Agonising wait for Schumachers and Bianchis

Geneva

FORMULA One legend Michael Schumacher has entered a second year battling back from a horrific ski accident that has left him a recluse in his Swiss home, his condition a closely-guarded secret.

And the race-track accident involving 25-year-old Jules Bianchi three months ago has only added to the anxiety surrounding the motor-racing circus. Retired seven-time world driving champion Schumacher had made global headlines on Dec 29, 2013 with a critical brain injury from the ski accident; he had hit a rock while skiing off piste in the French Alps resort of Meribel and was in a coma lasting several months after that.