SCHUEY SEES F1 LEW WIN
Ferrari boss raises hope
MICHAEL Schumacher’s fans were given fresh hope last night as his former Ferrari chief revealed they watched a recent race together.
The seven-time F1 world champion’s condition has been kept secret since he suffered a brain injury in a skiing accident in the French Alps in 2013.
Doctors placed him in a medically-induced coma, and he is now reported to receive £115,000-a-week care at his Swiss home
Official updates from his family, including wife Corinna and brother Ralf, have been rare as they consider the 49-year-old’s condition to be “private”.
But Jean Todt, Schumacher’s ex-boss at Ferrari, revealed he watched Lewis Hamilton win the Brazilian Grand Prix with the German ace.
The Frenchman said: “Actually, I’m always careful when I say something. But it’s true, I watched the Brazilian Grand Prix in Switzerland with Michael.”
He added: “I almost cry. There are pictures of him all over my offices and apartments.
“The time with Michael will always be remembered as the best of my life.
“We love each other because we wrote an incredible story together.”
Todt won five world titles with Schumacher at Ferrari and is one of the few people allowed to visit him at his luxury home on Lake Geneva, making two trips a month.
Earlier this month Schumacher’s manager, Sabine Kehm, was reported to have told how the F1 ace had always wanted a life away from the spotlight. She said: “That’s why now I still want to protect his wishes, in that I don’t let anything get out.”