Leclerc agrees to new long-term deal with Ferrari

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has agreed a new long-term contract with the team.

Leclerc has had a strong link with Ferrari for many years

The deal for the 28-year-old comes in the build-up to his home Grand Prix in Monaco this weekend.

Leclerc has competed in 155 races for the Italian outfit, winning eight times, and he is currently third in the drivers' championship.

He joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2016 and after winning the Formula 2 title in 2017, made his Formula 1 debut the following year with Sauber.

He moved to Ferrari in 2019 and is the team's second-most capped Formula 1 driver and also ranks second for pole positions, behind only Michael Schumacher.

"I couldn't be happier to continue this journey with Scuderia Ferrari HP," he said.

"It has always been so much more than just a team to me. It's the team I've loved and dreamt of being part of since I was a child, and after all these years it has become a second family.

"Together we've shared incredible moments and some tougher ones, but I believe in this team more than ever, and I'm deeply grateful that we will keep pushing side by side toward our shared goal of bringing the World Championship back to Maranello.

"Being a Ferrari driver is a dream, but it's also a responsibility I never take for granted.

"I'll continue to give absolutely everything I have to bring this team back to where it belongs, at the very top, for everyone in Maranello, and above all for the tifosi, whose passion is the heartbeat of this Scuderia."

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