MICHAEL Schumacher’s ex-Formula One team Mercedes have urged him to “keep fighting” on the day of his 55th birthday. The Keep Fighting Foundation, founded and run by Schumacher’s family urged the “inspiration” to keep going. Schumacher’s ex-Ferrari rival, Rubens Barrichello, even revealed the time he was denied a visit to the F1 legend after his fateful accident. Three years before the crash, Schumacher tied up his £750million fortune to his family in his will and testament, despite being just 41 at the time. And how right he proved to be during that foreshadowing interview, with Schumacher left fighting for his life three years later.

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