No, not Lewis Hamilton and not Max Verstappen. To find out who is Charles Leclerc's ideal, we have to delve deep into time and history.
Scuderia Ferrari still doesn't have a true hero, but it still looks up to two people with admiration:
"Many in the field consider Ayrton Senna a great role model, a true legend. And not only in terms of motorsport, that's why I like him and admire his work. I really wanted to meet him and spend some time with him. Unfortunately, that's no longer possible, but when we were racing in Brazil, I visited the Senna Foundation in Interlagos. I saw his cars, his helmets that he raced in... I was very moved, I don't deny that. Ever since I can remember, I wanted to be a car racer, specifically an F1 driver, all my time revolved around that, I barely saw a race, I don't have many memories of Ayrton.
"My second hero is not in question, who he is: you all know what kind of relationship I have with Jules Bianchi," Leclerc recalled, referring to a relative of the tragically young racer.
