Drivers
Charles Leclerc
- Team Ferrari
- Date of birth 16/10/1997
- Place of birth Monte Carlo, Monaco
- Debut Australia, 2018 (Alfa Romeo)
For the seven seasons, he’s driven – mostly superbly – for a team that has its world championship drought-breaker in place, but hasn’t provided him with the equipment to do something about it. Leclerc does well to temper his frustrations, at least some of the time.
A pole to win conversion stat of less than 30 per cent does no justice to the 28-year-old’s talent, and if he’s ever in a car with even a sniff of something special, he could make the difference.
Could the 2026 rule reset be the answer? “It’s now or never … by race six or seven, we’ll have a good idea of who are the teams that will dominating for the four years after,” Leclerc said.
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