FIA president Jean Todt admits he visits his friend Michael Schumacher "twice a month".
Once the great German's boss at Ferrari, Frenchman Todt is now a close family friend and one of the only people now allowed inside the inner sanctum.
'I love Michael'
Schumacher's health condition following a skiing crash and brain injuries in 2013 is an almost complete mystery.
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"I love Michael. I see his family, I wish the situation would be different," Todt told The Times.
He says he is at Schumacher's home on the shores of Lake Geneva "a minimum of twice a month".