LEWIS HAMILTON’S Mercedes team sent a huge thank you to the sick little boy behind the inspiration for the Brit’s win in Spain.
After Hamilton took the chequered flag in Barcelona to move back to the top of the driver’s championship, he paid tribute to Harry Shaw, five, who is dying of cancer.
Hamilton dedicated the victory to the boy, who had sent him a good luck message before the race, and his team decided to say thanks by parking an F1 car on his driveway!
Mercedes staff were so moved by little Harry’s brave fight, they arranged for one of Hamilton’s old cars to be transported to his home in Merstham, Surrey, along with the winning trophy from Spain and Hamilton’s steering wheel.
Big-hearted staff volunteered to fly back from Barcelona on Sunday night to make the surprise happen before jetting back to Spain for testing this week.
Harry’s parents, Charlotte and James, have set up a fund to raise money for research into the Ewing’s Sarcoma disease their son has been fighting for nine months.
Harry was diagnosed with cancer on August 2, 2018 when a scan on a small lump showed a tumour the size of a large baked potato.
On their justgiving page, his family wrote: “We would like to say Harry will die in peace and comfort; to an extent he will, dying at home in his own bed surrounded by his toys and the people he loves.
“But the actual truth is the last few weeks of Harry’s life have been marked by terrible pain and suffering that no human, not least a five-year-old boy, should endure.
“As parents, to sit and have to watch your child die slowly in pain and discomfort is a memory we hope time will heal.
“We can’t let Harry die without doing something to try and ensure other little Harry’s don’t go through the same thing. One of Harry’s favourite expressions during chemotherapy was: ‘Let’s just get it done’.”
