Vettel: Leclerc will put a lot of pressure on me this year
S🦋ebastian Vettel says his new Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc will pꦕut him under “a lot of pressure” throughout the 2019 Formula 1 season.
Leclerc has replaced Kimi Raikkonen as the four-time world champion’s tea🅰mmate at Ferrari this year, following an impressive rookie campaign with Sauber in 2018.
The ♛21-year-old Monegasque has been tipped for a bright future and finis🦩hed in fifth place behind Vettel at the 2019 season-opening Australian Grand Prix after being told not to risk fighting over fourth place.
Sebastian🌱 Vettel says his new Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc will put him under “a lot o🎶f pressure” throughout the 2019 Formula 1 season.
Leclerc has replaced Kimi Raikkonen as the four-time woꩲrld champion’s teammate at Ferrari this year, following an impressive rookie cam💯paign with Sauber in 2018.
The 21-year-old Monegasque has been tipped for a bright future𒀰 and finished in fifth place behind Vettel at the🌼 2019 season-opening Australian Grand Prix after being told not to risk fighting over fourth place.
“I think for Charles obviously it’s a dream come true, similar to me, but a different point in his career so it’s quite nice to be that young and join a big team like thꦗat,” Vettel said of Leclerc’s move to Ferrari.
“I think he’s done really well from what I’ve seen so far,🧔 he will put a lot of pressure on me the whole season, I’m aware of that. ꦅI think we’ll be very close, he’s very talented.
“I want to meet his parents and congratulate them because by the looks of it they brought a really nice boy and a fast driver too so I’m sure we’ll have tough battles this year, but more than anything I hope we have a lot of fun toge🌺ther.”&nb🎀sp;
Vet🗹tel and Leclerc were both beaten to the podium by Max Verstappen’s Honda-powered Red Bull, after the Dutchman pulled off an overtake on Vettel at mid-dista𝕴nce.
Asked if he thinks Red Bull will join the title fight against Mercedes and Ferrari in 2019,🐽 Vettel replied: "I don’t know. Obviously I don’t know if they [Red Bull] are happy with their performance here or not.
“Can’t speak for other people but I think you have three big teams and I think all of these three teams have the potential to ♛have a very, very strong year.
“We’re looking at ourselves first and hopefully both of us will be ahead of everybody e𒀰lse. But I think we’re aware we’ll be very close.
“I think Pierre [Gasly] as wel𒅌l got a bit unlucky as well and I don’t think🌊 he was much off the whole weekend compared to Max,” he added. “So his race was pretty much lost from the start.
“But I think all of these six drivers in the end 🐻will have a word to say. Hopefully as long as possible for all of us🎀 to be in the fight.”
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