Charles Leclerc has added a new flagship to the wave of headline-grabbing personal projects he has pursued since signing his long-term Ferrari extension. The Monégasque this week took delivery of a bespoke Riva 102' Corsaro Super at the Italian boat-builder's La Spezia shipyard — a £15 million (roughly $20 million) flagship that marks his second purchase from the storied Sarnico-based brand.
The yacht itself is a statement piece. At 102 feet, it is among the larger boats in Riva's planing fleet and is powered by a pair of 2,638-horsepower MTU engines that push it to a top speed of 28 knots and a 24-knot cruise. Below decks, Riva has fitted Poliform furnishings, a master suite finished in Calacatta Vagli Oro marble, a Bang & Olufsen multimedia system and state-of-the-art stabilisation technology designed to keep the boat steady at anchor as well as under way.
The most distinctive feature is at the stern. A 35-square-metre beach club — drop-down platforms that fold into a low-slung bathing terrace at sea level — and a flybridge with a custom galley, induction hob and ice maker round out a layout pitched, very deliberately, at a young owner who entertains. The interior, according to Riva and Ferretti's release, has been finished with custom Ferrari-inspired touches.
Ferretti Group chief executive Alberto Galassi, whose company owns the Riva brand, framed the delivery as the continuation of an established relationship rather than a one-off transaction. "Charles's passion for Riva, which is of course reciprocal, is a testament to quality and beauty that we welcome with boundless joy," Galassi said.
Galassi went further on the brand alignment. "If such a formidable driver and icon of style and elegance chooses once again one of our boats, it means that Riva offers unrivalled standards of beauty, liveability and technology," he added — the phrase "once again" confirming the Ferrari driver had previously owned a Riva before commissioning the Corsaro Super.
The handover took place at La Spezia on May 7, with Riva confirming the boat will be based in Monaco and the western Mediterranean in line with Leclerc's home waters. The 102' Corsaro Super is the largest planing model Riva currently builds in series, sitting just below the brand's superyacht-class projects, and the spec sheet — twin MTU power, top-tier acoustic packaging, a hardtop flybridge — places this particular hull at the upper end of the model line.
For Leclerc, the timing is striking. The Ferrari driver remains in the early phase of a 2026 season that has been technically frustrating, with Ferrari's Miami upgrade — the largest in the pit lane that weekend — yielding the worst race pace at the front. The yacht delivery is a reminder that the off-track Leclerc machinery has continued to expand even as the on-track results lag: alongside the Riva, the 27-year-old has stakes in his own coffee brand, a watch collaboration with IWC and an extensive Monaco property portfolio.
It is also a quietly significant moment for Riva itself. The brand's clientele has historically skewed towards established collectors, and signing one of Formula 1's marquee names as a repeat customer is exactly the kind of generational-handoff marketing the Ferretti Group has been pursuing for the past two years. A custom Corsaro Super — and a CEO ready to call the relationship "reciprocal" in print — is the most public expression of that strategy yet.
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