Monégasque racing driver, currently racing in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari, Charles Leclerc, was born to father Hervé Leclerc and mother Pascale.
His father, Hervé, also raced cars, driving in Formula 3 in the 1980s and 1990s. He died after a long illness, aged 54, just four days before Leclerc would go on to win the feature race at the 2017 Formula 2 Baku round.
For his mother Pascale, not much information is revealed about her.
Leclerc grew up as the second oldest alongside two other siblings; a younger brother, Arthur Leclerc and an older brother, Lorenzo.
Leclerc won the GP3 Series championship in 2016 and the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2017.
His grandfather was Charles Manni – founder of Mecaplast (later renamed Novares Group), which is currently run by his uncle, Thierry Manni.
Throughout his childhood and early career, Leclerc maintained a close relationship with the late Jules Bianchi, to whom he was a godson.
Leclerc has described his religious stance as “[believing] in God, but [not someone] who would pray or go to church”.