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‘Leclerc's leadership gave Vettel a few headaches'

2019 may have been Charles Leclerc's first season at Ferrari but Mattia Binotto reckons he put four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel 'under a lot of pressure'. After years of being number one to Kimi Raikkonen, Vettel's position at Ferrari came under threat this season. Leclerc claimed two race wins to the German's one and took the pole position award for this season with seven, the most of any driver. He also beat Vettel in the Drivers' standings, outscoring him four points. '[Sebastian] has been uncomfortable with the car at the start of the season, certainly with the braking instability,' Binotto explained to Formula1.com. 'The challenge for him has been [having] a good benchmark as...
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