Not everyone gets as lucky as Anthony Hamilton or Jos Verstappen when it comes to seeing their son rise in Formula 1. There are fathers like late Herve Leclerc who left the world too early to witness his son’s F1 success. Herve Leclerc, the father of Ferrari star driver Charles Leclerc always wanted to see his son make his debut in F1. However, it was too late for him as he passed away way too soon. But his son Leclerc Jr. will never forget his father passing away, not just because he is not there anymore, but because he once lied to him about his F1 contract!

Talking about this, Leclerc shared, “I think he would have been very proud. I’ve always been mad at myself, but his last weeks of life have been complicated, I hadn’t had an F1 contract yet and I lied to him telling him I made it into F1.”

“I wanted to make him happy and to make him smile and I’ve always been mad at myself for that [lying to him]. My mom yelled at me that day telling me I was wrong lying to my dad like that but in the end, it wasn’t really a lie because I’m at Ferrari now,” further asserted the Ferrari driver.

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The former Sauber driver further emphasized the importance of joining Ferrari as he felt it was important for him and for his late father. Leclerc said that his father has always been a supportive figure when it comes to good or bad moments.

Charles Leclerc revealed his father made him love the sport

The Monegasque driver recently shared that his father, Herve Leclerc made him fall in love with the sport. Despite knowing about his parents, there’s hardly anything we know about the duo taking the track, Leclerc emphasized how his father has been instrumental in his life.

On this, the Ferrari driver shared during a Twitch stream, “My dad. My dad and I used to go on track together when I was 4. Those were the times that made me fall in love with this sport, the times with my dad. He made me fall in love with this sport.”

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Unfortunately, Herve Leclerc died on 20 June 2017 at the age of 54 after suffering from a long-term illness. Sadly for a father of his stature, he could not see his son debut in F1 and perhaps that will be the only regret Charles Leclerc will have in his life.