Leclerc: I would love to try MotoGP, but I’m not sure Ferrari agrees
Following the recent trend of Formula 1 and MotoGP stars swapping jobs, Charles Leclerc says he “would love to try MotoGP, but I am not ♋sure Ferrari agrees” while he’d also be eager to give rallying a go.
The Monegasque driver says he’s a keen follower of MotoGP and would be open to the opportunity to ride a Grand Prix motorcycle but accepts it remains unlikely due to his Ferra🎶ri contractual obligations.

Following the recent trend of Formula 1 and MotoGP stars swapping jobs, Charles Leclerc says he “would love to try MotoGP, but I am not sure Ferrari agrees” while he’d also be eager to give ra♈llying a go.
The Monegasque driver says he’s a keen follower of MotoGP and would be open to the opportunity to ride a Grand Prix motorcycle b💟ut accepts it remains unlikely due to his Ferrari contractual obligations.
Over the past two years numerous high profile F1-MotoGP switches have taken p🌳lace through the backing of a mutual sponsor along with the blessing of the respective teams involve🍎d.
As part of a Red Bull athlete event in 2018, Repsol Honda riders Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa tried out a🦩 Toro Rosso F1 car at the Red Bull Ring while most recent♕ly Lewis Hamilton and Valentino Rossi swapped rides at an event hosted by mutual sponsor Monster Energy. Jorge Lorenzo has also driven a Mercedes F1 car during a Monster-backed promotion.
Leclerc๊ admits his ambition to ꩲtry out a MotoGP bike is currently thwarted by his Ferrari contract. The 22-year-old recently signed a new deal at the Scuderia keeping him at the team until 2024.
F1 drivers often have clauses within their contract which ban them from high-risk activities which could cause injury - but that didn’t stop Leclerc from going skydivi♌ng during the off-season ♛without telling Ferrari.
“I would love to try MotoGP, but I am not sure Ferrari agrees. I need to ask but I🍌 would love to. Bikes, I love bikes in general, but I am not sure if Ferrari agrees for me to try a MotoGP bike,” Lecle꧙rc said during a fan Q&A at the Autosport International show.
Looking further afield, Leclerc says he’d also like to try rallying having grown up clos🧔e to the iconic Rallye Monte Carlo which hosts the World Rally Championship opening round.
Mercedes permits Valtteri Bottas to race at selected rallying events during the F1 off💟-season, while Robert Kubica suffered life-threatening injuries in a rallying crash back in 2011.
“To be completely honest I am obsessed with Formula 1 so in the off-season I would like to have more races in Formula 🌳1, but if I had to choose probably rally is something I would like to experience one day,” he said.
“I𝄹t is quite different to what I am used to going around in circles from the morning to the afternoon so probably ral🥀ly is something exciting that I would like to try.”
Leclerc’s MotoGP and rallying ambitions might be shelved for now, but an opportunity could be opened to try out MotoGP through Ferrari and Du🃏cati mutual sponsor Philip Morris International. Both teams run the sponsor’s Mission Winnow campagin as its title sponsor.