Seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher gives a news conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2011. The German driver was hospitalized December 29 after suffering "severe head trauma" from a ski accident in the French Alps. Here's a look back at his personal and career highlights:
Schumacher is hoisted by his pit crew at the Australian Grand Prix track in Adelaide, Australia, after winning the Formula 1 World Drivers Championship in 1994.
Schumacher is hoisted by his pit crew at the Australian Grand Prix track in Adelaide, Australia, after winning the Formula 1 World Drivers Championship in 1994.
Schumacher holds up the victory trophy, left, and the French Republic President's trophy after winning the French Formula 1 Grand Prix in Magny Cours, France, in 1995.
Schumacher meets Pope John Paul II in 1999.
King Juan Carlos of Spain congratulates Schumacher after he won the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2001. Schumacher checks out an Enzo Ferrari at Frankfurt's International Motor Show in 2003. Schumacher steers his Ferrari in front of a Eurofighter on the track of a military airport in Grosseto, Italy, in 2003. Schumacher sits in his car before the start at the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix in 2004 in Shanghai. A man rides past a poster with Schumacher's likeness in Bahreman, Iran, in 2005. Felipe Massa hugs Schumacher after Massa won first place in the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Turkey in Istanbul in 2006. Schumacher drives during a practice session at the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix in Melbourne in 2006. Schumacher celebrates his win at the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Germany in 2006 in Hockenheim, Germany. Schumacher's pit team works on his car during the Formula 1 Grand Prix of China in Shanghai in 2006. Schumacher arrives for an awards ceremony in Oviedo, Spain, in 2007. Schumacher autographs the T-shirt of an earthquake victim in Costa Rica in 2009. Shumacher presents the new Mercedes SLS AMG, also the 2010 Formula 1 safety car, in Geneva in 2010. Schumacher visits the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, to test eSafety technologies in 2011. (CNN) -- Former world champion racing driver Michael Schumacher, who suffered severe head injuries in a weekend skiing accident in France, remained in stable condition Wednesday, his manager said.
King Juan Carlos of Spain congratulates Schumacher after he won the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2001.
Schumacher checks out an Enzo Ferrari at Frankfurt's International Motor Show in 2003.
Schumacher steers his Ferrari in front of a Eurofighter on the track of a military airport in Grosseto, Italy, in 2003.
Schumacher sits in his car before the start at the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix in 2004 in Shanghai.
A man rides past a poster with Schumacher's likeness in Bahreman, Iran, in 2005.
Felipe Massa hugs Schumacher after Massa won first place in the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Turkey in Istanbul in 2006.
Schumacher drives during a practice session at the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix in Melbourne in 2006.
Schumacher celebrates his win at the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Germany in 2006 in Hockenheim, Germany.
Schumacher's pit team works on his car during the Formula 1 Grand Prix of China in Shanghai in 2006.
Schumacher arrives for an awards ceremony in Oviedo, Spain, in 2007.
Schumacher autographs the T-shirt of an earthquake victim in Costa Rica in 2009.
Shumacher presents the new Mercedes SLS AMG, also the 2010 Formula 1 safety car, in Geneva in 2010.
Schumacher visits the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, to test eSafety technologies in 2011.
(CNN) -- Former world champion racing driver Michael Schumacher, who suffered severe head injuries in a weekend skiing accident in France, remained in stable condition Wednesday, his manager said.Sabine Kehm said Schumacher had been carefully supervised overnight.
"His condition remains stable overnight and this morning," she said.
"This is the good news -- however I don't want to go into any further prospects because it's much too early, as the doctors said yesterday," she said.
Doctors treating Schumacher at the University Hospital Center of Grenoble will not give a news conference unless there is a significant change in his condition, she said.
Manager: Schumacher in stable condition
"We are still in a critical situation," she said. Schumacher remains in an artificially induced coma.
On Monday night, doctors carried out a surgical intervention that relieved some pressure on Schumacher's brain.
The surgery, which took about two hours, involved the removal of a large hematoma, the head of anesthesiology, Jean-Francois Payen, said Tuesday.
Schumacher, the most successful driver in Formula 1 history, suffered severe head trauma after falling while skiing Sunday in Meribel, in the French Alps.
Kehm recounted more details Tuesday of how the accident happened, gleaned from Schumacher's son and friends who were skiing with him.
The party was in an area of deep snow when Schumacher helped a friend who had fallen, she said. As he set off again and went to make a turn, he seems to have hit a rock hidden under the snow.
This catapulted him into the air and he fell head down with all his weight onto another rock, she said, resulting in severe injuries to his head. He was not traveling fast at the time, she added.
In a statement released Tuesday, Schumacher's family expressed thanks for the outpouring of support from people around the world.
"They are giving us great support. We all know he is a fighter and will not give up," the statement said.
Schumacher, who turns 45 Friday, won a record seven world titles in his spectacular Formula 1 career.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Michael Schumacher was closely monitored overnight and Wednesday morning
- His condition remains critical but stable, his manager says
- Doctors say it is too early to speculate about his long term prognosis
- He suffered severe head trauma after falling while skiing in the French Alps
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