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Formula One great Michael Schumacher is no longer in a coma and has left a French hospital where he had been receiving treatment since a skiing accident in December, his manager said Monday.

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Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is no longer in a coma and has left the French hospital where he had been receiving treatment since a skiing accident in December, his manager Sabine Kehm said Monday.

She did not say when he was released, where the seven-time F1 champion was taken or give any further details of his condition, and her office refused to elaborate on the statement.

However, she did add that "for the future we ask for understanding that his further rehabilitation will take place away from the public eye."