A Spanish mayoress has claimed Formula One legend Michael Schumacher will be transferred to the Majorcan mansion said to have been bought by his wife Corinna for £27 million. Katia Rouarch appeared to indicate he would arrive in the near future in an interview with weekly Swiss magazine L’Illustre. The Lausanne-based magazine quoted the politician, who became mayoress of Andratx in June last year, as saying: ‘I can officially confirm Michael Schumacher is going to move in to our municipality and that everything is being prepared to welcome him.’
The villa is part of a 15,000 square metre estate which boasts two swimming pools, a helipad, a gym and a huge palm-tree-fringed garden. Schumacher, the only driver in history to win seven F1 World Championships, was placed in a medically induced coma after a life-threatening skiing accident in December 2013 in the French Alps. He was relocated to the family home on the shores of Lake Geneva in September 2014 where he continues to receive medical treatment and rehabilitation. Updates on his health have been few and far between.
It has been reported he is looked after by a 15-strong medical team.