Charles Leclerc will not be Ferrari’s number one driver in 2023 – team principal

Fred Vasseur (pictured) says Charles Leclerc will not get preferential treatment over Carlos Sainz (Ferrari Press Office/PA)

New Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has told Charles Leclerc he will not start the season as his number one driver.

Following Mattia Binotto’s resignation, Frenchman Vassuer, 54, has been charged with ending Ferrari’s championship drought which stretches back to Kimi Raikkonen’s title triumph in 2007.