SCHUMACHER STILL FIGHTING, SAYS TODT

LEWIS HAMILTON’S third Formula One world championship also serves as a reminder of how remarkable Michael Schumacher’s achievements were, his former Ferrari boss Jean Todt said yesterday. The German is still receiving intensive treatment at home in Switzerland for severe head injuries suffered in a skiing accident in France in December 2013. “It was interesting last week after Lewis was world champion for the third time, you saw the figures,” Todt told reporters at the Mexican Grand Prix, which follows the US race in Austin where Hamilton sealed the title. “And I was very proud of what Michael did and sometimes you tend to forget what he did. Michael is a close friend, his family is very close to me and I am very close to them as well. I see Michael very often and Michael is still fighting. And we must keep him fighting, with the family.”