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Alesi: Leclerc to play 'second violin' to Vettel at Ferrari
Former Formula 1 driver Jean Alesi has claimed that he was not surprised when his former team Ferrari announced that Sebastian Vettel would be given priority over Charles Leclerc in the 2019 F1 season, saying that he always expected the latter to play "second violin" to the German. Last year, the Scuderia announced that they would be replacing Kimi Raikkonen with Leclerc, who impressed in his debut F1 season with Sauber, now Alfa Romeo Racing. With Vettel expected to be the main challenger for Lewis Hamilton's title, team boss Mattia Binotto said that he would be given "priority" over Leclerc in the early stages of the campaign. That didn't come as a shock to Alesi....
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