Arthur Leclerc (French pronunciation: [aʁtyʁ ləklɛʁ]; born 14 October 2000) is a Monégasque racing driver who most recently competed in the 2024 European Le Mans Series for Panis Racing and the 2024 Italian GT Endurance Championship for Scuderia Baldini.

[3] He started his racing career at the relative late age of 17, as his family focused on getting his brother Charles to Formula One.

[3] In 2020, Leclerc joined the Formula Regional European Championship for Prema Powerteam alongside Oliver Rasmussen, Gianluca Petecof and 2019 W Series champion Jamie Chadwick, in his first year as a Ferrari junior.

[15] He started the season with a pole position hat-trick at the Misano round,[16] taking victory in the second race.

[21] In 2021 Leclerc was partnered with Olli Caldwell and Red Bull academy member Dennis Hauger at Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 3 Championship.

[23] Leclerc had a challenging debut in Barcelona, where he failed to score any points, due to his poor qualifying and a puncture in the first race.

[27][28] He would qualify ninth for the Red Bull Ring round, but retired in the first race due to a puncture on lap 10.

[38] Leclerc ended up tenth in the standings, with one pole, two wins and 79 points, behind Caldwell and title-winning teammate Hauger, but could not prevent Prema from defending the teams' title.

[40] During pre-season, prior to his main campaign, he took part in the Formula Regional Asian Championship with Mumbai Falcons.

Leclerc's feature race was messy, as a collision with David Vidales and erratic driving on Juan Manuel Correa saw him receive two five-second time penalties, and was ended 16th.

[59] He would carry a five-place grid penalty for the feature race, and after making early progress to sixth place, he fell to eighth as O'Sullivan and Correa passed him on slick tyres at a dry track.

[60] Following the summer break, an energy confusion saw Leclerc down in 20th for Spa-Francorchamps qualifying, but made an electric charge, picking up 15 places for P5 at the flag.

[64] In the sprint race, he dropped a few places after making contact with Victor Martins, but drove well to finish eighth.

[66] Leclerc ended the championship in a disappointing sixth place, with one win and one more podium, also claiming 114 points in a season that could have been much better.

[68] Leclerc qualified eighth for the Bahrain season opener but his strong sprint race was cut short by a ten-second stop/go penalty for a starting grid infringement.

[71] Leclerc qualified seventh in Melbourne, and pressured Kush Maini in the sprint race but was unable to take the podium position, finishing fourth.

[74] Baku was relatively disappointing for Leclerc, qualifying down in 13th and he was involved in a late safety car restart, misjudging his braking point on cold tyres and nearly slamming into the wall.

However, he was forced to pit early due to a safety car mid-race, which led to him dropping to ninth place.

[82] More tough weekends followed, failing to score points in both Budapest and Spa-Francorchamps due to unfortunate incidents.

[85] At the Yas Marina season finale, a successful alternate strategy for Leclerc saw him climb to sixth at the chequered flag, although an early five-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage prevented him from a higher result.

[86] Leclerc finished the season a lowly 15th in the standings with 49 points and one podium, paling in comparison to teammate Iwasa's 165.

[94] Leclerc made his free practice debut in place of Carlos Sainz Jr. during the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

[99] In 2024, Leclerc joined the European Le Mans Series with Panis Racing, alongside Manuel Maldonado and Charles Milesi.

[100] Leclerc and the #65 car achieved their first and only win of the year at the 4 Hours of Imola, having controlled proceedings from pole position.

[101] Being in the championship fight all the way to the final round for the 4 Hours of Portimão, the #65 took pole but eventually slipped to 12th place at the end of the race.