Michael Schumacher Health Update: Major Home Change as F1 Legend Enters New Phase of Treatment

The loudest thing about Michael Schumacher's life now is the silence surrounding it — a silence so complete that even the smallest rumoured detail lands like a starting gun. This week's chatter, rippling from a patchwork of reports, claims the seven-time Formula 1 champion is no longer permanently confined to bed and may be moved around his home in a wheelchair.

In brief, here is what is verifiable and what is not: Schumacher has not been seen in public since a serious brain injury in a skiing accident in Méribel, France, in December 2013; his family tightly controls access and information; Jean Todt remains one of the very few permitted to visit; and the latest 'wheelchair' claims are being reported secondhand rather than confirmed by the family.

Michael Schumacher and the Wheelchair Reports

The newest narrative picked up by multiple outlets traces back to reporting attributed to the UK's Daily Mail and repeated elsewhere, including Marca, that Schumacher 'is no longer bed-ridden' and can sit in a wheelchair. One version of the account says the journalist Jonathan McEvoy approached the Schumacher family's home in the Las Brisas area near Andratx, Mallorca, and spoke to sources who described Schumacher being moved around.​

It is the kind of detail that feels both intimate and strangely administrative: not 'he walked,' not 'he spoke,' but 'he can be positioned, transferred, moved.' Some aggregators go further, suggesting he can be taken around properties in Switzerland and Spain and that he continues to receive round-the-clock care from a specialist team — again, presented as sourced reporting rather than a direct family statement.

That distinction matters. Without confirmation from Corinna Schumacher or the Schumacher family's longtime representatives, what exists is primarily a story about the hunger for a story. In a media ecosystem that rewards certainty, a careful 'reportedly' is often condensed into a confident headline within a few clicks.

Michael Schumacher and the Perpetual Privacy Wall

For casual sports fans outside Europe, the family's approach can seem extreme, almost monastic. However, it is consistent and has been articulated in clear terms. In the 2021 Netflix documentary Schumacher, Corinna Schumacher said, 'Private is private,' adding that Michael 'always protected us, and now we are protecting Michael.'

That instinct has shaped everything since the early days after the crash, when Corinna appealed to the media to allow doctors to work and to respect the family's privacy while Schumacher was treated in Grenoble, where hospital statements described his condition as 'critical but stable' at the time. Over the years, the boundaries remained: few visitors, fewer verified updates, and an informal understanding among friends that feeding the rumour mill only exacerbates the situation.

Todt — former Ferrari team boss, former FIA president and a close friend — has repeatedly been the exception that proves the rule. In 2018, he told Germany's Auto Bild that he had watched the Brazilian Grand Prix with Schumacher in Switzerland, a rare glimpse of normality described in a single, almost offhand sentence. In 2022, he was even more direct, telling RTL, 'I don't miss Michael. I see him... Yes, it is true. I watch races together with Michael,' while still declining to participate in any public discussion of his friend's condition.

And when the circus gets too close, Todt's tone hardens. 'Let's leave them alone,' he said in remarks reported by The Independent in 2023, urging respect for Corinna and the children and the fact that 'that accident had consequences.'​

Schumacher's name, meanwhile, still does work in the world sometimes in ways the family has actively directed. In 2016, Schumacher's office announced the 'Keep Fighting' initiative, describing it as a way to channel the 'positive energy' around him into projects 'for good' and to celebrate an attitude of 'Never Give Up.' Even that announcement came with an implicit boundary: inspiration, yes; medical bulletin, no.