Charles Leclerc became the second-youngest driver to qualify on pole position in Formula One at the 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix.
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Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc is a Monégasque racing driver, currently racing in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari. He was born 16 October 1997 to father Hervé Leclerc and mother Pascale, Leclerc grew up as the second oldest alongside two other siblings; a younger brother, Arthur, and an older brother, Lorenzo. His grandfather was Charles Manni, founder of Mecaplast. Throughout his childhood and early career, Leclerc maintained a close relationship with the late Jules Bianchi, to whom he was a godson. His father, Hervé, also raced cars, driving in Formula 3 in the 1980s and 1990s. He died after a long illness, aged 54.
Leclerc won the GP3 Series championship in 2016 and the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2017. Leclerc 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 Pole Trophy in the 2019 season, becoming the youngest driver to win it. In 2020, Leclerc also became a model for Giorgio Armani.
Leclerc began his karting career in 2005, winning the French PACA Championship in 2005, 2006, and 2008. In 2009 he became French Cadet champion before moving up to the KF3 class in 2010, where he won the Junior Monaco Kart Cup. He continued in the KF3 class for 2011, winning the CIK-FIA KF3 World Cup, the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy and the ERDF Junior Kart Masters. In 2014, Leclerc graduated to single-seaters, racing in the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship for British team Fortec Motorsports. During the season, he took seven podium positions, including a double victory at Monza, to finish runner-up in the championship behind Koiranen GPs Nyck de Vries.
The week following his victory in the GP3 title race, Charles Leclerc was confirmed to be graduating to the Formula 2 series for the 2017 season with Prema Racing. He made his debut at Bahrain, where he took pole position for the feature race, but only finished third in the sprint race, his Prema team chose to take a mid-race pit stop, which is very uncommon in the shorter sprint races. He pushed harder on his medium Pirelli tyres, creating a nine-second lead before pitting. But Leclerc overtook 13 cars and took victory by overtaking Luca Ghiotto on the final lap to win again in the Catalunya feature race, despite a radio issue. He claimed the FIA Formula 2 championship in his rookie season in the main F1 feeder series.
In 2016, Leclerc joined the Ferrari Driver Academy and he acted as development driver for Haas F1 Team and Scuderia Ferrari. As part of his role as development driver, Leclerc participated in the first practice session of the British and German Grands Prix driving for Haas. 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. At the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, a sixth-place finish saw him become the second Monégasque driver to score points in Formula One after Louis Chiron.
Lecler 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 Pole Trophy in the 2019 season, becoming the youngest driver to win it.
He won the FIA Formula 2 championship in his rookie season in the main F1 feeder series. In claiming the championship, Leclerc became the youngest ever champion of the main support series for Formula 1 at 19 years, 356 days old, and the first driver since Nico Hülkenberg in 2009 to win the championship in their rookie season (a feat which only Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton have previously accomplished) and is the only driver to claim a championship with the Dallara GP2/11 chassis in their rookie season.
| Races | 85 |
| Wins | 4 |
| Poles | 11 |
| Podiums | 16 |
| Points | 646 |
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Leclerc wanted number 7, but it was taken, then he wanted number 10, but it was also taken, and so he finally ended up with number #16 because 1 plus 6 equals 7 and he was born on the 16th of October.
As of 2022, Leclerc’s net worth is rumored to be around $2 million, although this is set to rise significantly with his new contract with Ferrari set to pay him handsomely, and his various sponsorship deals likely to increase once he becomes involved in a serious world title challenge. Charles Leclecr’c salary is estimated to be $3,500,000 with Ferrari, and his overall net worth has seemed to take a 30% hike from last year.
The Ferrari driver is reportedly dating Charlotte Sine. Sine is reportedly a student of architecture and like Leclerc, she is also a Monegasque. They both have been dating since December 2019, and have publicly declared their relationship. As of now they don’t have any kids together. Moreover, she is also a social media model and influencer. And she also has promoted a jewelry brand SECRET TREASURE CHARMS on her Instagram bio, which apparently hints that she owns along with her sister. The 22-year-old Monegasque can speak French, English and Italian, and boasts a following of around 422K followers on Instagram.
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