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Kimi Raikkonen to leave Ferrari, join Sauber in 2019

Kimi Raikkonen will leave Ferrari at the end of the 2018 season and return to the Sauber team he started his Formula One career with.

On Tuesday, Ferrari confirmed Raikkonen's deparutre from the team, which paves the way for the promotion of junior driver Charles Leclerc, who made his debut with Sauber this year. Raikkonen will go in the other direction, confirming immediately after the news broke on Instagram of his next move.

Guess who's back?! Next two years with @sauberf1team ahead! Feels extremely good to go back where it all began!