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Doctors told journalists that they could not predict what would happen
Michael Schumacher, the seven-time Formula 1 champion, is "fighting for his life" after a ski accident in the French Alps, his doctors say.
The driver remains in a critical condition in hospital in Grenoble with head injuries suffered on Sunday morning at the resort of Meribel.
"We cannot tell you what the outcome will be yet," the team treating him told a news conference on Monday morning.
His family are at his bedside.
Schumacher underwent surgery on arrival at the University Hospital in Grenoble.
He remains in a coma and the medical team treating him said that they are working "hour by hour".
"All we can do is wait," they added.
HelmetProf Jean-Francois Payen told reporters that if Schumacher had not been wearing a protective helmet "he wouldn't be here now".
"We had to operate urgently to release some pressure in his head," the anaesthetist said.
Neurosurgeon Stephan Chabardes said that a post-operative scan had shown "diffuse haemorrhagic legions" on both sides of Schumacher's brain.
The doctors refused to comment on his prognosis.
The 44-year-old German was skiing off-piste with his teenage son when he fell and hit his head on a rock.
Following the accident, Schumacher was evacuated to the hospital in the nearby town of Moutiers.
Prof Chabardes said the driver was in an "agitated condition" on arrival in Moutiers and his neurological condition "deteriorated rapidly".
He was taken from Moutiers to the larger facility in Grenoble.
Analysis
Catherine McMahon Consultant neurosurgeon
After an operation to reduce swelling of the brain, we would place a monitor inside the brain to measure the pressure.
The induced coma Michael Schumacher is in is to try to stabilise the pressure within the brain, to try to prevent secondary brain damage from occurring.
It's likely he will remain in an induced coma for several days, and really the outcome is very, very unclear at this stage.
The agitation suggests that his conscious level when he first came in was deteriorating.
Schumacher is being kept in a coma at a low temperature to facilitate his recovery, Prof Payen said.
The medical team said that the driver's relative youth and the fact that he was operated on without delay count in his favour.
'Good visibility'Tim Wall, who produces a snow conditions report for La Tania, a neighbouring village to Meribel, told the BBC that skies were clear and visibility good in the area on Sunday.
"There was about 20cm of snow late on Saturday and overnight.
"On Sunday morning the snow was very light and the skies were clear - perfect skiing conditions."
But despite this and a similar snowfall earlier in the week, off-piste snow cover was patchy, he said.
"There have been quite high winds, so there are areas with good snow cover, but where it's exposed there's not much snow.
"There are lots of tree roots sticking out, and rocks. We kept to [more sheltered areas in] the trees and were very careful."
'Fighting spirit'Michael Schumacher
- Born: 3 January 1969
- First GP win: Belgium 1992
- Last GP win: China 2006
- Races started: 303
- Wins: 91 (155 podium finishes)
- Championships: 7 (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
Schumacher, who turns 45 on 3 January, retired from F1 for a second time in 2012.
He won seven world championships and secured 91 race victories during his 19-year career.
Schumacher won two titles with Benetton, in 1994 and 1995, before switching to Ferrari in 1996 and going on to win five straight titles from 2000.
He retired in 2006, and was seriously hurt in a motorcycling accident in Spain three years later, during which he suffered neck and spine injuries.
But Schumacher managed to recover and made a comeback in F1 with Mercedes in 2010.
After three seasons which yielded just one podium finish, he quit the sport at the end of last year.
The Mercedes F1 team said their thoughts and prayers were with Schumacher and his family.
The team tweeted that the driver had "amazing fighting spirit".
British retired F1 driver David Coulthard said that "if anyone knows how to muster inner strength and determination then there's no doubt in my mind Michael Schumacher is the man to do it".
He told BBC News that Schumacher was "risk averse" as an F1 competitor, like other drivers - contrary to the popular image of the sport.
"It's all about finding the limits of your car, and staying within the limits," he said.
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