavation each time, that was Michael's thing. Even astatine our wedding group were thrown into nan pool!

'He couldn't singing well, it was 1 of nan things he didn't do truthful well. But he ever sang 'My Way' because he knew nan lyrics.'

Following her husband's tragic accident, however, nan once-party-loving prima has lived a backstage life nether nan attraction of doting Corinna.

'I miss Michael each day,' said Corinna, who has enforced a wall of secrecy to protect 1 of nan biggest names successful modern sporting times.

'But it is not conscionable maine who misses him. It's nan children, nan family, his father, everyone astir him. I mean, everybody misses Michael, but Michael is here.

'Different, but he's here, and that gives america strength. We're together. We unrecorded together astatine home.

'We do therapy. We do everything we tin to make Michael amended and to make judge he's comfortable. And to simply make him consciousness our family, our bond.

''Private is private', arsenic he ever said. It's very important to maine that he tin proceed to bask his backstage life arsenic overmuch arsenic possible. Michael ever protected america and now we are protecting Michael.'  

GINA-MARIA SCHUMACHER: The girl who followed successful her sport's prima mother's footsteps to go a million-dollar equestrian arsenic horses 'gave her strength' to woody pinch father's tragedy 

Rather than going into motorsports, Gina-Maria, 26, followed successful her mother's footsteps - Corinna was nan European champion successful western-style equine riding.

Speaking to She's Magazine successful 2019, Gina-Maria and Corinna said that while her boy Mick is pursuing successful his father's footsteps pinch a racing career, nan mother and girl were agreed successful their emotion of riding.

They reportedly said that working pinch horses gave them some nan spot to transportation on and to woody pinch Schumacher's tragedy.

The duo person a ranch successful nan Swiss municipality of Givrins - which was talented to Corinna by Michael successful 2005 for their 10th wedding day - pinch nan mother and girl organising riding events there.

Corinna told nan magazine: 'I don't hide who I person to convey for this. That would beryllium my hubby Michael.'

Gina-Maria is simply a highly successful rider, and has won aggregate competitions complete nan years, including nan FEI World Reining Championships successful Switzerland successful 2017.

In February 2018, she won a golden badge astatine nan National Reining Horse Association's novice Cavalli and she topped World Championships for inferior riders.

However, her occurrence was thing Schumacher had erstwhile prophesied would happen.

Corinna said: 'When my hubby told maine that 1 time Gina would beryllium overmuch amended than me, I was not thrilled.

'I thought "hey, really did he travel to that conclusion?" I mean I activity pinch horses from greeting to night, trying to study everything.'

He past told me: 'You are excessively nice. Gina nevertheless gives everything to nan horses, but she is besides capable to opportunity nary and to spot it through.'

It is besides understood that nan mother and girl person besides group up a ranch successful Gordonville, Texas.

Gina-Maria is now mostly based successful Switzerland pinch her fiancé, Iain Bethke, 27.

She will get joined later this summertime astatine nan family's luxury villa successful Majorca to longtime fellow Iain, who is besides a keen equine rider and erstwhile master show jumper.  

Iain, who is from Berwangen successful Germany, has often featured successful Gina's Instagram posts - a level wherever she boasts a immense 303,000 followers.

The couple, who reportedly met astatine a stable, went nationalist pinch their narration successful December 2017, aft stepping retired astatine an awards ceremonial together.

Bunte reported that nan mates moved to Switzerland together, earlier relocating to nan Schumacher ranch successful Texas successful 2022.

However, nan brace will beryllium celebrating their nuptials successful sunny Majorca, nan outlet claimed, saying that a wedding planner from bluish Germany has been hired to put nan 'finishing touches' connected nan celebration.

It added nan mates will opportunity 'I do' nether an arch of flowers astatine nan villa Corinna is understood to person bought successful 2017 from Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.     

A state euphony set will play unrecorded euphony successful nan evening astatine nan open-air ceremony, according to nan report. 

Male guests will beryllium asked to be nan wedding ceremonial and consequent statement successful suits but told they don't person to deterioration ties because of nan precocious temperatures expected connected nan day.

The reports astir nan wedding person not specified whether Schumacher will attend, but German outlet Gala claimed that Mick will beryllium stepping his sister to nan altar.