Michael Schumacher Critically Injured While Skiing Sunday Dec 29,2013

Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher(44) is in critical condition after he suffered a head injury in a skiing accident in the French Alps Sunday Dec 29,2013

• Born: 3 January 1969
• First GP win: Belgium 1992
• Last GP win: China 2006
• Races started: 303
• Wins: 91 (155 podium finishes)
• Championships: 7 (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)

 Michael Schumacher won 7 world championships and secured 91 race victories during his 19-year career
Michael Schumacher's Career
1969: Born 3 January
1991: Makes F1 debut in Belgium for Jordan team
1992: Third in championship for Benetton
1994: Wins first title for Benetton
1995: Second title
1996: Joins Ferrari
2000: First title for Ferrari
2001-04: Makes it five titles in a row
2006: Last win in China. Retires at end of the season
2010: Returns to F1 with Mercedes
2012: Announces retirement at end of the season

Michael Schumacher's 14-year-old son was skiing with his father when the accident happened, the resort said.Michael Schumacher had been skiing off-piste with his 14-year-old son in the upmarket Meribel resort, where he reportedly has a property, when he fell and hit his head on a rock

Michael Schmacher was airlifted from a ski run in the French Alps by a rescue helicopter

The hospital where he is being treated, The French Mountain Gendarmerie, said the 44-year-old arrived in a coma and underwent brain surgery after sustaining a serious head trauma.
Medical staff of the Grenoble hospital, in the French Alps, wait at the entrance of the emergency department where former seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is be treated after he sustained a head injury during a ski accident in Meribel, France Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013.

The director of the Meribel resort, Christophe Gernigon-Lecomte, had said just after the accident that Schumacher had been wearing a helmet and was “conscious but a little agitated”, suggesting he had not received life-threatening injuries.
But when Schumacher then fell into coma, doctors realized the damage was worse than initially feared.
Two mountain police officers who gave first aid to Schumacher said he was suffering “severe cranial trauma” when they got to him and a helicopter was brought in to evacuate him within 10 minutes.
A renowned Parisian neurologist, doctor Gerard Saillant, arrived at the Grenoble hospital in a police car to help take charge of the famous patient.
Schumacher’s wife Corinna was at his side with his two children, the hospital said

Michael Schumacher's manager Sabine Kehm said the retired driver was on a private skiing trip and "fell on his head."