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Michael Schumacher ‘lying on a bed' – Briatore

Jun.2 Flavio Briatore has hinted that F1 legend Michael Schumacher's days are now limited to 'lying on a bed'. A few days ago, Briatore – who was boss at Benetton (later Renault and Alpine) when Schumacher won his first two titles back to back – admitted that he had deliberately not tried to visit the seven time world champion since his brain injuries. 'If I close my eyes,' he now expands in conversation with Corriere della Sera, 'I see him smiling after a victory. 'I prefer to remember him like that rather than him just lying on a bed. Corinna and I talk often, though.' Briatore, now 75, returned to Formula 1 last year as Alpine's executive advisor. Because he is not directly...
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