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Prema team manager Rene Rosin says that there will be no more sense in Formula 1 if Charles Leclerc does not get signed to a seat for 2018. Currently, the Ferrari junior driver is dominating the Formula 2 championship and has been unmatched all year.
Many are linking the 19-year-old to take up a seat with Sauber for 2018, who recently signed a multi year deal to run with Ferrari power. Leclerc won the GP3 championship in 2016 before graduating to Formula 2. Rosin also stated that former GP2 drivers Antonio Giovinazzi and Pierre Gasly should have places in F1.
"Drivers like Antonio, like Pierre, like Charles should be in Formula 1 because they fully deserve it," Rosin told Autosport. "How Charles is managing everything this year is something really incredible so he really deserves a chance. I think that they have to put him in the car, otherwise what's the sense of the junior formulas?
"What's the sense of Formula 1 either if we are not able to promote the best drivers to the field? Stoffel Vandoorne now is in Formula 1, but also in the beginning he was parked in Super Formula. If these drivers are not able to get into Formula 1, what is the sense in having Formula 2, Formula 3 and Formula 4 - these kids are all dreaming of F1, and if they're not able to do that there's no sense in it."
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There are a few drivers that should just leave Formula 1 and make room for exciting talent. That list should at least include the following:
Massa, Raikkonen, Palmer, Ericsson, Kviat