The Monegasque began is karting career in 2005 and quickly climbed the French national series to KF2 with ART Grand Prix in 2012 when he claimed the WSK Euro Series title as well as becoming CIK-FIA European KF2 championship runner-up and CIK-FIA under-18 world champion.
After a final year of karting in the CIK-FIA World KZ championship, Leclerc moved up to single-seater racing in Formula Renault 2.0 and finished runner-up in his rookie year to Nyck de Vries. In just his second season of single-seaters Leclerc quickly reached the sharp-end of the Euro F3 and won his maiden race in just his third start.
Despite being a firm title contender over the first half of the season Leclerc’s form dropped off over the closing rounds to see him finish fourth place in the overall drivers’ championship but he did hold on to the rookies’ title.
In 2016, Leclerc switched into the GP3 Series to re-join former squad ART Grand Prix and stormed to the title in his rookie year. In the same year Leclerc also joined the Ferrari Driver Academy and was named a development driver for both Haas F1 and Ferrari – taking part in four F1 free practice sessions for the US squad.
Leclerc continued his meteoric rise up the junior ranks as GP3 Series champion by winning the FIA Formula 2 title in his maiden year for Prema Powerteam with a round to spare. The Monegasque also enjoyed four further F1 practice outings and tests with Sauber.
Leclerc’s work with Sauber, coupled with Alfa Romeo’s new technical and title sponsor deal with the Swiss team, saw him land a full-time F1 drive for 2018 for the new-look Alfa Romeo Sauber team.
