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 * name              = Harry West
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 * caption           = Harry in 2018
 * birth_name        = {{nowrap|Harry West}}
 * birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|2007|10|16|df=y}}
 * birth_place       = Edlesborough, England
 * relatives         = Jamie West (brother)
 * module            = {{Infobox F1 driver|embed=no

Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc ({{IPA-fr|ʃaʁl ləklɛʁ}}; born 16 October 1997) is a Monégasque racing driver, currently racing in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari. He won the GP3 Series championship in 2016 and the FIA Formula 2 Championship in {{F2|2017}}.

Leclerc made his Formula One debut in {{F1|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, Leclerc led the charge to improve its finishing position in the constructors' championship to eighth, and was the higher ranked of the two Sauber drivers. He joined Ferrari the next season and became the second-youngest driver to qualify on pole position in Formula One at the 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix. The 2019 season also saw Leclerc take his first career win in Belgium. He won the FIA Pole Trophy for most pole positions in the 2019 season, becoming the youngest driver to win it, before winning it again in 2022.

As of the {{F1stat|UPTO}}, Leclerc has achieved {{F1stat|LEC|wins}} race wins and {{F1stat|LEC|poles}} pole positions in Formula One. He scored the first grand slam of his career at the 2022 Australian Grand Prix. Leclerc is set to remain at Ferrari until at least the end of the 2024 season.

Personal life
Born to father Hervé Leclerc and mother Pascale, Leclerc grew up as the second oldest alongside two other siblings; a younger brother, Arthur, and an older brother, Lorenzo. His grandfather was Charles Manni, founder of Mecaplast (later 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. His father, Hervé, also raced cars, driving in Formula 3 in the 1980s and 1990s. Hervé 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. Leclerc wore a tribute helmet to Bianchi and Hervé for the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix, with the design of their respective helmets on either side.

Leclerc has described his religious stance as "[believing] in God, but [not someone] who would pray or go to church."