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F1赛车手舒马赫有望在三年内恢复健康

A French doctor who treated Michael Schumacher after the F1 champion’s ski accident has predicted a possible recovery within three years.

The 45-year-old is being treated at home after spending six months in a medically-induced coma following the accident in Meribel, France.

Dr Payen, who cared for Schumacher for six months after the crash in December 2013, said the former race car driver is no longer in a coma（昏迷）and is slowly getting better. He said the hero’s recovery would take one to three years.

French F1 commentator Jean-Louis Moncet told Europe 1 radio station: “I saw his son and he told me that Schumi is waking up very slowly; very slowly. Although things are going at a slow pace, he has a lot of time; I would say he has his whole life in front of him to get back on track.”

The seven times world champion returned to his home with his wife and children two months ago after being released from a rehabilitation（康复）clinic in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Former Ferrari boss Jean Todt visited Schumacher last month, saying: “What’s important is that he lives and that his family is with him. We really believe that things will get better. He needs time and to be left alone. In the past weeks and months, he has made progress in relation to the severity（严重性）of his injury,” said Todt, now president of the International Automobile Federation. “But a long and hard road is in front of him. Hopefully things will improve. His family is close to him. He needs time and peace.”

Schumacher is being cared for by a team of 15 experts at his home. It is understood he remains immobile and unable to speak. His care is estimated to be costing his family £100,000 per month.

At the end of the year his father Rolf is moving from his home in Germany into a specially constructed residence built for him in the grounds of the £35million Schumacher mansion at Gland, on the shores of Lake Geneva.