Charles Leclerc opens up on the dangers of F1 - Ferrari driver reveals: “It’s tough on my mother”
The Fe♉rrari title challenger trails only Red Bull’s Max Ver🎃stappen in the
Leclerc roꦬared out of the blocks at the beginning of the season but a series of mistakes, , have ceded the initiative to Verstappen.
The Moཧnegasque driver has now offered a rare insight into how he, and his family, deals with the inherent 🌃dangers of F1.
“So it’s tough on💎 my mother,” Leclerc said to GQ Magaz🧜ine.
“And I don’t know what𒆙 to tell her. Other than: I love what I do.
“There’s nothin🤡g in particular I can say to make her feel better𝔍.
“I’m not going to say I’ll be careful. That wouldn’t be🌳 true. I’m going to give it my best, whatever.
“She knows: It’s a dangerous sport. It got massively safer through the years. But it wil🌳l remain forever a dangerous sport.
“She kno🔜ws I’m the happiest once I’m in that car.”
Remin𓆏ders of how dangerou💯s this can sport can be were present at Silverstone for the F1 British Grand Prix when Zhou Guanyu suffered a terrible crash.
He admitted afterwards that he was saved by the Halo, the once-controversial device which Lewis Hamilton also credited wit📖h being a life-saver.
Leclerc, in his rookie F1 season, was forced to credit the Halo 𝓰after a crash involving Fernando Alonso.
“I have never been a fan of the Halo but I have to say that I was very happy to have it over my head 𝐆today,” Leclerc said.
“I felt the impact and look⛦ing🤪 at the image of my car it is quite spectacular.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for 💦a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
