Michael Schumacher’s helmet camera footage shows him travelling at the speed of “a very good skier on fairly hard terrain” when he hit a rock and fell, investigators say.
Speaking at a news conference in Albertville, the investigating team said they had so far attended the scene of the accident in the resort of Meribel, spoke to witnesses and the medical team.
According to findings, Schumacher was eight metres off-piste when he crashed.
They said the 45-year-old “did not really look at reducing his speed when he went off piste”.
Schumacher suffered a severe head injury in the 29 December accident.
He is currently in a medically induced coma at a clinic in Grenoble where doctors describe his condition as critical but stable.
Lead prosecutor Patrick Quincy said Schumacher had deliberately chosen to go off piste, an area between a red and blue piste that was clearly signposted.
“[Mr Schumacher] is evidently an extremely good skier, but one of his skis hit a rock that was sticking out… it caused him to fall and he hit his head on the rock,” the prosecutor said.
Schumacher going ‘good skier speed’ before fall: say investigators
