Autosprint's editor-in-chief Alberto Sabbatini, who also wrote in an editorial that Schumacher was making a 'very slow recovery, warned that, while Schumacher has his eyes open, he is often looking 'into the void'.
'In recent times, he has been able to recognise the familiar faces of his family, but he cannot communicate with them,' he said.
Referring to the reports about Schumacher crying at certain sounds, he said: 'It shows that he feels emotion. That his brain works.
'It is the only way his strong character is able to externally convey an emotion. It is a sign that he is alive and understands, even if for now he is the prisoner of an immobile body.'
Last week, Philippe Streiff, another former F1 driver, told French media that Schumacher ‘has yet to recover the power of speech' but is ‘nevertheless starting to recognise those close to him'.
Schumacher is said to be paralysed and in a wheelchair. He cannot speak and has memory problems, according to the former racing driver.
Schumacher, a very competent skier, was holidaying with family and friends in Meribel, France, where he owns a chalet when the accident happened.
He was skiing with his 14-year-old son on a red piste, which is classed for intermediate skiers.
But shortly after 11am, he left the piste and skied on to an off-piste area located in between the red run and a blue run, for beginners to intermediates.
It was here that he struck a partially-covered rock. He was not skiing fast but he lost control and catapulted 34 feet on to another rock.
