News Details

Alesi always expected Leclerc to be number 2

Charles Leclerc is a man with huge amounts of talent as he prepares to enter his first season as a Ferrari driver, but former F1 driver Jean Alesi believes it was expected that Leclerc would have to play second fiddle behind Sebastian Vettel. Leclerc has made the big step up to the Scuderia from Sauber who replaced the driver from Monaco with former Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen. The Monegasque only made his F1 debut in 2018 but impressed last season to earn himself the promotion. Vettel was confirmed as Ferrari’s number one heading into the season and Alesi was by no means surprised Binotto’s admission. Speaking to Radio Sportiva Alesi said: “I have no doubt that Vettel...
Full Story »
5y ago from GPBlog.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Alesi: Leclerc to play 'second violin' to Vettel at...

Former Formula 1 driver Jean Alesi has claimed that he was not surprised...
5y ago from GPFans.com

Leclerc always expected to be number two driver at...

Charles Leclerc has revealed that he expected to be the number two driver...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Leclerc: No issues with 'logical' n°2 status at...

Charles Leclerc believes Ferrari's decision to give preference to...
5y ago from F1i.com

Ferrari play catch up; Gasly crashes again

Ferrari changed their schedule for Day Seven, putting Charles Leclerc in...
5y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Bagnaia: Not wanting Marquez as a team-mate claims are...

Francesco Bagnaia has spoken out against critics who have claimed that the...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Arrow McLaren announces Pourchaire for rest of 2024...

Arrow McLaren has revealed its driver for the #6 entry for most of the...

Abel ends Indy 500 entry hopes, cites funding as cause

Abel Motorsports will not be fielding a car in this year’s Indianapolis...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Thierry Neuville takes early WRC Portugal lead

Thierry Neuville set the quickest time around the 2.94km opening stage of...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Richard Keys blasts Arsenal boss in rant over...

Arsenal are in pole position in the Premier League as things stand, but...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Ricciardo makes shock move away from F1

Daniel Ricciardo is reportedly involved in a new... Read More »
6h ago from GPFans.com

Hamilton REVEALS Mercedes F1 exit reasons

Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton has opened up on why... Read More »
6h ago from GPFans.com

Ferrari trials F1 spray guards at FIA test in Fiorano

Ferrari trialed in Fiorano on Thursday, under the... Read More »
10h ago from F1i.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.