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Ocon backs Leclerc for 2019 title challenge

Ahead of Charles Leclerc's 2019 switch to Ferrari, fellow F1 driver Esteban Ocon has said that he could challenge for the drivers' title at Scuderia. Ferrari announced earlier in the season that Leclerc, 21, will be replacing 39-year-old Kimi Raikkonen at the Italian side, with the latter switching to Leclerc's current team Sauber. Ocon, who looks set to miss out on an F1 seat for next season; has backed fellow young driver Leclerc to exceed in his debut season for perhaps Formula One's biggest team. "Charles will fight for the title next year," Ocon told Swiss newspaper Blick. "Or that would at least not be a surprise to me. I have known from day one that he has a...
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