Leclerc will join Sebastian Vettel in 2019, Leclerc is a Ferrari Driver Academy graduate and will become the first product of the programme to drive for the Italian team in F1. He will also be the second-youngest driver in history to race for Ferrari, older only than Ricardo Rodriguez.
Meanwhile, Räikkönen who made his debut in F1 with Sauber in 2001, before joining McLaren the following season, and will return to the Swiss team next season in what is expected to be a straight swap with Leclerc.
No word who would be Räikkönen team-mate next season at Sauber, either it would be likely be current Sauber driver Marcus Ericsson to complete a Scandinavian line up next season or Ferrari reserve driver Antonio Giovinazzi, who already driven for the team last season replacing the injured Pascal Wehrlein for the first two rounds.
Overall, happy for Charles Leclerc, rumoured since the Austrian Grand Prix that Leclerc has got the drive for next season, despite some rumours that Räikkönen has already signed for another season at Ferrari.
However, quite surprise that Kimi Räikkönen has signed for Sauber next season, let alone signed a two-year deal. I though it would be the best time for Räikkönen to leave Formula 1 if his contract wasn't renewed at Ferrari. I am guessing that he has unfinished business at the team where he started his F1 career.
Its great news for Ferrari as they have got a talented Grand Prix driver in Charles Leclerc. As for Sauber, they have got a driver in Kimi Räikkönen that might move the team forward with his knowledge and experience, seventeen years after he left the team.
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