Felipe Massa has spoken about a visit he made🥂 to Michael Schumacher in hospital in Grenoble.

Schumacher remains in a coma following his skiing accident in late December, with doctors reducing his sedation in an attempt to wake hi✃m. Massa revealed that he had visited Schumacher ahead of the second test in Bahrain and that he is hopeful that his former Ferrari team-mate will make a good recovery.

"I always try to be optimistic," Massa said. "I saw him, I talked to him, I was telling him everything I did in Jerez - about my c𒀰ar, the new team and everything - I was telling him 𒈔to wake up many times... I'm positive. I think we need to believe. He's a very strong man, a very great man and I really hope he can wake up and I really hope he can enjoy his life again.

"It's always very difficult to say because I have zero experience about what the doctors say♉. I saw him and I was very happy to be together with him for a very long time, talking to him and trying to give t൲he best energy and just help him."

Asked how Schumacher looked when he🌠 visited, Massa 𓆏said he took hope from what he saw but stressed he couldn't give any predictions or updates on his condition.

"He's sleeping and I was very positive because he was normal. He looks normal and he also gave some reactions with the mouth and everything. So it's pꦗositiv💛e to look at him. But I have no experience to say anything. I'm not a doctor. But when I saw him, for me, it looked very positive."