RUMOUR: Leclerc and Raikkonen to swap seats after 2019!

After recent reports of Kimi Raikkonen making way for Charles Leclerc in 2020, it's now been reported that a swap deal could be on the cards for Raikkonen and Leclerc, bringing the Monegasque to Ferrari and the Ice Man to Sauber, the team where he made his F1-debut in 2001.

Grand Prix Diary conceived this rumour on Twitter. Where Sebastian Vettel and the Ferrari engineers would rather not see Leclerc coming to the team already in 2019, the late Sergio Marchionne really wanted the 20-year-old on board for next season. Who will get their wish?

Yesterday, the same source reported that Leclerc woúld get the Ferrari seat, but not until 2020. Raikkonen could stay in Maranello for one more year, and eventually make way for the 18-year-younger Leclerc.

This new proposal is rather surprising. It suggests that Leclerc would indeed make the switch to Ferrari at the end of 2019, but it would send Raikkonen the other way, to his old team Sauber. Is this something he would really want, given that he's said multiple times he wants to retire at Ferrari?

Apparently, both Vettel and Arrivabene are pushing for this solution. Sauber said to be keen on a straightforward Raikkonen/Leclerc swap at the end of the 2019 season. Seems to make sense. https://t.co/BmYrNcEUj6

— Grand Prix Diary (@GrandPrixDiary) 8 September 2018