Charles Leclerc

Charles Leclerc
Leclerc in 2020
Born
Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc

(1997-10-16) 16 October 1997 (age 26)
Monte Carlo, Monaco
RelativesArthur Leclerc (brother)
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityMonaco Monégasque
2024 teamFerrari[1]
Car number16
Entries131 (129 starts)
Championships0
Wins5
Podiums33
Career points1172
Pole positions23
Fastest laps9
First entry2018 Australian Grand Prix
First win2019 Belgian Grand Prix
Last win2022 Austrian Grand Prix
Last entry2024 Miami Grand Prix
2023 position5th (206 pts)
WebsiteOfficial website
Previous series
2017
2016
2015
2014
2014
FIA Formula 2 Championship
GP3 Series
European Formula 3 Championship
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps
Championship titles
2017
2016
FIA Formula 2 Championship
GP3 Series
Awards
2023
2019, 2022
2017–2018
2017–2018
Overtake of the Year
FIA Pole Trophy
FIA Rookie of the Year
Autosport Rookie of the Year
Signature

Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc[2] (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl ləklɛʁ]; born 16 October 1997) is a Monégasque racing driver, currently racing in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari. He won the GP3 Series championship in 2016 and the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2017.

Leclerc made his Formula One debut in 2018 for Sauber, a team affiliated with Ferrari, for which he was part of the Ferrari Driver Academy. With Sauber having finished last the year before, Leclerc led the charge to improve its finishing position in the Constructors' Championship to eighth, and was the higher ranked of the two Sauber drivers. He joined Ferrari the next season and became the second-youngest driver to qualify on pole position in Formula One at the 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix. The 2019 season also saw Leclerc take his first career win in Belgium. He won the FIA Pole Trophy for most pole positions in the 2019 season, becoming the youngest driver to win it, before winning it again in 2022. Leclerc finished runner-up to Max Verstappen in the 2022 World Drivers' Championship.

Leclerc has won 5 races and attained 23 pole positions in Formula One. He scored the first grand slam of his career at the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. Leclerc is set to remain at Ferrari until at least the end of the 2026 season.[3]

  1. ^ Elizalde, Pablo (23 December 2019). "Charles Leclerc's Ferrari F1 deal extended until end of 2024 season". Autosport. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  2. ^ "TIL that Leclerc's full name is Charles Marc Hervé Percival Leclerc". streamable.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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