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Leclerc was Vettel's benchmark to combat early issues
Ferrari principal Mattia Binotto believes Charles Leclerc was Sebastian Vettel's 'benchmark' after struggling in the first part of 2019. Leclerc put his own shaky start to life at Ferrari behind him to become the team's form driver, while four-time World Champion Vettel struggled for performance in an error-prone first part of 2019. Vettel put it down to a struggle to get to grips with his SF90, but in the later rounds of the season he would begin to find form, claiming his only win of 2019 in Singapore. Vettel would ultimately win the race head-to-head with Leclerc 12-9, and Binotto believes the Monegasque driver was Vettel's 'benchmark' to get the best out of his Ferrari. 'Sebastian...
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