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F1 rookie Leclerc steps up to the big time

Charles Leclerc will have two men in mind, their memories living on as a source of strength and support, when he makes his Formula One race debut for Sauber in Australia next week. The 20-year-old rising star from Monaco lost his father Herve in June last year, before the Ferrari protege wrapped up the Formula Two title as the youngest champion in that feeder series. Until then it was Jules Bianchi, his godfather and family friend, whose memory he had carried with him in every race. The popular Frenchman died in Nice hospital in 2015 after suffering severe head injuries when his Marussia car crashed into a recovery tractor during the previous year's Japanese Grand Prix. "I was racing...
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