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Leclerc tops timesheets on Day 1 of Hungary test

F2 champion elect, Charles Leclerc, served notice to his bosses at Ferrari today that he is ready to make the move up to F1 as soon as possible, topping the timesheets on the first day of the second in-season test. The Monegasque driver, running on soft rubber, posted his best time (1:17.746) - which would have been good enough ninth in Q3 last weekend - in the final moments of the session, eclipsing the previous best, set by Stoffel Vandoorne, by 0.088s. With Ferrari likely to retain Kimi Raikkonen alongside Sebastian Vettel next year, the most likely scenario will see Leclerc join Sauber as opposed to Haas, the Swiss team having agreed a new deal at the weekend which will see it use the...
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