Charles Leclerc is the son of Herve Leclerc. His father Hevrve also raced cars driving in Formula 3 in the 1980s and 1990s. He died after s long illness at the age of 54.
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His death occurred just four days before Leclerc would go on to win the feature race at the 2017 Formula 2 Baku round.
Leclerc made his Formula One debut in 2018 for Sauber, a team affiliated with Ferrari, for which he was part of the Ferrari Driver Academy.
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With Sauber having finished last the year before, Leclerc led the charge to improve its finishing position in the constructor’s championship to eight and was the higher-ranked of the two Sauber drivers.
Leclerc became the second-youngest driver to qualify on pole position in Formula One at the 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix.
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