While the announcements follow one another on the home side Renault (arrival of Daniel Ricciardo), McLaren (departure to Fernando Alonso and arrival of Carlos Sainz), and possibly in the coming days at Red Bull, Team Ferrari has still not made official who will support Sebastian Vettel in 2019.
In the running, Kimi Räikkönen, current owner of the Maranello team, but also Charles Leclerc, member of the Ferrari Driver Academy and resident ofAlfa Romeo Clean F1 Team this season. If the balance seemed for a time to tip in favor of the young Monegasque, the Finnish option is still not ruled out by the Italian management.
For Jacques Villeneuve, 1997 world champion, Ferrari should wait longer to promote his protégé. “Charles still makes a few mistakes, indicates the Canadian in the F1 podcast.
It would be incredible for him, but it would be two years of preparation for Ferrari. Ferrari, like Mercedes, is not a team to prepare pilots. This is a top team. The best teams pay drivers when they are at their best. That’s why you have junior teams to prepare them.
Look at the work Kimi is doing. He is third in the championship, he is often faster than Vettel and when he is not, he is only a tenth behind. It is essential in the development of the car. The whole team is working well now. »
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