Kimi Raikkonen has backed Charles Leclerc to hit the ground running at Ferrari, provided he can avoid the added "hassle" that comes with driving for the Scuderia. Leclerc and Raikkonen have effectively swapped jobs for 2019, with the Finn departing for the team now known as Alfa Romeo. Leclerc's performances for Sauber in his rookie year were enough to convince Ferrari to promote their junior driver, who will become the team's second youngest F1 driver in history when he begins the season in Australia. Raikkonen is famously impervious to many of the distractions that surround F1, and Ferrari in particular, and the Iceman says a similar approach will serve Leclerc well. "He...
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