Charles Leclerc
Monegasque racing driver · Monaco · On the map · Athletes · Born 1997 · age 29
The Monégasque prodigy who broke Ferrari's nine-year home drought at Monza in 2019 and then waited five more years to win his own Grand Prix de Monaco - the first driver from the principality to do it since 1931. He holds 27 pole positions without a world title, more than anyone in history.
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Leclerc (left) with his mother, Pascale, after winning the 2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship
Leclerc progressed to FIA European Formula 3 in 2015, winning several races and finishing second at the Macau Grand Prix.
Leclerc (pictured at Monza) graduated to FIA Formula 2 with Prema in 2017.
Leclerc dominated F2 in his rookie season, taking a joint-record seven victories and clinching the championship in Jerez, aged 19.
Leclerc (left) joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2016, completing four free practice sessions with Haas.
Leclerc completed four sessions with Sauber in 2017, as well as the mid-season test with Ferrari.
Leclerc (pictured at the Chinese Grand Prix) debuted in Formula One with Sauber in 2018.About this person
Born in Monte Carlo in 1997, Leclerc started karting at seven and took the junior World Cup in 2011. He tore through the junior ladder - Formula Renault runner-up, fourth in his rookie European F3 season, GP3 champion in 2016, then the inaugural FIA Formula 2 title in 2017 as a rookie, breaking records along the way. Ferrari's academy placed him at Sauber for 2018; by 2019 he was in the red car alongside Sebastian Vettel. At Bahrain he became the second-youngest polesitter ever, then won in Belgium and ended Ferrari's Italian Grand Prix drought at Monza, earning the nickname "il Predestinato" from the tifosi. Two winless years followed before 2022 brought multiple victories and a runner-up finish to Max Verstappen in the championship. In 2024 he finally won Monaco, the first Monégasque to do it in 93 years, then added Italy and the United States. Partnered by Lewis Hamilton from 2025, he took Britain in 2026 under new regulations and remains contracted to Ferrari through 2028.
