Ferrari has signed 22-year-old French driver Charles Leclerc to a new five-year contract until 2024.
Leclerc – who is French but lives in Monaco -finished fourth in the 2019 Formula One drivers championship, won back-to-back races in Belgium and Italy and scored seven pole positions, the most any other F1 driver.
Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto said: “With each passing race this year, our wish to extend our contract with Charles became ever more self-evident and the decision means he will now be with us for the next five seasons, said Ferrari team principal, Mattia Binotto.
Leclerc joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2016 and made his Formula 1 debut with the affiliated Alfa Romeo-backed Sauber team in the 2018 season.