Leclerc signs new long-term Ferrari deal before Monaco Grand Prix

Charles Leclerc’s future at Ferrari was settled in time for Monaco, with the team confirming on June 3, 2026, that the Monegasque driver had signed a new multi-year extension. The deal keeps Leclerc in red for the coming seasons and lands just ahead of his home race weekend in Monte Carlo, giving Ferrari a clear statement of intent before one of Formula 1’s most closely watched events.

The timing mattered because this was not just a driver retention move. Ferrari’s decision reinforced Leclerc’s place at the center of its long-term rebuild and championship ambition, signaling that Maranello still sees him as the driver around whom it can structure the next phase of its project. Leclerc’s path with Ferrari has been unusually deep and deliberate: he joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2016, won the Formula 2 title in 2017, made his Formula 1 debut with Sauber in 2018 and stepped into Scuderia Ferrari in 2019.

That progression has made Leclerc one of Ferrari’s defining modern figures. He is now second on the list for most Ferrari appearances, behind Michael Schumacher, a marker that reflects both longevity and trust inside a team that has repeatedly searched for stability at the top of Formula 1. Ferrari’s renewed commitment also closes off fresh speculation about Leclerc’s future at a moment when the team is trying to turn promise into a sustained title challenge.

Monaco gives the contract added force. Leclerc won the Monaco Grand Prix in 2024, taking his first victory on home soil and becoming the first Monegasque driver to win the race in the world championship era. That result also ended a 39-race winless streak and carried symbolic weight far beyond one Grand Prix, linking Leclerc’s personal breakthrough to Ferrari’s broader hopes of returning to regular contention at the front.

Ferrari’s choice to lock him in before the weekend suggested confidence not only in Leclerc’s form, but in the technical roadmap behind him. With Fred Vasseur shaping the operation in Maranello and Monaco again placing Leclerc under a global spotlight, Ferrari moved to make the relationship explicit: its future plans still run through Charles Leclerc.