News Details

Leclerc-Raikkonen rumours heat up in France

Jun.24 Charles Leclerc seems destined to move into a Ferrari seat for 2019. Speculation is now rife that the Italian team intends to part with 38-year-old Kimi Raikkonen at the end of the year and call up its junior driver from Sauber. At Paul Ricard, the highly rated rookie Leclerc, 20, qualified eighth in his Sauber, just two places behind Raikkonen. "I cannot find words," the Monaco-born driver told Sky Italia. "It was like starting from scratch because we totally changed the car. I knew what I wanted and the engineers understood what I needed. "I cannot believe this eighth place, it's magical," Leclerc added. As for the rumours of a 2019 Ferrari seat, he said...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Ferrari lining up Leclerc as Raikkonen's replacement

Charles Leclerc could be thrust onto centre stage next season with...
6y ago from PlanetF1.com

Charles Leclerc in line to replace Raikkonen at...

French Grand Prix – According to reports, Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen...
6y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Raikkonen not denying Ferrari-Leclerc rumours

class="left relative"> Share Tweet Share Share Email 20Kimi...
6y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Ferrari to replace Raikkonen with Leclerc

Ferrari are ready to swap Kimi Raikkonen for Charles Leclerc for 2019....
6y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu switches to...

After years of speculation, two-time WorldSBK champion Toprak...

Pedro Acosta admits fourth at Aragon MotoGP ‘not...

Despite matching his best result of the 2025 MotoGP season, Pedro Acosta...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Nicolo Bulega agrees Ducati WorldSBK contract...

Ducati announces Nicolo Bulega has signed new contract which sees him...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Louis Foster gains new sponsor for rest of IndyCar...

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing rookie Louis Foster will sport a new look...

Louis Foster reveals likely cause of scary 180MPH...

On lap 84 of Sunday’s Detroit Grand Prix, Louis Foster was involved in...

Santino Ferrucci issued post-race penalty but keeps...

The NTT IndyCar Series has issued a penalty to the #14 entry of Santino...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

New: Arsenal ready to walk away from Sesko talks,...

Arsenal have set a deadline for the Benjamin Sesko transfer negotiations...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'It appears' Arsenal are set to finalise 'fantastic'...

Arsenal appear set to complete the signing of Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'Exceptional' PL star could be fine signing for...

Charles Watts believes Morgan Rogers is an 'exceptional' talent who could...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal column: What's holding up Benjamin Sesko...

Benjamin Sesko signs are positive, but it's not done yet Another week has...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

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.