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Arthur Leclerc
Leclerc in 2022
NationalityMonaco Monégasque
Born (2000-10-14) 14 October 2000 (age 23)
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Related toCharles Leclerc (brother)
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2021
Current teamPrema Racing
Car number4
Starts38 (39 entries)
Wins3
Podiums5
Poles1
Fastest laps3
Best finish6th in 2022
Previous series
2020
2019
2018		FR European Championship
ADAC Formula 4
French F4 Championship
Championship titles
2022FR Asian Championship

Arthur Leclerc (born 14 October 2000) is a Monégasque racing driver, currently set to race for DAMS in the 2023 Formula 2 Championship. He is the younger brother of Scuderia Ferrari Formula One driver Charles Leclerc, and a member of Ferrari Driver Academy. He most recently competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Prema Racing. 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.[1]

French F4

Leclerc racing in the 2018 French F4 Championship

In 2018, Leclerc raced in the French F4 Championship.[1] He finished fifth in the championship with two race wins.[2]

Formula E

Leclerc was a development driver in FIA Formula E championship during the 2017–18 Formula E season for Venturi Racing.[3] By doing so, he was given access to Venturi's simulators and personal development systems.[4] 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 Marrakech Street Circuit.[5] For the 2019–20 Formula E season Venturi announced Leclerc as their test driver for the season.[6]

ADAC Formula 4

Leclerc competed in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship in 2019 for US Racing-CHRS outfit.[7] Leclerc finished third overall with one race win and eight podiums.[2]

Formula Regional European Championship

Leclerc racing in the 2020 Formula Regional European Championship

Leclerc joined the Formula Regional European Championship for Prema Powerteam alongside Oliver Rasmussen, Gianluca Petecof and W Series champion Jamie Chadwick, in his first year as a Ferrari junior.[8] He started the season with a pole position hat-trick at the Misano round,[9] taking victory in the second race.[10] Leclerc won again in the first and third races at Paul Ricard, and he took the lead of the championship in Mugello 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 Monza Circuit. Subsequently, both Leclerc and Petecof failed to win any races throughout the remainder of the season. In the final round at Vallelunga 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.[11] On his mental mistake that costed him the title, Leclerc felt "disappointed" and had "no words".[12] Leclerc ended the season in second with 343 points and six victories.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2021

Leclerc driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2021 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

In 2021 Leclerc was partnered with Olli Caldwell and Red Bull academy member Dennis Hauger at Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 3 Championship.[13] He also competed in the 2021 Virtual Grand Prix Championship for Ferrari, his brother's real-world team.[14] Following an extremely difficult round in Barcelona, Leclerc sprinted to his maiden F3 victory during the second sprint race in Paul Ricard.[15]

2022

Leclerc driving for Prema Racing during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

Leclerc was retained by Prema for the 2022 season, partnering fellow Ferrari Driver Academy member Oliver Bearman and Red Bull academy's Jak Crawford.[16] During pre-season, prior to his main campaign, he took part in the Formula Regional Asian Championship with Mumbai Falcons, winning the championship.[17] Leclerc started his F3 season out strongly, finishing second in the sprint race in Bahrain.[18] Points finishes followed in Imola and Barcelona, before Leclerc took victory in the main race at Silverstone, having overtaken Zak O'Sullivan in the early stages of the race.[19] Two fourth-placed finishes at the Red Bull Ring continued Leclerc's championship push, however a disappointing round in Hungary, 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.[20][21] 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 Monza, Leclerc was unable to bridge the gap, ending up sixth in the drivers' standings.[22]

FIA Formula 2 Championship

Following the F2 Yas Marina season finale, Leclerc was announced to be stepping up to Formula 2 with DAMS for the 2023 season.[23]

Formula One

In 2019, Leclerc was signed to the Sauber Junior Team as part of his move to the ADAC Formula 4 Championship.[24] The following year, he was made a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.[25]

Personal life

Leclerc has two older brothers, Lorenzo and Charles, the latter of which currently races in Formula One for Ferrari.[26]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Position
2008 Coupe de France — Mini Kart 44th
2014 National Series Karting — KRA 11-15 1st
2015 Championnat Regional PACAC — Nationale 2nd
National Series Karting — Nationale NC

