Michael Schumacher's wife thanks F1 fans with personal note

Michael Schumacher's wife Corinna thanks Formula one fans with a personal note following her husband's skiing accident. 

Schumacher was in coma for six months after falling from the Alps in December, before been released from hospital in Grenoble in June. But the 49-year-old still has a long way from a full recovery. read the message after the cut

Corinna wrote in the German Grand Prix programme:

This is a message to all of you who have passionately followed Michael's supporting career, and who have supported him in the past (seven months) of the track as well. The German Grand Prix gives me the perfect opportunity to thank you all for the good wished and positive energy you keep sending to Michael. I have to say your sympathies blew us all away. It is good to know that together we made it through the hardest time Now we are facing which a phase which will presumably take a long time. We trust that time will be Michael's ally in this fight. Until then I would like to wish you and your families all the best as well

Schumacher won seven World titles and 91 races in a glittering career