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How many languages does Charles Leclerc speak?

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Ava White

Updated on March 07, 2026

Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc is a Monégasque racing driver, currently racing in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari.

Charles Leclerc won the GP3 Series championship in 2016 and the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2017.

Charles 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.

With Sauber having finished last the year before, Charles Leclerc led the charge to improve the finishing position in the constructors’ championship to eighth, being the higher-ranked of the two Sauber drivers.

Starting from 2019 and contracted until the end of the 2024 season, Charles Leclerc is currently driving for Ferrari and became the second-youngest driver to qualify on pole position in Formula One at the 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Charles Leclerc won the Pole Trophy in the 2019 season becoming the youngest driver ever and the first non-Mercedes driver to win it since the trophy’s inception in 2014.

Besides his native French, Charles Leclerc also speaks Italian and English