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

But he admitte🧔d hitting his young son many years ago, b♛efore a race in England, on the helmet.

“He needed that,” Jos told while pointing out that his son went on to win the ♍race.

Jos, an ex-F1 driver who was once Mic𓄧haelꦯ 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, fer🌊rying his son to r𓄧ace tracks.

He would make Max practice as a child, even if rain forced his race to be cancelled and every other fam💛ily had gone home.

Max says now: “From a young🅘 𒈔age, I saw other kids running around, playing, not really thinking about the future.

“But my dad, he had a plan. And I had to stick to tꩵhe plan.

“Sometimes he thought I was a bit lazy. I definite✨ly had arguꦫments with my dad about it.”

His father detailed a notorious back-story from their past, 💃when he left his young son deserted at a petrol st💞ation because he was so angry at him for crashing out of a race.

“He wanted to talk, I diꦉdn’t want to talk,” Jos explained. 

“So I said, ‘If you don’t shut up, I’ll send you out.💧’”

He would go back to collect his son, but the tale has been held against Jos 𝓰ever since. H🅺e has defended himself against criticism of his parenting.