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Appy days Schu!

Stricken star ‘in very best hands’

- by JERRY LAWTON jerry.lawton@dailystar.co.uk

MICHAEL Schumacher’s family is doing “everything humanly possible to help him”, his wife has said.

The stricken F1 legend’s wife Corinna assured fans the driver – who is 50 today – was “in the very best hands”.

Race ace Schumacher suffered life-changing brain injuries in a skiing accident in 2013.

Corinna, 49, said his relatives would gather together today to celebrate his “victories, records and jubilation”.

The family occasion, which also marks the launch of an app, comes after months of rumours about Schumacher’s condition.

Corinna said on Facebook: “You can be sure that he is in the very best of hands and that we are doing everything humanly possible to help him.

“Please understand if we are following Michael’s wishes and keeping such a sensitive subject

as health, as it has always been, in privacy. At the same time we say thank you very much for your friendship and wish you a healthy and happy year 2019.”

She added: “We are very happy to celebrate Michael’s 50th birthday together with you, and thank you from the bottom of our hearts that we can do this together.”

Corinna said the Official Michael Schumacher App was a

“virtual museum” of the racing driver’s career which would allow people Michael’s to successes”. “review all together

She added: “The app is another milestone in our effort to do justice to him and you, his fans, by celebratin­g his accomplish­ments. We wish you a lot of fun with it. Michael can be proud of what he has achieved and so can we. “We want to remember and celebrate his victories, his records and his jubilation.” Italian Formula 1 giant Ferrari – with whom Schumacher won five of his seven world titles – will today launch a special exhibition in his honour at its Maranello HQ in northern Italy. Since being injured, the German has reportedly been looked after provide by £50,000-a-week 15 physicians, roundthe-clock who care at his £50million mansion near Lake Geneva. Last month it was revealed he is not bed-ridden.

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®Ê BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE: Schumacher and, below, message from wife Corinna

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