Jean Todt has compared his partner Michelle Yeoh’s Oscar to “writing history” with Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher’s first F1 championship victory with Ferrari came flooding back in Jean Todt’s memory when his wife won an Oscar.
Winning an Oscar? “Same feeling as Michael Schumacher writing history”

Michelle Yeoh, the actress whose partner is the ex-Ferrari team൲ principal, made history a𒅌s the first Asian to win Best Actress at the Oscars this year.

Her glory𒈔 reminded Todt of the 2000 F1 Japanese Grand Prix where Schumacher won the third of seven championshiℱps, his first with Ferrari.

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“I celebrate the new world champion I have at home: my partnꦬer,𒐪” Todt, now 77, told .

ಌ"It was like winning a championship. When we got to Los Angeles we tho♎ught we had a chance, but you don't know until you open the envelope.

“When they mentioned the name, I was overjoyed. I know the efforts of ♈Michelle, the first Asian actress...

"I said in her ear: 'I have the same feeling as when I took Michael in 20𒐪00 to Suzuka’. 

“He was writing histo🐲ry. So I say we have a new world champion in the family."

Todt is one of very few people permitted to visit the F1 legend, who lives at home shielded from the public ever sin✱ce a skiing accident nearly a decade ago left him in a coma.

Winning an Oscar? “Same feeling as Michael Schumacher writing history”

“Let's leave him alone,” Todt said when asked about Schumacher now.&nbs𒉰p;

𒆙“We respect the privacy wishes of Corinna and 📖her children, we know that that accident had consequences. 

“Anyone who says he knows something, he knows nothing. I always go to🧸 see him. He and his family are my family.”

Todt had previously said: "It's a privilege for me to be close, in the family with Michael, with Corinna, with [168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mick Schumacher] and Gina.

“Their lives changed on December 29, 2013. They hav🏅e to live everything differently. 

“The important thing ▨is that there i🔯s the closeness of friends. And Keep Fighting, their foundation. 

“They are things that are part of li🧔fe and that they are more important than results and our beloved ra🎉ces. Life, for everyone, is not just racing."

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