Charles Leclerc will keep on as a Ferrari driver for “several” additional seasons following he signed a deal extension with his latest group.

The 26-yr-previous has raced with the Scuderia considering the fact that 2019, his next time in Method one. He was initially a member of Ferrari’s junior driver programme and built his F1 debut with Sauber in 2018.

Leclerc has a person additional time on his latest deal with the group, which he signed following the conclusion of the 2019 championship, but his new offer will preserve him at Ferrari over and above this yr.

“I’m pretty happy to know that I will be sporting the Scuderia Ferrari race accommodate for a number of additional seasons to arrive,” Leclerc explained.

“To race for this group has been my desire considering the fact that I was 3 yrs previous. This group is my next spouse and children at any time considering the fact that I joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2016 and we have realized a good deal alongside one another, battling as a result of thick and skinny more than the earlier 5 yrs.

“However, I consider the greatest is nevertheless to arrive and I simply cannot hold out for this time to commence, to make further more development and be aggressive at each individual race. My desire stays that of successful the planet championship with Ferrari and I’m confident that in the yrs forward, we will take pleasure in wonderful moments alongside one another and make our enthusiasts pleased.”

Ferrari group principal Frederic Vasseur, who also labored with Leclerc at Sauber, explained it was a “natural” determination to increase his deal.

“We know him for his incessant want to force himself to the restrict and we recognize his amazing qualities when it arrives to battling and overtaking in a race,” Vasseur explained. “We are decided to give Charles a successful auto and I know that his resolve and motivation are components that can make the distinction in assisting us access our objectives.”

Around 5 seasons and 102 grand prix begins with Ferrari, Leclerc has taken 5 grand prix victories, 23 pole positions, thirty podium appearances and a whole of one,035 factors. His achievements make him the fifth most profitable F1 driver more than that exact same interval, driving Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez.

Leclerc fell from next in the drivers’ championship in 2022 to fifth final yr, equivalent on factors with Fernando Alonso. In spite of 6 podium finishes, Leclerc unsuccessful to gain a grand prix. His Ferrari group mate, Carlos Sainz Jnr, was the only non-Purple Bull driver to gain a race all over 2023.

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