Charles Leclerc

 

Charles Leclerc

 

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]

Personal life

Born to father Hervé Leclerc and mother Pascale Leclerc,[4] Leclerc grew up as the middle child between older brother Lorenzo and younger brother Arthur. His father also raced cars, driving in Formula 3 in the 1980s and 1990s. Hervé died after a long illness, aged 54, just four days before Leclerc would go on to win the feature race at the 2017 Baku Formula 2 round.[5][6] Leclerc's older brother Lorenzo was best friends with Jules Bianchi, who became Leclerc's godfather. Leclerc's younger brother Arthur raced in Formula 2 until the end of the 2023 season.

Leclerc is trilingual, being fluent in French, Italian, and English.[7] Although the French pronunciation of his name uses silent final consonants, he has stated that when speaking English he often uses the Anglicised pronunciation. He has said "he likes both", and that others using either pronunciation is acceptable to him.[8] Leclerc has described his religious stance as "[believing] in God, but [not someone] who would pray or go to church."[9]

 
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