The seven-time Formula 1 champion's health condition is unknown to the outside world because of the media blackout imposed by the family, but an insider revealed that the recovery process of Michael Schumacher is not as fast as the family is hoping. A medical expert mentioned that it may even take years for the star to recover

Express exclusively reported that according to their source, "Progress is painfully slow. There is no miracle on the horizon."

Schumacher is currently recovering at his house in Switzerland, overlooking Lake Geneva. There are special tents that have been put up around his property reportedly to prevent anybody from taking pictures of him when he is taken out on the open grounds on a wheelchair.

It is known that the superstar cannot walk and needs a wheelchair to be moved around. He reportedly hasn't uttered a single word since he was withdrawn from a medically induced coma, and he is also suffering from "limited awareness" of his surroundings.

The report also stated that the former Ferrari driver is taken care of by a 15-man medical team, day in, day out. The team also reports directly to Professor Jean-Francois Payen, the doctor who operated on his brain to remove the blood clots from his skiing accident.

The professor also talks to Schumacher's wife, Corina, and his kids Mick, 15, and Gina-Maria, 17, about his progress. Professor Payen also set their expectations on possible outcomes.

Additionally, the medical insider mentioned that the medical cost that the family has incurred since the ski accident has reached over £10 million.

Peter Hamlyn, a consultant and spinal and neurological surgeon, mentioned that Schumacher might able to recover or may not fully recover. There is also no time frame for this kind of injury and may even take years.

He said, "If you look at severe head injury victims who go on to make a good recovery – and I'm not saying all do – it will always be a story of years. The first months are dominated by questions of survival. Gradually as the weeks and months go by those questions of survival turn into questions of the quality of survival."

Schumacher's body also receives hours of massage in order to stimulate muscle mass, aside from the hourly assessment performed by the medical team.

Family and friends are still hoping for Schumacher's recovery.