Arthur Leclerc

Leclerc's karting career experienced a hiatus as the family decided to prioritise his brother, Charles, and Leclerc had to stop karting for some years due to budget constraints. He won the Kart Racing Academy championship in 2014.

In 2018, Leclerc raced in the French F4 Championship, finishing fifth with two race wins. He started his racing career at the age of seventeen. He claimed his first single-seater win in his second race. He took one more win at Magny-Cours and an additional six podiums.

Leclerc competed in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship in 2019 for US Racing-CHRS. He finished third in the second race, losing a chance at his maiden win on the final lap. His first win came at the Hockenheimring from pole position. He ended the standings third overall with one race win and eight podiums.

In 2020, Leclerc joined the Formula Regional European Championship for Prema Powerteam. He started the season with a pole position hat-trick at the Misano round, taking victory in the second race. Leclerc won again at Paul Ricard and took the lead of the championship in Mugello by winning all three races of the round. He lost the lead to teammate Gianluca Petecof at the Monza Circuit. Leclerc ended the season in second with 343 points and six victories.

Leclerc tested for Prema during the 2020 post-season testing. In 2021, Leclerc was partnered with Olli Caldwell and Dennis Hauger at Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 3 Championship. He also competed in the 2021 Virtual Grand Prix Championship for Ferrari. Leclerc took his first victory in Race 2 at Paul Ricard. He scored his maiden pole position at the Hungaroring and finished second in Race 3. He scored his second win of the season during Race 1 at Zandvoort. Leclerc ended the championship in tenth place with one pole, two wins and 79 points.

During pre-season for 2022, he took part in the Formula Regional Asian Championship, winning his first race and claiming the lead of the standings. He ended the third round with a hat-trick of podiums, including winning the final race. Two more wins followed, and he claimed his first single-seater title with two races to spare.

Leclerc was retained by Prema Racing for the 2022 season. His first podium finish of the year came in the feature race at Bahrain, finishing second. In Imola, he claimed fourth place in the sprint race. Leclerc finished sixteenth in the feature race at Barcelona after receiving two five-second time penalties. His first and only win of the year came on Sunday at Silverstone, overtaking polesitter Zak O'Sullivan. He scored a pair of fourth-place finishes at the Red Bull Ring. He crashed into teammate Jak Crawford on the last lap of the sprint race in Budapest, losing places and points. Following the summer break, he charged to fifth at Spa-Francorchamps. Leclerc ended the championship in sixth place with one win and one more podium, claiming 114 points.

After the F2 Yas Marina season finale, Leclerc was announced to be stepping up to the FIA Formula 2 Championship with DAMS for the 2023 season. He finished sixth in the Bahrain season opener. In Jeddah, he ended in eighth place. He achieved his maiden podium in the feature race at Melbourne, finishing third. Baku was relatively disappointing, and he ended the feature race in eleventh, promoted to tenth after Victor Martins was disqualified. He had a weekend to forget in Monaco, finishing fourteenth in the sprint and retiring from the feature race. In Barcelona, he scored points in the feature race, finishing ninth. Leclerc's form faded starting from Austria. More tough weekends followed, failing to score points in Budapest and Spa-Francorchamps. In Monza, he spun out of the feature race. At the Yas Marina season finale, he climbed to sixth at the chequered flag. Leclerc finished the season fifteenth in the standings with 49 points and one podium.

In 2019, Leclerc was signed to the Sauber Junior Team. The following year, he was made a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy. At the end of December 2023, Leclerc was announced to be leaving the Ferrari Driver Academy, although he is said to be "remaining part of the Ferrari family". Not long after, he was announced to be the development driver for Ferrari in 2024. He drove a Formula One car for the first time at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, driving the Ferrari F1-75. He again drove the F1-75 at the Fiorano Circuit a week later. In May, Leclerc drove the F1-75 once again at Fiorano trialing spray guards.

Leclerc made his free practice debut in place of Carlos Sainz Jr. during the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Alongside his brother Charles, the two became the first sibling pairing to both drive for the same Formula One team in the same official F1 session. Leclerc finished the session in 18th place. He also drove the SF-24 again during the young drivers' test for the afternoon session, completing 68 laps and ending the session in 14th. Leclerc returned to the wheel during the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, placing sixteenth in the timesheets.

Leclerc was a development driver in FIA Formula E championship during the 2017–18 Formula E season for Venturi Racing. He was retained for the 2018–19 Formula E season. Leclerc did his first public test for Venturi at the 2019 Formula E Rookie Test at the Marrakech Street Circuit. For the 2019–20 Formula E season Venturi announced Leclerc as their test driver for the season. Leclerc's involvement in Formula E ended after the season. However, Leclerc returned to the wheel of a Formula E car in July 2025, driving for Maserati MSG Racing during the Berlin rookie test at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit.

In 2024, Leclerc joined the European Le Mans Series with Panis Racing. Leclerc and the #65 car achieved their first and only win of the year at the 4 Hours of Imola. The trio finished fourth in the standings, with 61 points.

Leclerc also competed in the Italian GT Championship in the GT3 category. At the end of the year, Leclerc tested the Ferrari 499P Hypercar in the Rookie Test at the Bahrain International Circuit.

At the start of 2025, Leclerc made his 24 Hours of Daytona debut, driving for AF Corse in the GTD category. For his main campaign, Leclerc raced in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with AF Corse. At the 24 Hours of Spa, Leclerc and his teammates finished fourth. The trio scored the same result at the final round in Barcelona. These two points finishes yielded a ninth place in the drivers' standings.

Leclerc continued in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with AF Corse in 2026.

Leclerc has two older brothers, Lorenzo and Charles, the latter of whom currently races in Formula One for Ferrari.

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