Ferrari has announced that Charles Leclerc’s younger brℱother, Arthur, will join its young driver academy ahead of the 2020 season.

Arthur Leclerc, 19, came third in ADAC Formuꩲla 4 last year with one win and seven further podiums, and will move up to the Formula Regional European Championship in 2020 with Pr🎐ema Powerteam.

Leclerc also pꦆreviously worked with the Venturi te🔯am in Formula E as a development driver, and will now link up with his elder brother at Maranello.

The Monegasque youngster was named 🌳as one of two new drivers in the Ferrari Driver Academy on Friday alongside 15-year-old Dino Beganovic from Sweden.

“It’s been ✨a busy winter for the Ferrari Driver Academy,” said Ferrari sporting director Laurent Mekies. “We have been trying to build up the best development programme for our drivers in 2020, with a significant increase in their activities and training ꦆprogramme at our headquarters in Maranello.

“We have also been scouting for more talented youngsters and we are happy today to announce tha💫t Arthur and𓂃 Dino are joining us for what’s going to be a very exciting season.

“We have FDA dr🃏ivers in all the categories of the FIA single-seater ladder and our focus will be on supporting them the best we can in their development as racing drivers and as young individuals.

“All of us in Maranello are very much looking forward to seeing how our nine you🀅ng drivers will perform over the coming months.”

Leclerc and Beganovic join existing members Mick Schumacher, Robert Shwartzman, Callum Ilott, Marcus Armstrong, Giuliano Alesi (all Formula 2), Enzo Fittipaldi (Formula 3) and Gianluca Petecoܫf (FREC🥂) in Ferrari’s academy for 2020.