Scuderia Ferrari is happy to announce that it has prolonged its contract with Charles Leclerc, who will proceed to drive for the Italian workforce within the Formulation 1 World Championship past the 2024 season.
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A product of the Academy. Charles’ affiliation with the Maranello marque goes again to earlier than his time in Formulation 1, as he joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2016. After a dominant efficiency within the 2017 Formulation 2 championship, the Monegasque then spent a 12 months studying his commerce at Sauber earlier than first racing with the Scuderia in 2019. That 12 months, he grew to become the youngest driver within the Scuderia’s historical past to win a Grand Prix, with a victory on the iconic Spa-Francorchamps circuit, a feat he repeated one week later in Monza in entrance of an ecstatic crowd. In 2022, he received three Grands Prix on his solution to ending second within the Drivers’ standings.
Identified for his distinctive talents over a qualifying lap, at simply 26 years of age, he’s already second within the listing of drivers who’ve secured pole place on the wheel of a Ferrari, equal on 23 with Niki Lauda, with solely the legendary Michael Schumacher forward on 58. Throughout his time with the Scuderia, he has participated in 103 races, completed on the rostrum 30 instances, set seven quickest race laps and scored 1035 factors.
Fred Vasseur, Staff Principal
Charles’ bond to the Scuderia goes past that of only a driver and a workforce, as he has been a part of the Ferrari household for eight years now, courting again to a time earlier than he first sported the Prancing Horse emblem on his race go well with. His values and people of our workforce are intertwined, so it was pure for us to agree on extending our collaboration. We all know him for his fixed want to push himself to the restrict, and we admire his extraordinary talents in combating and overtaking in a race. We’re decided to offer Charles a successful profession, and I do know that his willpower and dedication could make a distinction in serving to us attain our targets.
Charles Leclerc, Driver automobile #16
I’m glad to know that I’ll put on the Scuderia Ferrari race go well with for a number of extra seasons. To race for this workforce has been my dream since I used to be three years outdated: I used to observe the Monaco Grand Prix from the window of a buddy’s condominium at Ste. Dedicate Nook and I might all the time look out for the crimson automobiles. This workforce is my second household ever since I joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2016, and now we have achieved so much collectively, combating by means of thick and skinny over the previous 5 years. Nonetheless, I consider the very best is but to return, and I can’t look forward to this season to start out making additional progress and being aggressive at each race. I dream of successful the World Championship with Ferrari, and I’m certain that within the years forward, we’ll get pleasure from nice instances collectively and make our followers glad.
