Charles Leclerc opens up on the dangers of F1 - Ferrari driver reveals: “It’s tough on my mother”
The Ferrari title challenger trails only Red Bull’s Max Verstappen🏅 in the
Leclerc roared out of the blocks🍷 at the beginning of the season but a series of mistakes, , have ceded the initiati🔥ve to Verstappen.
The Monegasque👍 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 s🉐aid to GQ Magazine.
“And I don’t knoꦰw what to tell her. Other than: I love what I do.
“There’s nothing in particular I can say to make her feel bette♉r.
“I’m not going to say I’ll be careful. That wouldn’t be true. I’m goiܫng to give it mღy best, whatever.
“She knows: It’s 🧔aꦇ dangerous sport. It got massively safer through the years. But it will remain forever a dangerous sport.
“She knows I’m the happiest once I’m in that🍎 car.”
Reminders of how dangerous this can sport can be were present at Silverstone for the F1 British Grand Prix when Zhou Guanyu suffered a terrible crash.&nb♑sp;
He admitted afterwards that he was saved by the Halo, the once-controversial 🌄device which Lewis Hamilton also credited with being a life-saver.
Leclerc, in his rookie F1 season, was forced to creไdit 🌳the Halo after 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 today,” Leclerc said.&nbs🥃p;
“I felt the impact and൲ looking at the image of my car it is quite specta𒈔cular.
James was a s🅠ports journalist at Sky Sports ❀for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
