Charles Leclerc says his aim is to unseat Max Verstappen and Red Bull at the pinnacle of F1 in this coming season with Ferrari – before Lewis Hamilton joins the Scuderia. Leclerc claimed his ‘only target’ was to dethrone Red Bull and praised the work of Ferrari’s development team ahead of next week’s car launch. I’m only happy when I win, second place is not my target,’ he said. Ferrari will unveil their next car on February 13 as they hope to end Red Bull’s streak of dominance. ‘So already there you start to get excited and then we get to drive the car for the first time around the launch, which will be next week, which again, I’m really looking forward to. ‘From now on, I’m just really excited to be next week and to be trying to the car more. Ferrari will hope to steal any advantage they can over Red Bull, who have been rocked by the allegations surrounding Horner.

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