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JV: Leclerc's attitude damaged Ferrari

Jacques Villeneuve believes Charles Leclerc's determination to prove he's the future of Ferrari, and not Sebastian Vettel, hurt the Scuderia in this year's campaign. Leclerc joined Ferrari ahead of the 2019 season with the Italian stable insisting that Vettel would be the 'priority' driver. It, however, took Leclerc all of two races to defy Ferrari team orders as he overtook Vettel in Bahrain despite being told to 'stay' behind his team-mate. As the season progressed Ferrari fell apart, not winning a single race before the summer break. They added three after it but it was too little too late for the Italian stable. Villeneuve believes the blame for that rests largely with Leclerc....
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