'Isn't fair': Schumacher brother's crushing reveal

Ralf Schumacher has revealed he barely has contact with his brother Michael's family after the seven-time Formula 1 world champion suffered life-threatening injuries in December 2013.

Updates on Schumacher's condition have been kept extremely private by his closest family members, and even the former champion's brother is not totally aware of his brother's condition.

While Schumacher woke up from a coma 250 days after the accident, he had two operations to remove blood clots, and not much has been revealed since except that he faces a long road to recovery.

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Ralf Schumacher told German magazine Bunte, while he may be Michael's brother, even that hasn't allowed him to stay within the inner circle of the family.

"Unfortunately, sometimes life isn't fair," he said when asked about contact with his brother's family.

"We have to accept it.

"When I see his children Gina-Maria and Mick, my heart smiles," he added.

"If someone in the family is looking for my advice, I'm there. They go their own way."

Schumacher's wife, Corinna, has protected the privacy surrounding her husband's health with only a small few knowing the full extent of the situation.

Schumacher's family lawyer, Felix Damm, told German news outlet LTO, that an official report was never released to the public to protect privacy of the family against the media.

"Of course, we discussed a lot about how this is possible. So we also considered whether a final report about Michael's health could be the right way to do this," he said.

"But that wouldn't have been the end of it and there would have had to be constantly updated 'water level reports'. Because as those affected, it is not up to you to put an end to the media.

"They could pick up on such a report again and again and ask, 'And what does it look like now?' one, two, three months or years after the message.

"And if we then wanted to take action against this reporting, we would have to deal with the argument of voluntary self-disclosure."