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Feb 2023
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30 Days of BTG – Day 16: Charles Leclerc...

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About this episode
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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