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Leclerc 'the most perfect driver' says veteran F1 sporting director

Long-standing Sauber sporting director Beat Zehnder says Charles Leclerc is the "most perfect driver" he has ever worked with in Formula 1. Zehnder has been a prominent member of the Sauber family since the 1980s, the Swiss starting his career as a mechanic at Hinwil before moving up the ladder and becoming the outfit's team manager in F1 and then its sporting director. Over the course of his career, the F1 veteran has mentored the likes of Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel, Robert Kubica and Leclerc. In 2018, after sealing the title in the FIA Formula 2 Championship the year before, Leclerc was promoted to a race seat in F1 with Sauber where he earned his stripes...
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