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Charles Leclerc: Maiden F1 win relieves some pressure

Charles Leclerc says his maiden Formula 1 victory has relieved some of the pressure on him for the remainder of the season. Leclerc stepped up from Sauber to Ferrari for 2019 and almost won on his second start in Bahrain, until a late cylinder failure, while he led for large swathes in Austria until being passed late on by Max Verstappen. Leclerc dominated last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix weekend, scoring pole by seven-tenths of a second, and controlled the race, resisting late pressure from Lewis Hamilton. “Obviously it was a very tough weekend for different reasons with what happened on Saturday,” said Leclerc, referring to the death of Anthoine Hubert. “But also...
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