Published 15:22 IST, December 23rd 2019
Charles Leclerc praises Sebastian Vettel, reveals favourite Ferrari moment on debut
Charles Leclerc, who outscored Sebastian Vettel, praised his presence and support that helped him to achieve the success in his first season with Ferrari.
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If re is one team that many drivers would dream to race for in Formula 1, it is likely to be Ferrari. For Charles Leclerc, dream has come true at a very early . Italian has enjoyed a remarkable first season with legendary team, winning 2 races and ending on pole position in 7 races, while also comfortably beating his teammate Sebastian Vettel in Driver's Championship. Vettel has admitted in recent past that he needs to improve his individual performances in following season after being outperformed by his Ferrari teammate. This was first time that 4-time World Champion was defeated in a title race by his teammate.
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F1: Charles Leclerc praises Sebastian Vettel
However, Charles Leclerc is full of praise for his teammate and credited him for his support that helped him to achieve success that he could in his very first season. Speaking to official F1 website, Leclerc said that he is extremely happy about how 2019 season went for him. He added he has always dreamt of being in Formula 1 especially with Ferrari. He w aims to help Ferrari win Constructor's Championship in 2020 season.
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F1: Charles Leclerc looks back at his first season with Ferrari
Wins eluded Charles LeClerc and Ferrari until Belgian Grand Prix due to issues with car, but ir wait for win was much sweeter as he delivered win in Italy in front of Ferrari’s jubilant fans. He said that at beginning of season if someone had told him that he would have had seven poles and 10 podiums, he would t have believed it. He added that season turned out definitely better than how he had expected it to be.
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24-year-old furr said that it was t an easy season and it was important for him to learn from mistakes. Talking about team's struggle, he said that Ferrari worked well and improved in second half of season. Ferrari will be spending winter break readying mselves for an assault on 2020 championship – with Leclerc relishing ‘interesting challenge’ of helping develop new car, which will be unveiled on February 11.
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12:36 IST, December 23rd 2019