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Vettel will take priority over Leclerc, Ferrari admits

Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto had admitted that the team's new driver Charles Leclerc will be in second place when it comes to the focus of their efforts in 2019, at least for the first few races of the new campaign. The 21-year-old driver from Monte Carlo is joining the team in just his second season in Formula 1, after a year at the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 team. He arrived in the sport after winning the GP3 title in 2016 and becoming Formula 2 champion in 2017. But moving to one of F1's biggest team's over the winter means the pressure will be on him to prove that Ferrari has made the right call in replacing Kimi Raikkonen as team mate to four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. Longer,...
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