MICHAEL Schumacher’s “Italian mum” has said her world collapsed after the F1 legend’s tragic skiing accident – and hopes to meet him again.
Speaking about her special bond with the racing star, chef Rossella Giannini praised him and revealed his favourite meal at her restaurant.
Rossella Giannini owns and runs the Montana restaurant in Fiorano Modense, which is located just a two-minute drive away from Ferrari’s factory.
This was the automobile factory that delivered machinery to Schumacher which helped him to achieve five of his seven championships.
The F1 legend would spent most of his time practising at the Fiorano racing circuit perfecting his moves and after wrapping up his duties, Schumacher would visit chef Rossella’s restaurant almost every day.
The chef revealed they both eventually built a beautiful relationship, and to this day she remembers when Schumacher first stepped inside her restaurant – February 14, 1996.
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Rossella said his all-time favourite at her eatery was “Tagliatelle Al Ragu” – a classic bolognese dish prepared with veil.
She also said the Ferrari racer, in exceptional cases, liked to order garlic and oil spaghetti.
However, after hearing the horror news of Schumacher’s skiing accident, Rossella said her “world collapsed” as she learnt about the severity of his injuries.
She told Bild: “I was on vacation at the time of his accident and heard it on the news.
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“When it became clear how bad the extent of it was, my world collapsed.
“I can hardly believe that the accident happened ten years ago. In the meantime, I was able to make peace with the situation.
“I no longer suffer, but remember the beautiful moments.”
While Rossella said she no longers “bothers” the F1 racer, she hopes one day he will again walk in through the door of her resturaunt and she would make him his favourite dish again.
“I don’t want to be a bother. The situation is difficult enough for the relatives.
“Every now and then I talk to people from Ferrari and ask, but I don’t want to impose myself.
“Every day I look at the front door and hope that he will walk through again and that I will make him tagliatelle al ragu.”
It comes after Michael Schumacher’s pal has said his wife is carrying on the way he would have wanted despite the “huge void” left by his horror ski crash.
Speaking to Grosvenor Sport, former F1 driver and Schumacher’s teammate Johnny Herbert revealed how the family are coping almost ten years on.
Despite the “huge void” left by the 2013 horror crash, Herbert described Schumacher’s wife Corinna as “very strong”.
He said: “She [Corinna] has said they are trying to carry on as a family as Michael would have wanted.
“They are getting on with their lives but private does mean private.”
Seven-time world champion Schumacher, 54, suffered catastrophic injuries in the devastating accident while on a skiing holiday.
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December 29 will mark ten years since the racing icon, largely considered to be the best driver in Formula One history, suffered the crash that left him in a coma for over 200 days.
Corinna, has protected the privacy of her husband to such an extent that only their immediate family, and closest of friends know any details.
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