The moments before the start of the Australian Grand Prix "are not given to reflection," according to Chip Le Grand of THE AUSTRALIAN. Sunday’s race "will be different." Shortly before the start, "a simple message for a celebrated and critically ill champion will flash on to the big screens around the Albert Park circuit;" a tribute to MICHAEL SCHUMACHER and message of support for this family. This week at Albert Park, all of F1 "will gather for the first time since Schumacher struck a rock while skiing in the French Alps and sustained a life-threatening head injury." After consulting with BERNIE ECCLESTONE's Formula One Management, local organizers "are putting the final touches on a video tribute that will celebrate Schumacher’s seven world championships, his race wins at Albert Park and send a message of support to his wife and children" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 3/10). In London, Tony Paterson wrote doctors treating Schumacher and other medical experts have told his family that "only a miracle" can save him. The family is said to be concerned that the French doctors treating Schumacher have little hope that he will recover "and now assume that he will remain in a vegetative state for the rest of his life" (TELEGRAPH, 3/8).
