In Ferrari confirmed: if it is necessary, the priority will be given to Sebastian Vettel before Charles Leclair - even at the beginning of the season.
Historically in Ferrari team never hesitated to apply the team tactics. Sebastian Vettel during the last seasons sometimes - though not always - had more favorable strategy in races in comparison with his workmate Kimi Räikkönen.
In the 2018th Ferrari it appeared on criticism fire - against the background of, on the one hand, strong chagrin of Räikkönen of indistinct and muffled instructions from the command bridge on the Grand Prix of Germany, and with another - against the background of permission to the Finn to struggle with Vettel on start in Monza though at that moment the destiny of the title still was finally not decided.
Used such policy of Ferrari against the background of strict hierarchy in Mercedes where Valtteri Bottas passed Lewis Hamilton after prosby teams.
From the 2019th instead of Räikkönen on prize-winning will be driving the race car of Ferrari there is Charles Leclair. Many consider that Leclair will make to Vettel more serious competition, than Kimi Räikkönen.
The new head of Ferrari Mattia Binotto confirmed that Vettel has more chances to become the first number of Scuderia at the beginning of the season-2019, than the beginner of team Leclair.
Binotto said to journalists: "I consider, it is normal, especially at the beginning of the season that in special situations Sebastian Vettel's lift will become our priority.
He is that with whom we want to win the championship idelay on it against the main rate.
But we have no prejudices at all. The primary purpose of Ferrari is to win both personal event, and the Constructors championship".
Vettel and Räikkönen perfectly got on among themselves both on the track, and beyond its limits. At the same time Binotto very much to nadeeetsya that emergence in Leclair's team won't lead to emergence of the conflicts in team.
"The fact that we have such highly competitive couple of pilots - not the problem, but the opportunity.
Sebastian has nothing to prove. He remains our leading racer. Charles still needs to study as he emphasizes it in all the interviews. But all of us know as far as he is talented.
Anyway, I hope that I will have the pleasant problem when it is necessary to operate two racers who battle for top positions of the protocol".
Leclair said last year more than once that he will try to fight for the title during the first season with Ferrari if it allows it the car.
But, answering the question of journalists that he thinks now about it, Charles told: "I don't think of the championship. I a lot what should make.
I have very good reference point acting through Sebastian. Now I don't want at anything to aim, and I want to do the work just well.
Let's look what from this will turn out".