F1 champion Michael Schumacher has left hospital in Grenoble and is no longer in a coma, his family says.

According to reports monitored by the BBC, the 45-year-old German will continue his rehabilitation at an undisclosed location, they said in a statement.

Schumacher was placed in a medically induced coma after suffering a severe head injury in a skiing accident in the French Alps on 29 December.

His family thanked people who had sent messages of support, saying: “We are sure it helped him.”

They also praised the “excellent job” of medical staff at the hospital in Grenoble, in south-east France.

Doctors had kept the seven-time champion in a coma to help reduce swelling in his brain.