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Tragedy and team orders - Leclerc's journey to the top with Ferrari

Charles Leclerc knew he wanted to be a Formula 1 driver by the time he was four years old. He grew up in Monaco, home of the most famous grand prix of all, and he says his first memory of the race is playing with toy cars at a friend's apartment on the exit of the first corner, watching the grand prix at the same time, "dreaming of being there one day". The car he dreamed about most was Michael Schumacher's Ferrari. And now, 17 years on, the dream has come true. Leclerc is driving his own F1 Ferrari, and doing a rather good job of it. While the headlines after last Sunday's British Grand Prix focused on Lewis Hamilton's record sixth victory at Silverstone, in many ways the...
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