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Ferrari should have kept Raikkonen - Ecclestone

Apr.11 Bernie Ecclestone still thinks Ferrari should have kept Kimi Raikkonen in 2019. A friend of Sebastian Vettel's, former F1 supremo Ecclestone thinks Finn Raikkonen was a better number 2 driver than Charles Leclerc is. "I thought Ferrari made a mistake by releasing Kimi," he told France's Auto Hebdo. "He was a good teammate and didn't create any problems. He knew what he had to do. "If he was asked to let Sebastian pass, he would. If he was asked to slow down a bit to stop an opponent and help the team, he would. "I'm not sure Charles is ready for that job," Ecclestone added. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff agrees with Ecclestone that while Leclerc is clearly...
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