The family of Michael Schumacher says the injured Formula One legend is showing small, encouraging signs in his fight for recovery.
Doctors in France have been working to bring the seven-time champion out of a medically induced coma.
The 45-year-old German suffered a severe head injury in a skiing accident in the French Alps in late December.
He's been kept in a coma to help reduce the swelling in his brain.
Schumacher's manager Sabine Kehm released a statement on behalf of his family because of an increasing interest in his condition in light of the start of the Formula One season.
Investigators probing the accident says Schumacher had been going at the speed of "a very good skier" at the time of his crash in the resort of Meribel.
He had been skiing off-piste when he fell and hit a rock.
