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Villeneuve: Leclerc wasn't ready for role of title challenger

Always-outspoken 1997 Formula 1 World champion Jacques Villeneuve thinks Charles Leclerc's impatience may have been the worst enemy of Ferrari in what was a woeful and below-par 2019 season for the Reds. Villeneuve believes Ferrari's early championship promise ultimately 'fell apart' during the course of the season. 'A lot depends on the chemistry of the two drivers,' Villeneuve told Formule1. 'Ferrari never said to Leclerc: It's your first year with us, your second year in F1. Relax and learn from Vettel. Then I think the team would have moved on more than it did. 'Instead, from the first race, Leclerc had the attitude of I am going to show that I am the boss and Vettel is the past. I am...
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