In the wake of Sunday's tumultuous Chinese Grand Prix, Todt said Ferrari had learned a lot from seeing the two leading Renault cars run side by side to protect their positions during the race.
Schumacher eventually passed both of them and recorded his 91st Formula One victory to take over at the top of the drivers' championship standings for the first time since he won his seventh title in 2004.
"It has been a good learning exercise for us," said Todt, acknowledging the way in which Italian Giancarlo Fisichella drove 'shotgun' to protect defending champion Fernando Alonso while he was struggling with his tyres. "We have learned what we can do. We learn what we can do inside and we learn from what the others do, so it is always interesting. It is up to you to judge if they (Renault's tactics) are usual or unusual. We are just taking it into consideration. I don't have any more comment to make."
Schumacher and Alonso are now tied on points at the top of the drivers' title race with 116 each, but the 37-year-old German leads because he has seven wins to Alonso's six.
Another win at Suzuka on Sunday, in the Japanese Grand Prix, with Alonso failing to score, would clinch this year's crown for Schumacher before he heads into retirement.
Looking back on one of the most sublime and virtuoso drives in Schumacher's spectacular career, Todt went on : "This was an important win, but I am not going to make a classification out of the 91 wins. It was a combination of strategy, team-work, Michael's control of the car in different conditions. He attacked when he had to attack. He slowed down when he could slow down. It was a perfectly-controlled race from him, the team and the package he was driving."
