Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc is a Monégasque racing driver. He currently races in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari, contracted until the end of the 2024 season.
He won the GP3 Series championship in 2016 and the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2017.
Are Charles Leclerc and Jules Bianchi related?
Charles Leclerc was born to Hervé Leclerc and Pascale Leclerc. He has two siblings; a younger brother named Arthur, and an older brother named Lorenzo.
His grandfather, Charles Manni, was the founder of Mecaplast which later became the Novares Group. The company is currently run by his uncle, Thierry Manni.
Throughout his childhood and during his early career, Leclerc maintained a close relationship with his late godfather Jules Bianchi.
Jules Bianchi was a French motor racing driver who drove for the Marussia F1 Team in the FIA Formula One World Championship.
Bianchi died on July 17, 2015, at the age of 25. After an accident during the Japanese Grand Prix, he suffered a diffuse axonal injury.
He underwent emergency surgery and was placed into an induced coma, and remained comatose till his death.
