The three-time F1 champion’s father has courted controversy for his parenting style and has been forced𓄧 to deny that he ever abused him.

But he a🦹dmitted hitting his young son many years ago, before a race in England, on the helmet.

“He needed that,” Jos told while pointing outꦬ that his son went 𝓡on to win the race.

Jos, an ex-F1 driver who was ▨once Michael Schumacher’s teammate, dedicated himself to his son’s aspirations of becoming a driver.

He built ༒engines for Max’s karts and would drive 13 hours around Europe, ferrying his son to race tracks.

He would make Max practice as a child, even if r𒉰ain forced his race to be cancelled and every other family haꦇd gone home.

Max says no🌟w: “From a young age, I saw other kids running around, playing, not really thinking about the future.

“But 🌳my dad, he had a plan. And I h🌳ad to stick to the plan.

“Sometimes he 🍸thought I was a bit lazy. I definitely had arguments with my ಞdad about it.”

His father detailed a notorious back-stoꦆry from their past, when he left his young so𒐪n deserted at a petrol station because he was so angry at him for crashing out of a race.

“He wanted to talk, I didn’t want toꦫ talk,” Jos exp🦹lained. 

“So I said, ‘If y🌳ou don’t shu💖t up, I’ll send you out.’”

He would go back to collect his son, but the tale has been held against Jos ever since. He has defended himself against criticism of his par🥃enting.