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Vasseur: Leclerc ‘under pressure' against Hamilton

Sauber boss Frederic Vasseur believes that his current driver, and future Ferrari man, Charles Leclerc will face huge pressure next year. The Monegasque driver is replacing Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari for 2019, and will be constantly up against five-time World Champion, Lewis Hamilton. His current boss does not think that the comparisons between the two are fair, though, as their F1 careers started out differently. 'I don’t compare Charles [Leclerc] today with people such as Lewis [Hamilton],' Vasseur said. 'First of all, Lewis was more than ten years ago and he drove for McLaren, and they were a title contender, so there was a big aspect of differences at the same stage, with Lewis. 'When...
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