Stretched across the width of the wall, Rossella squeezes Michael Schumacher as he tucks into one of her staple dishes – tagliatelle with pork ragu sauce. ‘To my mama Rossella,’ reads the German’s message, delicately-penned in Italian on the canvas. Rossella looks on with a smile, her soft eyes aglow with admiration for the man who made it his mission to visit whenever in Maranello. It’s been over ten years since Schumacher last visited Ristorante Montana, the German the victim of a shocking skiing accident on the French Alps in December 2013. ‘Mick and his mother visited last year,’ Francesca says, before showing a photo of the young driver giving Rossella a warm hug.

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