Charles Leclerc | |
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.jpg) Leclerc in 2020 | |
| Born | Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc 16 October 1997 Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| Relatives | Arthur Leclerc (brother) |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Monégasque |
| 2024 team | Ferrari[1] |
| Car number | 16 |
| Entries | 143 (141 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 7 |
| Podiums | 39 |
| Career points | 1319 |
| Pole positions | 26 |
| Fastest laps | 9 |
| First entry | 2018 Australian Grand Prix |
| First win | 2019 Belgian Grand Prix |
| Last win | 2024 Italian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2024 Singapore Grand Prix |
| 2023 position | 5th (206 pts) |
| Website | Official 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 2020 2017–2018 2017–2018 | Overtake of the Year FIA Pole Trophy Lorenzo Bandini Trophy FIA Rookie of the Year Autosport Rookie of the Year |
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Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc[2] (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl ləklɛʁ]; born 16 October 1997) is a Monégasque racing driver, currently competing in Formula One for Ferrari.
After a successful karting career—culminating in his victory at the junior direct-drive Karting World Cup in 2011—Leclerc graduated to junior formulae. He won his first championship at the 2016 GP3 Series with ART Grand Prix. Leclerc then won the inaugural FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2017 with Prema Racing, becoming the fourth driver to win the GP2/Formula 2 championship in their rookie season.
Leclerc made his Formula One debut in 2018 with Sauber as part of the Ferrari Driver Academy, leading their Constructors' Championship charge from last the year prior to eighth, scoring 81% of their tally from 10 points finishes. He joined Ferrari for the 2019 season to partner Sebastian Vettel, and became the second-youngest driver to qualify on pole position in Formula One at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Leclerc took his maiden career win in Belgium, and ended Ferrari's record nine-year drought at the Italian Grand Prix. After winless seasons for Ferrari in 2020 and 2021, Leclerc finished runner-up to Max Verstappen in the 2022 World Drivers' Championship. In 2024, Leclerc won the Monaco Grand Prix, becoming the first Monégasque driver to win the race in 93 years.
As of the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix, Leclerc has achieved seven race wins, 26 pole positions, nine fastest laps and 39 podiums 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
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