Michael Schumacher’s family have reportedly been informed that it will take a miracle for him to fully recover.
The seven-time Formula One world champion suffered serious brain injuries during a skiing accident in the French Alpine ski resort of Meribel, in December of last year.
Sources close to his family say the 45-year-old driver's wife Corinna and his brother, Ralf Schumacher, have been consulting brain specialists.
They have been told that his chances of recovery are minimal as he has been in an artificial coma for 69 days.
According to the International Business Times, a senior German reporter said: "The family has been told that only a miracle can bring him back now. He is in a bad way but until the family issues a formal statement, we cannot publish anything."
Another source told the Telegraph: "Doctors have given it to them straight. Miracles sometimes happen but there is little hope that he will come out of this."
However, Schumacher's spokesperson Sabrina Kehm has dismissed these reports, saying: "Michael is still in the wake up phase.
"The situation has not changed. Any medical information published which is not confirmed by the team of doctors treating Michael or his management has to be considered as not valid."
