The former mentor of Michael Schumacher has told fans the F1 legend is in the "best of hands" as he continues his rehabilitation from a serious skiing accident at home.
In December 2013, the seven-time world champion suffered life-changing head injuries after crashing on a family holiday in Grenoble, France. He spent several weeks in a medically induced coma before being transferred to the Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland.
In September 2014, some ninth months after the incident, he moved back to his family home in Geneva. Since then, wife Corinna and family have opted to keep details of his recovery private.
However ex- Ferrari boss Jean Todt, who was general manager of the Scuderia from 1994 to 2007, has been one of the few people permitted to visit him regularly. Todt and Schumacher shared a close relationship during their time together with the Italian giants, with the driver winning five straight world titles between 2000 and 2004.
And in a heartwarming interview to German publication Bild, Todt provided a positive update on Schumacher's condition, saying: 'I'm happy that the fans, not only in Germany, think of him so much.
"People ask so much about Michael. The fans should know that he is in the best of hands. In the best situation he can be and surrounded by people who love him."
It has previously been revealed that the pair watch Grand Prix races together when Todt visits - with the Frenchman traveling to Geneva twice a month. In July, he was also joined by Corinna and daughter Gina in Cologne, to pick up the State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia in Cologne on behalf of Schumacher.
However, other F1 figures haven't been granted the same access to the star as Todt. Eddie Jordan, who gave Schumacher his F1 debut, has previously claimed his request to visit was rejected.
"Corinna was at one stage a girlfriend of our driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen, who later left and went on to marry Schumacher," he told the Irish Daily Mirror. "So, there was connection and I reached out and at one stage asked was it appropriate and did I think we should go and visit him?"
But the Irish businessman was told the situation in no uncertain terms: "The answer was no. No visitations for anyone at that moment except the actual direct family."
Schumacher's brother Ralf, also raced in F1 whilst son Mick is currently continuing the family legacy at Haas. He recently denied the notion that his famous surname meant excess pressure.
"I'm sure that it has benefits and negatives [the surname], but I only see the benefits of it. I'm proud to be representing that name and to be able to show what I'm able to do."
