Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher is in a serious condition in a French hospital after suffering a head injury in a skiing accident in France.
The German, 44, was holidaying in the Meribel resort of France, skiing with his 14-year old son and others, when he crashed off-piste on Sunday morning.
Schumacher crashed off the track at the resort and struck his head on a rock, and was immediately rushed by helicopter to nearby village Moutiers. He has since been moved to a bigger facility in Grenoble, where his condition is stable.
Christophe Gernignon-Lecomte, director of the Meribel resort, said: "He was a little shaken, but conscious. He wasn't alone and was immediately attended to.
"Luckily he was wearing a helmet when he banged his head against a rock.
"The injury is serious, but not life threatening."
The German is receiving treatment from his friend and close ally during his F1 days, Professor Gerard Saillant.
Saillant is an expert in brain and spine injury, and oversaw Schumacher when the German broke his leg at the 1999 British GP, and has stressed that whilst the injury is serious, there have thus far been no complications.
Schumacher won seven world championships and secured 91 race victories during a 19-year career in Formula 1, which ended for the second time in 2012.
He won two titles with Benetton, in 1994 and 1995, before switching to Ferrari in 1996 and going on to win five straight titles from 2000. He first retired in 2006, but - following his disappointing 2009 return - quit the sport at the end of 2012.