Ferrari confirmed on Wednesday, 3 June 2026, that Charles Leclerc has signed a new multi-year contract with the Scuderia, keeping the Monegasque driver at the team he joined in 2019, ahead of his home Grand Prix in Monaco this weekend.
The announcement landed on Wednesday morning, hours before track activity begins at Circuit de Monaco, as reported by Motorsport Week.
Ferrari did not disclose the exact number of years covered, describing the deal only as a multi-year renewal. The timing, timed to the week of his home race, was not accidental.
Charles Leclerc and Ferrari: a record-breaking run
The new deal means Leclerc will surpass Michael Schumacher’s record as the longest-serving Ferrari driver in Formula 1 history.
Schumacher drove for the Scuderia from 1996 to 2006, a ten-year run during which he won five Drivers’ Championships with the team. Leclerc, now in his seventh season at Ferrari, will extend beyond that milestone with whatever years the new contract covers.
For Ferrari, a team that has made driver loyalty a central part of its identity since the Schumacher era, holding onto the driver around whom they have built their current commercial and competitive strategy is a significant statement of intent going into the second half of the decade.
Life off the track for Leclerc
The contract news follows a run of notable personal moments for the 28-year-old.
He recently married Alexandra Saint Mleux in a private ceremony, with the couple photographed arriving at the reception in a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa.
When asked in a recent interview whether he would want a future child to pursue Formula 1, his answer was direct. “No, better not,” he said.
“I won’t be the one to decide, but if I had to choose, I’d like him to do something else.”
It is a candid line from someone who knows exactly what the weight of expectation at Ferrari feels like.
Monaco: the race that keeps getting away
Leclerc has described Monaco as the Grand Prix he wants more than any other.
He lives in the Principality, races in front of family and friends, and carries the weight of being the most prominent active driver from Monaco itself.
The victories have not come, despite several opportunities that turned painful.
A 2021 pole position ended in retirement before the race start due to a gearbox issue, a result that still gets brought up in any conversation about his Monaco record.
The new contract announcement, made the week of Monaco, adds symbolic pressure to what is already an emotionally loaded weekend.
What happens next
Ferrari and Leclerc take to the Monaco circuit this weekend for practice, qualifying and the race.
With the contract situation resolved, all focus shifts to the circuit. Whether he can finally convert his connection to Monte-Carlo into a victory is the only outstanding question.
