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🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc

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Racing driver from Monaco. Formula 1, Ferrari. Two-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Charles Leclerc
Born
16 October 1997(b. 1997)
Nationality
Monaco
Current team
Ferrari
Series
Formula 1
Status
Active
Championships
22016, 2017
Career wins
23
Career podiums
90
Career starts
261
Career DNFs
30
Racer Rating
8,665
Charles Leclerc
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
8,665
Rank 4 of 38,983 indexed, +19 this season
FIA Categorisation
Platinum
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Charles Leclerc is a racing driver from Monaco who competes in Formula 1 for Ferrari. Leclerc is a two-time champion (2016, 2017), with 23 wins and 90 podiums from 261 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 8,665 ranks Leclerc fourth of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFITAAZESINUSAMEXBRAUSAQATUAEAUSCHNJPNUSACANMONESPAUTGBRBELHUN
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-07-26HungaroringFormula 1P4+34
2026-07-19Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsFormula 1P2+66
2026-07-05Silverstone CircuitFormula 1P1+84
2026-06-28Red Bull RingFormula 1P8−16
2026-06-14Circuit de Barcelona-CatalunyaFormula 1P15−122
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+142Bahrain International Circuit 2019Formula 1P3
+131Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2019Formula 1P1
+126Red Bull Ring 2019Formula 1P2
+125Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 2019Formula 1P3
+124Nurburgring 2014Formula Renault EurocupP2
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Silverstone7 starts+27
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez7 starts+26
Marina Bay Street Circuit6 starts+23
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza8 starts+22
Struggles
Autódromo José Carlos Pace7 starts-45
Circuit de Monaco8 starts-40
Spa-Francorchamps9 starts-33
Circuit Paul Ricard4 starts-32
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸Formula 1Ferrari111410117P4+198,665
2025▸Formula 1Ferrari240731225P5−3668,646
2024▸Formula 1Ferrari2431313327P3+7219,013
2023▸Formula 1Ferrari220645185P5−3598,291
2022▸Formula 1Ferrari2231139291P2+6058,651
2021▸Formula 1Ferrari220122159P7+2998,045
2020▸Formula 1Ferrari17024098P7−4167,764
2019▸Formula 1Ferrari2121027264P4+1,3128,162
2018▸Formula 1Sauber21006039P13+907,715
2017▸Formula 2Prema Racing22710480P1+3036,736
2016▸GP3 SeriesART Grand Prix1538040P1+2286,724
2015▸FIA Formula 3 EuropeanVan Amersfoort Racing31413030P4↑350+1,0616,327
▸Formula 3 MacauVan Amersfoort Racing202000—+145
2014▸Formula Renault EurocupFortec Motorsports603000P10↑1,236+2506,197
2012▸SKUSA SuperNationals100000—+1,8393,189
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Leclerc finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇨🇦 Lance StrollFIA Platinum5,9922101605076%
🇹🇭 Alexander AlbonFIA Platinum6,5052071565175%
🇬🇧 George RussellFIA Platinum8,7611931256865%
🇳🇱 Max VerstappenFIA Platinum8,7241844913527%
🇫🇷 Pierre GaslyFIA Platinum7,0181841374774%
🇬🇧 Lewis HamiltonFIA Platinum8,6381837211139%
🇪🇸 Carlos SainzFIA Platinum7,0041831107360%
🇬🇧 Lando NorrisFIA Platinum8,775165947157%
🇫🇷 Esteban OconFIA Platinum6,8201621184473%
🇫🇮 Valtteri BottasFIA Platinum5,799160897156%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
1🇬🇧 Lando NorrisFormula 18,775
2🇬🇧 George RussellFormula 18,761
3🇳🇱 Max VerstappenFormula 18,724
4🇲🇨 Charles LeclercFormula 18,665
5🇬🇧 Lewis HamiltonFormula 18,638
6🇦🇺 Oscar PiastriFormula 18,457
7🇮🇹 Andrea Kimi AntonelliFormula 18,098
8🇩🇪 Nico RosbergFormula 17,900
9🇯🇵 Alex PalouIndyCar7,659
10🇫🇷 Isack HadjarFormula 17,437
11🇺🇸 Denny HamlinNASCAR Cup Series7,381
12🇳🇿 Liam LawsonFormula 17,300
13🇺🇸 Ryan BlaneyNASCAR Cup Series7,083
14🇲🇽 Pato O'WardIndyCar7,024
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Charles Leclerc is a generational professional competing in Formula 1 for Ferrari, the Monégasque driver rated 8,672 and ranked fourth among active drivers on the sport's Elo scale. His career spans 14 seasons from 2012 to the present, moving through the junior single-seaters into grand prix racing where he has remained since 2018. He holds FIA Platinum grading, the highest classification in endurance and sportscar racing.[1]

Leclerc won the 2017 Formula 2 championship with Prema Racing and the 2016 GP3 Series title with ART Grand Prix en route to Formula 1. In the senior category he has taken nine wins across nine seasons, reaching second place in the 2022 World Drivers' Championship. His 54 podiums in 184 Formula 1 starts place him among the grid's consistent front-runners; his record in the junior championships showed similar strength, with 13 podiums in 31 FIA Formula 3 European starts and 10 in 22 Formula 2 races. Earlier progression through Formula Renault Eurocup and the Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix established him as a driver capable of winning at every level.[2]

Among his regular Formula 1 opponents are Alexander Albon, an elite professional with 140 grand prix starts, and George Russell, a generational driver who won the 2018 Formula 2 championship and holds the 2014 GB3 and 2017 GP3 Series titles. Leclerc has typically finished ahead of both across multiple seasons. He has also competed with Lando Norris, a generational professional who claimed the 2025 Formula 1 title after earlier championships in the 2017 FIA Formula 3 European, 2016 Formula Renault Eurcup and 2015 British F4; the pair have raced each other 81 times with Leclerc more often ahead.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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