He was seriously injured in the explosion of his vehicle in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on December 30 before the start of the Dakar.
Phillippe Boutron is "out of a coma," his son said Thursday in an interview with RMC.
"The luck that we have, with my relatives, is that we can go visit him daily, he is seriously injured in both legs and we will know more in ten days, said Benoît Boutron, journalist at RMC Sport and BFM.
We could see it, we can exchange, for the moment it remains limited.
"" It takes time to recover but things are progressing little by little, "he added.
Tuesday in Paris, the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office announced that it had opened a preliminary investigation for "attempted assassinations in connection with a terrorist enterprise".
Five French people, including the pilot Philippe Boutron (61), were on board the vehicle affected by the explosion.
The 60-year-old, repatriated after having been operated on in Saudi Arabia, was treated at the Percy de Clamart military hospital, near Paris, then was placed in an artificial coma to relieve his pain.
An "accident" for the Saudis, the French very dubious
Saudi authorities on Saturday ruled out a criminal act to explain what they called an "accident".
For its part, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on its nationals to be “maximum vigilant”, adding on the contrary that “the hypothesis of a criminal act” was “not ruled out” and recalling that “the terrorist threat persisted. in Saudi Arabia ”.
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