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Ericsson improvement aided Leclerc - Vasseur
Sauber team boss Frederic Vasseur believes that Charles Leclerc's debut season in Formula 1 last year went so well partly due to his team-mate, Marcus Ericsson, improving his performances from previous campaigns, as Leclerc prepares for his new role with Ferrari in 2019. Leclerc came into the 2018 season fresh off a championship win in F2, and was placed with Sauber as a member of Ferrari's driver academy. He impressed so much over the course of the year that it was eventually announced he would receive a promotion to the Scuderia as a replacement for Kimi Raikkonen, who would go in the other direction to return to Sauber. Vasseur thinks Leclerc was able to hit the ground running thanks to...
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