Charles Leclerc

 Charles Leclerc

Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc or usually called Charles Leclerc Is a Monégasque racing driver. Charles Leclerc was born on 16 October 1997, Monaco.

Born to father Hervé Leclerc and mother Pascale, Leclerc grew up the middle child between older brother, Lorenzo and younger brother, Arthur. Throughout his childhood and early career, Leclerc maintained a close relationship with the late Jules Bianchi. 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. Leclerc's brother Arthur currently races in Formula 2

Leclerc is trilingual, being fluent in French, Italian, and English. Although the French pronunciation of his name uses silent final consonants.

His Career

In 2016, Leclerc joined the Ferrari Driver Academy and he acted as development driver for Haas F1 Team and Scuderia Ferrari.

In 2017, he took part in the mid-season Hungaroring  test following the Hungarian Grand Prix, driving the Ferrari SF70H. He was the fastest on the first day of the test.

For the 2018 Formula One World Championship, Leclerc signed for the Sauber F1 Team as a race driver, replacing Pascal Wehrlein and Marcus Ericsson.

Scuderia Ferrari signed Leclerc for the 2019 season, replacing 2007 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen, who took his place at Sauber.

Leclerc qualified seventh for the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix. The team struggled for pace in the race but due to the chaotic nature of the race recovered to finish second with Leclerc pulling off crucial overtaking manoeuvres on fresh tyres after the final restart.

At the beginning of 2021 season, Leclerc extended his contract with Ferrari until the end of 2024. Leclerc had a new teammate at Ferrari for 2021 with Carlos Sainz Jr. replacing Sebastian Vettel, who signed for Aston Martin.

At 2022 Season Leclerc took pole in the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix, his tenth career F1 pole. He won the Grand Prix, his and Ferrari's first Formula 1 victory since 2019, battling closely with Red bull driver Max Verstappen throughout the race.