F1 LEGEND Eddie Jordan has opened up about his pal Michael Schumacher - saying the stricken star is "there, however not there" as thriller surrounds his well being.
Eddie, 74, gave the German his huge break in F1 when the then 22-year-old racer made his debut with Jordan within the Belgian Grand Prix in 1991.
Michael would go on to interrupt all of the data - profitable seven world championships and 91 races whereas driving for Ferrari and Benetton.
However the 54-year-old racing legend has not been seen or heard from for practically 10 years after his horror ski crash again in 2013.
He was left with a extreme mind harm and in a medically induced coma.
Thriller surrounds his situation - along with his household imposing a strict "household solely" rule on who can go to him.
And it got here as Michael's son Mick adopted in his dad's footsteps into F1.
However the younger driver, 23, struggled and misplaced his race seat on the finish of 2022 after a sequence of crashes for the Haas group.
Eddie was denied a go to to see Michael - however has saved up contact with Mick.
The F1 boss mentioned his "love" for the seven-time world champion "nonetheless lasts and can at all times achieve this whereas I am ready to attract breath" in a chat with sports activities betting agency OLBG.
And final 12 months, he revealed his son Mick had reached out to him.
"So far as I am involved, I used to be touched by it and the rationale I used to be touched by it was as a result of it may't be straightforward understanding that your father is just not in a position to be a part of the household, he is there however he isn't there," mentioned Jordan.
Jordan defined that Mick spoke about his father in glowing phrases as he was enduring his personal struggles in F1.
"It touched me as a result of I felt a lot about Michael, I went out of my approach to discover him, give him his first probability in Spa, did not final very lengthy however that love for him nonetheless lasts and can at all times achieve this whereas I am ready to attract breaths," mentioned Eddie.
Mick - who was dropped by Haas in favour of veteran driver Nico Hulkenberg for 2023 - is now a reserve driver at Mercedes.
He will probably be backing up Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, probably stepping in for them in the event that they need to miss a race.
In a touching hyperlink to his dad, Mercedes is the group that Michael ended his profession with - having a quick three-season comeback from 2010 to 2012 after his preliminary retirement in 2006.
Schuey is credited with serving to to put the foundations of the Silver Arrows as they went on to dominate the game - profitable eight constructors' and 7 drivers' titles - between 2014 and 2021.
Eddie nevertheless believes Mick may discover his manner again right into a full-time race seat.
"He is been dropped for someone else, and that is a tricky determination, he has one other combat to return again and to make his identify, climb up that ladder once more," he mentioned.
"I am fairly positive he'll do it."
Jordan additionally revealed Michael named his son after legendary sportsman Mick Doohan.
He mentioned Mick was given his identify "as a mark of respect" to the Aussie five-time MotoGP world champion.
"Mick Schumacher is not named after his dad like lots of people appear to assume," he mentioned.
"Mick Schumacher is called after an individual who his father, Michael, was in complete awe of, a sportsman who had gained 5 world titles again to again with Honda.
"And that's no apart from Mick Doohan.
"As a mark of respect, Michael Schumacher known as his son Mick."
Final 12 months, Jordan revealed Michael’s spouse denied him a go to to see the Method 1 legend after his horror snowboarding accident.
His spouse Corinna retains his situation a intently guarded secret with strict guidelines about who's allowed to see him.
Corinna prefers to deal with her husband privately at their dwelling in Geneva, Switzerland with ex-Ferrari boss Jean Todt one of many few individuals allowed to see him exterior his speedy household.
Jordan mentioned he contacted Corinna, who was as soon as the girlfriend of his group's driver Heinz Harold Frentzenm, earlier than she went on to marry Schumacher.
He advised the Irish Day by day Mirror: "I reached out and one stage requested was it applicable and did I feel we should always go and go to him.
"The reply was no. No visitations for anybody at that second besides the precise direct household.
"Nevertheless, since then, younger Mick Schumacher - Michael's son - has reached out to me, and he has been extraordinary."
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