Michael Schumacher, one of the world’s best known high-speed sportsmen, continues his battle for life after suffering severe head injuries in a skiing accident.<br /><br />Doctors at the hospital in the French city of Grenoble operated to treat the internal bleeding and prevent swelling of his brain inside the skull.<br /><br />They say they cannot predict the outcome. <br /><br />Outside the hospital fans wait in hope. One said: “When I heard the news that he had been hospitalised in Grenoble, I came straight away, I had to come.”<br /><br />Another added: “I am worried like all of you and all the fans, supporters, but I still hope and I will pray for him.”<br /><br />Doctors said the seven-times Formula One world champion is only alive now because he was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. <br /><br />Schumacher remains in a medically-induced coma and his body temperature has been lowered to slow the metabolism and help reduce inflammation of his brain.
