F1 legend shares rare update Michael Schumacher
Formula 1 icon Eddie Jordan has shared a health update about his close friend Michael Schumacher, saying the motorsport legend is “there, but not there” as mystery continues to surround his health.
Schumacher, 54, has not been seen or heard from for nearly ten years after his horror ski crash in 2013.
He was left with a severe brain injury and in a medically induced coma.
Mystery surrounds his condition as his family has imposed a strict “family only” rule on who can visit him.
It came as Michael’s son Mick followed in his dad’s footsteps into F1.
Unfortunately, 23-year-old Mick struggled and lost his race seat at the end of 2022 after a series of crashes for the Haas team.
Eddie was denied a visit to see Michael but has been in contact with Mick.
The F1 star said his “love” for the seven-time world champion “still lasts and will always do so while I’m able to draw breath.” when speaking to sports betting firm OLBG.
Last year, he revealed his son Mick had reached out to him.
“As far as I’m concerned, I was touched by it and the reason I was touched by it was because it can’t be easy knowing that your father is not able to be part of the family, he’s there but he’s not there,” Jordan said.
Jordan revealed that Mick spoke highly of his father while he was enduring his own struggles in F1.
“It touched me because I felt so much about Michael, I went out of my way to find him, give him his first chance in Spa, didn’t last very long but that love for him still lasts and will always do so while I’m able to draw breaths,” Eddie said.
Mick was dropped by Haas in favour of veteran driver Nico Hulkenberg for 2023 and is now a reserve driver at Mercedes.
Mick will be backing up Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, potentially stepping in for them if they have to miss a race.
Eddie believes Mick has it in him to find his way back into a full-time race seat.
“He’s been dropped for somebody else, and that’s a tough decision, he has another fight to come back and to make his name, climb up that ladder again,” Eddie said.
“I’m quite sure he will do it.”
Jordan also revealed Michael named his son after racing champion Mick Doohan, saying Mick was given his name “as a mark of respect” to Doohan.
“Mick Schumacher isn’t named after his dad like a lot of people seem to think,” he said.
“Mick Schumacher is named after a person who his father, Michael, was in total awe of, a sportsman who had won five world titles back to back with Honda.
“And that is no other than Mick Doohan.
“As a mark of respect, Michael Schumacher called his son Mick.”
Last year, Jordan revealed that Michael’s wife denied him permission to visit Schumacher after his horror skiing accident.
His wife Corinna keeps his health journey a closely guarded secret.
Corinna prefers to treat her husband privately at their home in Geneva, Switzerland, with ex-Ferrarri boss Jean Todt, one of the only people allowed to see him outside his immediate family.
Jordan said he contacted Corinna, who was once the girlfriend of his team’s driver Heinz Harold Frentzen.
Jordan told the Irish Daily Mirror, “I reached out and one stage asked was it appropriate and did I think we should go and visit him.
“The answer was no. No visitations for anyone at that moment except the actual direct family.
“However, since then, young Mick Schumacher – Michael’s son – has reached out to me, and he has been extraordinary.”
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