Experts
from French ski academy Ensa are doing tests to check whether the headcam made
the impact when he hit his head on rocks worse
Michael Schumacher’s ski helmet
might have broken because it was weakened by the camera fixed to it,
investigators have revealed.
The German F1 legend, 45, was using
the gadget to film his son on the slopes when he fell and smashed his head on a
rock seven weeks ago today.
Experts from French ski academy Ensa
are doing tests to check whether the headcam made the impact worse.
A source close to the investigation
said: “The helmet completely broke, it was in at least two parts. Ensa received
one piece of helmet to check the material and all was OK. But why did it
explode on impact?
"Here the camera comes into question.
The laboratory is testing to see if the camera weakened the structure.”
Schumacher suffered serious head
injuries in the crash at the French resort of Meribel and remains in a coma at
Grenoble University Hospital.
The camera was intact and has
provided police with vital information about the accident.
Prosecutors are tomorrow expected to
clear the resort and the makers of Schumacher’s ski equipment of blame.
The source added: “The equipment
seems to have been in good order. The skis were almost new, the bindings were
not faulty and the ski boots were fine.”
Doctors are trying to ease Schumacher
out of his medically-induced coma.
Wife Corinna, 44, with whom the
seven-times world champ has two children – Gina Marie, 16, and Mick, 14 – has
remained at his bedside in intensive care. The driver’s family issued a statement
this week after reports he had caught pneumonia.
It said: “As assured from the
beginning, we will continue to communicate any decisive new information on
Michael’s health state. We are aware that the wake-up phase can take a long
time.
“The family continues to strongly
believe in Michael’s recovery.”
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