Senior Ferrari engineer Jock Clear is set to have a “strong influence” on Charles Leclerc during his maiden season with the Formula𝔉 1 team i🌃n 2019.

Leclerc will be promoted to Ferrari next season to partner four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel following a💃 stellar first campaign in F1 with Sauber.

Clear, who joined Ferrari from💫 its rival Mercedes ahead of the 2016 season, has held leading engineerinꦜg roles in F1 for over 20 years and has previously worked with world champions Jacques Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.

It is understood the 55-year-old will move into a key role wo🤡rking alongside Leclerc - possibly as his race engineer - when the Monegasque takes over from the departing Kimi Raikkonen, who in turn is re-joining Sauber.

When directly asked ahead of this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix if he would become Leclerc’s race engineer, Clear replied: “It's not all finalised but at the mome♐nt, yes, I will have a strong influence on his side of the garage.

“Whether that is the job ti𝓀tle or not, we'll finally decide upon but certainly I will taking closer attention to hi🌼m than maybe I would have done on Kimi or Seb up until now.”

Leclerc has impressed in his maiden F1 season, scoring points in seven races so far thi🍌s year, while he has also made a number of Q3 appearances for the revitalised Sauber sqౠuad.

The 21-year-old’s performances have resulte𒁏d in him being tipped for instant success at the Scuderia, though Ferrari has repeatedly lowerܫed expectations.

Clear believes his experience will help prepare Lecler😼c for ꧅the step up to potentially race-and-championship winning machinery.

“I’ve recently made a long-term commitment to the team, an♏d as such, I will use my skillset wherever we feel that’s best,” Clear e✅xplained.

“I have a lot of experience with young drivers and a lot of experience with experienced drivers as well,” he add𒆙ed.

“With Charles coming in, I will help in any way I can to make his life easier, to ease some of the pressure and to make sure that we🐲 get the best out of Charles and out o𒆙f the team as a whole over the next few years.”