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Ferrari admits youngest driver line-up in 50 years 'is a gamble'

Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto admits the Italian squad is taking "a gamble" by putting its fate in the hands of young chargers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, but insists the Scuderia's wants to begin a new cycle. One must hark back all the way to the 1968 F1 season, when Chris Amon and Jacky Ickx spearheaded Ferrari's efforts, to find a comparatively young line-up at the Scuderia. Furthermore, the Italian outfit, which typically shied away from young drivers until Leclerc's promotion last year, has almost always incorporated an F1 world champion in its line-up in the past 25 years, with Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa in 2007 representing the previous Ferrari pairing void of...
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