Motor racing - Leclerc braced for emotional weekend on Japanese GP debut


Formula One F1 - Japanese Grand Prix - Suzuka Circuit, Japan - October 4, 2018. Sauber's Charles Leclerc in the paddock area. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) - Formula One rookie Charles Leclerc will have mixed emotions when he makes his Japanese Grand Prix debut this weekend at a circuit with tragic memories.

While the Sauber driver looks forward to lapping the fast and sweeping Suzuka layout, a favourite on the calendar, memories of his boyhood friend Jules Bianchi will not be far away.

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