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017–18 Formula E Venturi Formula E Team Development driver
2018 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 20 2 1 1 8 199 5th
2018–19 Formula E Venturi Formula E Team Development driver
2019 ADAC Formula 4 Championship US Racing-CHRS 20 1 1 2 8 202 3rd
2019–20 Formula E ROKiT Venturi Racing Test/reserve driver
2020 Formula Regional European Championship Prema Powerteam 23 6 7 2 15 343 2nd
Alpine Elf Europa Cup Racing Technology 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship Prema Racing 20 2 1 2 3 79 10th
2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship Mumbai Falcons India Racing 15 4 1 1 9 218 1st
FIA Formula 3 Championship Prema Racing 18 1 0 1 2 114 6th
2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship DAMS

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

Complete French F4 Championship results

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

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points
2018 NOG
1
6 		NOG
2
1 		NOG
3
4 		PAU
1
2 		PAU
2
7 		PAU
3
11 		SPA
1
3 		SPA
2
5 		SPA
3
4 		DIJ
1
6 		DIJ
2
2 		DIJ
3
6 		MAG
1
3 		MAG
2
1 		MAG
3
2 		JER
1
2 		JER
2
6 		JER
3
7 		LEC
1
15 		LEC
2
9 		LEC
3
10 		5th 199

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2019 US Racing-CHRS OSC
1
12 		OSC
2
3 		OSC
3
4 		RBR
1
6 		RBR
2
3 		RBR
3
4 		HOC
1
10 		HOC
2
1 		ZAN
1
2 		ZAN
2
Ret 		ZAN
3
Ret 		NÜR
1
10 		NÜR
2
3 		NÜR
3
5 		HOC
1
2 		HOC
2
3 		HOC
3
Ret 		SAC
1
6 		SAC
2
5 		SAC
3
3 		3rd 202

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pos Points
2020 Prema Powerteam MIS
1
Ret 		MIS
2
1 		MIS
3
2 		LEC
1
1 		LEC
2
2 		LEC
3
1 		RBR
1
2 		RBR
2
3 		RBR
3
2 		MUG
1
1 		MUG
2
1 		MUG
3
1 		MNZ
1
3 		MNZ
2
9† 		MNZ
3
6 		CAT
1
2 		CAT
2
5 		CAT
3
4 		IMO
1
3 		IMO
2
Ret 		IMO
3
2 		VLL
1
6 		VLL
2
C 		VLL
3
Ret 		2nd 343

† 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

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2021 Prema Racing CAT
1
28 		CAT
2
24 		CAT
3
13 		LEC
1
12 		LEC
2
1 		LEC
3
13 		RBR
1
Ret 		RBR
2
6 		RBR
3
Ret 		HUN
1
13 		HUN
2
11 		HUN
3
2 		SPA
1
13 		SPA
2
10 		SPA
3
10 		ZAN
1
1 		ZAN
2
7 		ZAN
3
9 		SOC
1
7 		SOC
2
C 		SOC
3
7 		10th 79
2022 Prema Racing BHR
SPR
5 		BHR
FEA
2 		IMO
SPR
13 		IMO
FEA
4 		CAT
SPR
4 		CAT
FEA
16 		SIL
SPR
8 		SIL
FEA
1 		RBR
SPR
4 		RBR
FEA
4 		HUN
SPR
27 		HUN
FEA
8 		SPA
SPR
5 		SPA
FEA
11 		ZAN
SPR
12 		ZAN
FEA
12 		MNZ
SPR
8 		MNZ
FEA
5 		6th 114

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2022 Mumbai Falcons India Racing ABU
1
3 		ABU
2
3 		ABU
3
5 		DUB
1
9 		DUB
2
1 		DUB
3
7 		DUB
1
2 		DUB
2
3 		DUB
3
1 		DUB
1
4 		DUB
2
5 		DUB
3
1 		ABU
1
1 		ABU
2
3 		ABU
3
12 		1st 218

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DC Points
2023 DAMS BHR
SPR 		BHR
FEA 		JED
SPR 		JED
FEA 		MEL
SPR 		MEL
FEA 		BAK
SPR 		BAK
FEA 		IMO
SPR 		IMO
FEA 		MCO
SPR 		MCO
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		CAT
FEA 		RBR
SPR 		RBR
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		ZAN
SPR 		ZAN
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		MNZ
FEA 		YMC
SPR 		YMC
FEA 		* *

* Season still in progress.

References

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