Vettel and Leclerc get seat fitting in new Ferrari

Vettel at Maranello

Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc were at Maranello today where they underwent a seat fitting for the Ferrari Project 670, the Italian teams 2019 Formula 1 challenger will be revealed online on 15th February before testing begins in Barcelona on the 18th.

The Scuderia reported on their website:

“This morning, Sebastian Vettel came to the Gestione Sportiva for a seat fitting in the 2019 Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow car. The German, who has won 13 races in Maranello colors, making him the third most successful Ferrari driver after Michael Schumacher and Niki Lauda, thus sat, for the first time, in the car with which he will tackle the world championship, that gets underway on 17 March with the Australian Grand Prix.

Charles Leclerc

“With the team. Just as Charles Leclerc did on Thursday, Sebastian met with Team Principal and Managing Director, Mattia Binotto, as well the engineers, with whom he had preliminary talks about the upcoming season, prior to the test sessions that get the track action underway in Barcelona from 18 to 21 February and again from 26 February to 1 March.

“Seven days to launch. Exactly a week to go now until the launch of this year’s Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow car. The event will take place in Maranello on Friday 15, at 10.45 CET and the entire launch will be live streamed on the Ferrari website, while the key moments of the unveiling will also be available on the Scuderia’s social media platforms."

While he was at the Gestione Sportiva, Charles took the opportunity to meet Director and Team Principal, Mattia Binotto and say hello to the rest of the team, with whom he will work for the first time at the forthcoming Barcelona test from 18 to 21 February. Leclerc will be the first driver from Monaco to race in Formula 1 for Scuderia Ferrari.