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Brundle: Raikkonen move hurts young talent

Martin Brundle has said he finds Kimi Raikkonen's move to Sauber 'a bit surprising' and feels it damages young drivers trying to progress in Formula 1. Rumours of retirement were put firmly to bed after the Finn confirmed he would be rejoining his first team, Sauber, on a two-year contract at the end of the 2018 season. And while 20-year-old Charles Leclerc is moving in the opposite direction to the Scuderia, Brundle believes Raikkonen is preventing other young talent emerging with a deal that will still see him racing when he is 41 years old. 'There is a bit of a changing of the guard going on in Formula 1,' Brundle told Sky Sports News. 'The [Leclerc] move makes sense. It energises...
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