The Formula One driver Charles Leclerc (pictured) comes from which European country?

Although other Formula One drivers have relocated to the European microstate of Monaco for tax reasons, Charles Leclerc (born 1997) is Monégasque by birth. After starting his career in karting, in common with Lewis Hamilton and many others, he came up through the ranks of GP3 and Formula 2 he made his debut in Formula One racing for the Sauber team in 2018.

In 2019 he transferred to the more prestigious Ferrari team, and in the 2019 season, at the Bahrain Grand Prix became the second youngest driver ever (as of April 2022) to qualify in pole position. That season also saw his first victory, in the Belgian Grand Prix. In 2022 he became the first driver from Monaco to be in the lead in the drivers' championship.

Readers may be interested to know that he is the godson of Jules Bianchi, his fellow racing driver, who sadly passed away after suffering a massive head injury in the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.