30 Days of BTG – Day 16: Charles Leclerc’s inspiration

F1 Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

On the day Ferrari launch their 2023 F1 car, hear how Charles Leclerc followed his father into motorsport. Charles told Tom Clarkson about racing and winning in Formula 2 on the weekend his father died, and how he races on to honour him.

For the full 2018 interview with Charles, recorded before he joined Ferrari, head here

30 Days of BTG continues tomorrow with a full episode from the archive. Season 6 starts on Wednesday March 1st.

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0:00.0	This is so come.
0:03.0	This is Danny Ami.
0:05.0	He's Lucas Mora.
0:06.0	Oh, he's living it!
0:08.0	I cannot believe it!
0:10.0	Lucas Mora with the last kick in the game.
0:13.0	The only player collapsed in the ground.
0:16.0	Jordan Holtzberger heading to the Champions League final.
0:20.0	This isn't just football. It's the Champions League.
0:23.0	Returns live and exclusive from February 14th on BT Sport.
0:34.0	Hello everyone. It's Ferrari launch day.
0:37.0	It's day 16 of Beyond the Grids preseason warm-up.
0:41.0	So let's hear from the driver of the number 16 Ferrari, Charlotte Claire.
0:46.0	2023 will be Charles' sixth season in Formula One.
0:50.0	We sat down for a chat in his very first year back in 2018
0:54.0	and talked about one of the greatest influences on his career.
0:59.0	My dad was a racing driver.
1:02.0	But again, before that I first tried cutting, he didn't really push me into this sport
1:09.0	or speak to me about it.
1:11.0	Again, I was extremely young.
1:13.0	But yeah, before that, he wasn't doing anything for me to get involved with this sport.
1:19.0	But then once I tried it, then I obviously became very patient-ate.
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