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Vasseur jokes about godfather role after Leclerc's baby news

Archive photograph: Charles Leclerc · 2026-05-13Archive photo · 2026-05-13 · Gabriel Hutchinson · CC BY-SA 4.0

Asked whether Charles Leclerc had asked him to become godfather to Leclerc's newborn daughter, Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur joked that he had four children at home and did not want to be godfather to all his drivers' children.

“I have four children at home and I don't want to be the godfather of all the children of my drivers,” Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur joked at Friday's press conference when asked whether Charles Leclerc had asked him to become godfather to Leclerc's newborn daughter.

The question came after a series of questions about potential tension between Vasseur's drivers following Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton's opening-lap clash at the Mexican Grand Prix the previous weekend. Leclerc and his wife, Alexandra, announced the birth of their first child, Bianca, on Wednesday.

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  1. SOURCEFred Vasseur turns down being godfather to Charles Leclerc’s baby: “I have four children”Motorsport.com F1