Formula One drivers from Monaco | |
Drivers: | 5 |
Highest Season Finish: | 2nd |
First Entry: | 1950 British Grand Prix |
First Win: | 2019 Belgian Grand Prix |
Last Win: | 2024 United States Grand Prix |
2025: | Charles Leclerc |
2024: | Charles Leclerc |
There have been five Formula One drivers from Monaco.[1] [2]
Charles Leclerc currently competes for Scuderia Ferrari. He made his Formula One debut for Sauber at the 2018 Australian Grand Prix.[3] In the season he finished a season high of sixth in Azerbaijan and finished the season on 39 points.[4] [5] He is the first Monégasque driver to win a Formula One race, which he achieved at the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix, the first Monégasque to win the Monaco Grand Prix in the Formula One era,[6] and the first Monégasque driver to start a race from pole position, set a fastest lap, or lead the World Drivers' Championship standings. Leclerc signed a new long-term contract with Ferrari in January 2024.[7]
Louis Chiron was Monaco's first Formula One driver.[8] He is better known for his pre-war efforts in motorsport, having won 21 Grands Prix (including the 1931 Monaco Grand Prix) before the World Championship began in 1950.[9] [10] He was 50 when the first World Championship Grand Prix came around. His only points finish was a 3rd at his home race in Monaco in 1950.[11] He did the full 1951 season bar the Indy 500 and only made sporadic appearances after that.[12] He is still the oldest person to take part in a grand prix being 55 years when he competed in the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix, he is also the oldest person to enter a race when he entered the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix.[13]
André Testut entered in his home race on 2 occasions – 1958 and 1959. Both times he failed to qualify his privateer Maserati 250F.[14]
35 years after Testut failed to make the grid in 1959, Olivier Beretta was signed by Larrousse for the 1994 season.[15] He competed in 10 Grands Prix with a best result of 7th at the German Grand Prix before his sponsorship money ran out and was replaced with Philippe Alliot.[16] He finished 8th in his only attempt at his home race.[17] He later switched his focus to sports-cars.
Dutch-born Robert Doornbos competed under a Monegasque license due to FIA license regulation in 2005. He only competed in the last 8 races of the season with a highest finishing position of thirteenth meaning he finished last in the championship with no points.[18] [19] [20] He would represent the Netherlands in 2006.
Drivers | Active Years | Entries | Wins | Podiums | Career Points | Poles | Fastest Laps | Championships | |
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–,, –, | 19 (15 starts) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
– | 2 (0 starts) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
10 (9 starts) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
– | (starts) | - | |||||||
Source:[21] |