GERMAN Formula 1 star Ralf Schumacher declared his love for Melbourne during a surprise pit stop in Neighbours' Ramsay Street yesterday.
"I love Melbourne and getting about meeting people," Schumacher said.
"If I had to live somewhere other than Europe, it would be here."
Schumacher visited the Vermont South set as part of a sightseeing tour of Melbourne.
"So it's actually filmed out here on the street? That's pretty cool," Schumacher said as he mixed with the cast.
Ryan Moloney, who plays Jarrod "Toadie" Rebecchi and is a confessed petrol head, said he had been excited to meet Schumacher.
"We've had a lot of visitors here over the years but none has turned up with a car like that," Moloney said.
In the paper it has a pic of Stephanie McIntosh standing in front of a Toyota F1 racing car (Ralf drives for the Toyota team) with Ralf behind the car.