Arthur Leclerc (born 14 October 2000) is a Monégasque racing driver, currently set to race for

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in the

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. He is the younger brother of

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driver

Charles Leclerc Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc (; born 16 October 1997) is a Monégasque racing driver, currently racing in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari. He won the GP3 Series championship in 2016 and the FIA Formula 2 Championship in . Leclerc ma ...

, and a member of

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. He most recently competed in the

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with

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. He is runner-up during the 2020 Formula Regional European Championship and the 2022 Formula Regional Asian champion.

Career

Karting

Leclerc won the Kart Racing Academy championship in 2014.

French F4

In 2018, Leclerc raced in the

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. He finished fifth in the championship with two race wins.

Formula E

Leclerc was a development driver in

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during the 2017–18 Formula E season for

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. By doing so, he was given access to Venturi's simulators and personal development systems. Leclerc was retained for the 2018–19 Formula E season. Leclerc did his first public test for Venturi at the 2019 Formula E Rookie Test at the

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. For the 2019–20 Formula E season Venturi announced Leclerc as their test driver for the season.

ADAC Formula 4

Leclerc competed in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship in 2019 for US Racing-CHRS outfit. Leclerc finished third overall with one race win and eight podiums.

Formula Regional European Championship

FRegional 2020 - Leclerc, Le Castellet (cropped)

Leclerc joined the

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for

Prema Powerteam Prema Powerteam (competing as Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, the FIA Formula 3 Championship and European Le Mans Series and as Prema Orlen Team in the FIA World Endurance Championship) is a motorsport team from Italy. It mainly ...

alongside

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Gianluca Petecof Gianluca de Castro Petecof (born 14 November 2002) is a Brazilian racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 101 Toyota Corolla E210 for Full Time Sports. He was champion of the Formul ...

and W Series champion

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, in his first year as a Ferrari junior. He started the season with a pole position hat-trick at the Misano round, taking victory in the second race. Leclerc won again in the first and third races at

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, and he took the lead of the championship in

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by winning all three races of the round. However, he would lose the lead to teammate Petecof by finishing third, ninth and sixth at the

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. Subsequently, both Leclerc and Petecof failed to win any races throughout the remainder of the season. In the final round at

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the Monegasque driver scored eight points in the first race with a sixth place, but he lost the championship to Petecof after he spun in the final race under wet conditions. On his mental mistake that costed him the title, Leclerc felt "disappointed" and had "no words". Leclerc ended the season in second with 343 points and six victories.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2021

In 2021 Leclerc was partnered with

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and

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member

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in the

. He also competed in the 2021 Virtual Grand Prix Championship for

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, his brother's real-world team. Following an extremely difficult round in

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, Leclerc sprinted to his maiden F3 victory during the second sprint race in

2022

Leclerc was retained by Prema for the 2022 season, partnering fellow

member

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and Red Bull academy's

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. During pre-season, prior to his main campaign, he took part in the

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with

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, winning the championship. Leclerc started his F3 season out strongly, finishing second in the sprint race in

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. Points finishes followed in

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and

, before Leclerc took victory in the main race at

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, having overtaken

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in the early stages of the race. Two fourth-placed finishes at the

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continued Leclerc's championship push, however a disappointing round in

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, where Leclerc crashed into teammate Crawford on the final lap of the sprint race, proved costly, with the Monégasque driver losing vital points to his title rivals. Following the summer break, three successive non-points results left Leclerc going into the season finale as a title outsider, and despite scoring points in both races at

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, Leclerc was unable to bridge the gap, ending up sixth in the drivers' standings.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

Following the F2 Yas Marina season finale, Leclerc was announced to be stepping up to Formula 2 with

for the 2023 season.

Formula One

In 2019, Leclerc was signed to the

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as part of his move to the ADAC Formula 4 Championship. The following year, he was made a member of the

Personal life

Leclerc has two older brothers, Lorenzo and

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, the latter of which currently races in Formula One for Ferrari.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

^† As Leclerc was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete French F4 Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) * Season still in progress.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Leclerc, Arthur 2000 births Living people ADAC Formula 4 drivers French F4 Championship drivers Monegasque racing drivers People from Monte Carlo Formula Regional Asian Championship drivers Formula Regional European Championship drivers FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers Auto Sport Academy drivers Charouz Racing System drivers Prema Powerteam drivers US Racing drivers DAMS drivers