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Leclerc, Charles

Leclerc, Charles

16 Monaco Leclerc, Charles 

Charles Leclerc is born in Monaco on th 16th of Oktober 1997 and started his carreer on the Karts. In 2010 Charles won the Monaco Kart Cup KF3 and the folowing year het won the Fia Academy Trophy and World Cup KF3 Championship. In 2012 he switched to KF2 and won the WSK Euro Series. 2013 also became a succes as het became the KZ2 winner of the Lonato Cup. At the end of the season he finished the championship second behind Dutchman Max Verstappen. In 2014 the switch was made to Formula Renault 2.0 where he was again second in the championship.

In 2016 Leclerc was signed for the Ferrari Junior program where he saw some action in the friday training sessions of the Formula One and in 2017 he entered the F2 championship driving for Krema Racing dominated the field and grabbing the championship with both hands. He now drives the 2018 Formula One season for the team of Sauber whilst remaining in the Ferrari program.