Five biggest success stories of F1 2019
Continuing to reflect on the F1 2019 season, we pick out what we feel are the five biggest success stories to come from another eventful campaign.
Leclerc: The dream is to fight Vettel for the title
Charles Leclerc has revealed that his dream is to go head-to-head with Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel for the Drivers' Championship.
2019 may have been Charles Leclerc's first season at Ferrari but Mattia Binotto reckons he put four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel "under a lot of pressure".
George Russell and Charles Leclerc enjoyed the same junior success, and Russell believes they are still on the "exact same course".
Never let it be said that Charles Leclerc doesn't own up to his mistakes with the Ferrari driver vowing to learn from his 2019 errors.
Ferrari principal Mattia Binotto believes Charles Leclerc was Sebastian Vettel's "benchmark" after struggling in the first part of 2019.
Binotto surprised by Leclerc’s ‘exceptional’ season
Mattia Binotto admits he was "surprised" by how well Charles Leclerc rose to the challenge of being a Ferrari driver and dealt with the pressure.
Verstappen: Leclerc fuel ‘error’ wasn’t a mistake
Jos Verstappen believes Charles Leclerc's fuel irregularity in Abu Dhabi wasn't a Ferrari "error", and instead intentional.
‘What happened between Vettel, Leclerc wasn’t that bad’
Ex-Formula 1 driver, Pierluigi Martini, thinks the rivalry between Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc has been blown out of proportion in 2019.
Russell fastest, Leclerc crashes out of testing
The final day of testing ended with George Russell quickest for Mercedes and Charles Leclerc crashing into the barriers for Ferrari.
Briatore says Ferrari shouldn’t rush to sign Hamilton
Ferrari should not rush to sign Lewis Hamilton with Flavio Briatore saying they already have a star driver, but it is not Sebastian Vettel.
JV: Leclerc’s attitude damaged Ferrari
Jacques Villeneuve believes Charles Leclerc's determination to prove he's the future of Ferrari, and not Sebastian Vettel, hurt the Scuderia in this year's campaign.
Masi explains Leclerc’s post-race investigation
Michael Masi says the stewards opted to delay Charles Leclerc's fuel investigation until after the race because there "was insufficient time" prior to the start to make a ruling.
Hamilton ‘privileged’ to be racing young stars
Lewis Hamilton feels it is a "privilege" to be racing against F1's next generation of stars and hopes the battles are closer next season.
Leclerc would welcome Hamilton as team-mate
Charles Leclerc would be happy to have Lewis Hamilton as his Ferrari team-mate, saying in F1 you always want to "fight against the best".
Leclerc and Vettel will start 2020 as equals
Ferrari boss, Mattia Binotto, has confirmed there will be no team orders in place between Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel at the start of the 2020 season.
Leclerc wasn’t made aware of fuel investigation
Ferrari did not inform Charles Leclerc that he was under investigation in Abu Dhabi for a possible fuel breach.
Leclerc retains podium, Ferrari fined for fuel breach
Charles Leclerc has avoided disqualification from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but Ferrari has been fined for a fuel breach.
Binotto: Ferrari ‘screwed up’ with Leclerc
Ferrari principal Mattia Binotto admits that they "screwed up" Q3 for Charles Leclerc, but it was a risk they needed to take.
Leclerc has ‘no idea’ what caused qualy mess up
Charles Leclerc was timed out of starting a second flying lap in Q3 at the Abu Dhabi GP, and he has "no idea" what went wrong.