Finally, Ferrari broke with an age-old tradition and have banked on youth and experience when they decided to promote Charles Leclerc to replace Kimi Raikkonen and team up with Sebastian Vettel at the Scuderia in 2019. Next year the likeable 20-year old will be the second youngest driver to race for the sport's most famous and popular team since 19-year-old Ricardo Rodriguez wore the prancing horse badge back in 1961 at the Italian Grand Prix. Leclerc knows that the relative obscurity of Sauber, will change dramatically from the moment the lights are shut at Yas Marina and the intense spotlight of media, Tifosi and his own team attention beams on the #16 red car. Nevertheless, the...
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