Lando Norris | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Norris at the2024 Dutch Grand Prix | |
| Born | (1999-11-13)13 November 1999 (age 25) Bristol, England |
| Awards | Full list |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  British |
| 2025 team(s) | McLaren-Mercedes[1] |
| Car number | 4 |
| Entries | 131 (130 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 5 |
| Podiums | 28 |
| Career points | 1051 |
| Pole positions | 10 |
| Fastest laps | 14 |
| First entry | 2019 Australian Grand Prix |
| First win | 2024 Miami Grand Prix |
| Last win | 2025 Australian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2025 Japanese Grand Prix |
| 2024 position | 2nd (374 pts) |
| Previous series | |
| Championship titles | |
| Website | landonorris |
Lando Norris (/ˈlændoʊˌnɒrɪs/; born 13 November 1999) is a Britishracing driver, who competes inFormula One forMcLaren. Norris was runner-up in theFormula One World Drivers' Championship in2024 with McLaren, and has won fiveGrands Prix across seven seasons.
Born inBristol and raised inGlastonbury to an English father and Belgian mother, Norris began competitivekart racing aged seven. After a successful karting career—culminating in his victory at thedirect-driveKarting World Championship in 2014—Norris graduated tojunior formulae. He won his first title at the2015 MSA Formula Championship withCarlin. He then won theToyota Racing Series,Formula Renault Eurocup andFormula Renault NEC in 2016, receiving theAutosport BRDC Award that year. Norris won theFIA Formula 3 European Championship in2017, and finished runner-up toGeorge Russell in theFIA Formula 2 Championship in2018, both with Carlin.
A member of theMcLaren Young Driver Programme since 2017, Norris joinedMcLaren in2019 to partnerCarlos Sainz Jr., making his Formula One debut at theAustralian Grand Prix. He achieved his maiden podium finish andfastest lap at the season-openingAustrian Grand Prix in2020, before achieving his maidenpole position at theRussian Grand Prix in2021, amongst several further podiums. Following another podium at theEmilia Romagna Grand Prix in2022, Norris took seven podiums across his2023 campaign. In2024, Norris took his maiden careerwin at theMiami Grand Prix, repeating this feat in theNetherlands,Singapore, andAbu Dhabi as he finished runner-up toMax Verstappen in theWorld Drivers' Championship.
As of the2025 Japanese Grand Prix, Norris has achieved five race wins, 10 pole positions, 14 fastest laps, and 28 podiums in Formula One. Norris is contracted to remain at McLaren until at least the end of the 2027 season.[2]
Lando Norris was born on 13 November 1999 inBristol,England.[3] His father Adam Norris is a retired pensions manager,[4] and is one of Bristol's wealthiest people as well as the 501st-richest person in the country (as of 2018).[5] His mother Cisca (née Wauman) is from theFlanders region ofBelgium.[6] He has three siblings - two younger sisters, and an older brother Oliver, who was also involved inkarting on a competitive level until 2014.[7][8] Norris holds both British and Belgian citizenship,[9] and speaks a small amount ofFlemish Dutch.[7][10] In his early childhood, Norris tried horse riding, then quad biking and motorcycle riding before moving into karting after his father took him to watch the national British Karting Championships at age seven.[11] Norris was educated atMillfield School inStreet,Somerset. He left school without taking hisGCSEs,[12] but studied physics and mathematics with a full-time personal tutor.[13] His family later moved toGlastonbury to allow him to become a day pupil,[14] and to pursue his racing career, citingValentino Rossi as an inspiration.[15]At the start of his F1 career he initially resided inWoking near theMcLaren team headquarters,[16] but later moved toMonaco in 2022, for financial reasons.[17]
Between August 2021 and September 2022, Norris dated Portuguese model Luísa Oliveira.[18] Norris has stated that he and Oliveira were subjected to abuse and death threats from online trolls.[19][20][21]
Norris started his racing career at the age of seven when he claimedpole position at his first national event. In 2013, Norris competed inKF-Junior class, winning theCIK-FIA European Championship and the CIK-FIA International Super Cup,[22][23] as well as theWSK Euro Series.[24] The following year he won theCIK-FIA World Championship inKF class with Ricky Flynn Motorsport, making him the youngest karting world champion in that category.[25]
In 2014, Norris made his car racing debut in theGinetta Junior Championship, a support series to theBritish Touring Car Championship. He finished third in the championship, winning four races and claiming the Rookie Cup.
For 2015, Norris signed withCarlin Motorsport to drive in the newly establishedMSA Formula Championship (now known as theF4 British Championship). Norris took eight wins, ten pole positions, and fourteen total podiums to win the championship ahead ofRicky Collard andColton Herta. He also made occasional appearances in theADAC andItalian Formula 4 championships withMücke Motorsport where he claimed six podiums from eight starts in the former.[25][26]
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In January 2016, Norris travelled toNew Zealand to compete in theToyota Racing Series with theM2 Competition team. He achieved six race wins, including theNew Zealand Grand Prix, and won the championship ahead ofJehan Daruvala. Norris then returned to Europe to race in theFormula Renault 2.0 category withJosef Kaufmann Racing, competing in both theEurocup andNorthern European Cup. He won both series, taking eleven race wins in total and recording ten consecutive pole positions in the latter.[citation needed] At the same time, Norris embarked on a part-time campaign in theBRDC British Formula 3 Championship and claimed four wins in eleven races. In October he made a guest appearance in the final round of theEuropean Formula 3 Championship at theHockenheimring in preparation for theMacau Grand Prix in November. Norris placed ninth in qualifying in Macau but was eliminated from the qualification race after crashing on the first lap. In the main race, he progressed from 27th on the grid to finish 11th.[26]
Norris raced full-time with Carlin in the2017 European Formula 3 Championship,[27] and faced competition fromJoel Eriksson,Maximilian Günther andCallum Ilott for the championship title. Norris finished on the podium in twenty of the thirty races, including nine wins, and recorded eight pole positions. He clinched the title with two races remaining, marking his fifth racing championship title in four years.[28] In November, Norris made his second appearance at the Macau Grand Prix. He was classified second in qualifying but dropped to seventh in the qualification race. He benefited from an accident between the leaders on the final lap to finish the Grand Prix second behindDan Ticktum.
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The weekend following the Macau Grand Prix, Norris made hisFIA Formula 2 debut withCampos Racing, replacingRalph Boschung for the final round of the2017 season at theYas Marina Circuit.[29] Prior to the season, Norris expressed that "[Charles Leclerc] has done it [in2017] so if I want to beat or prove I'm just as a good [sic] then I'm going to have to win [the title as a rookie]", adding that he didn't think there was "any point in going for second or third".[30]
Norris competed full-time in the2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship, racing alongsideSérgio Sette Câmara at Carlin. Norris won the opening race at theBahrain International Circuit from pole position, however, this would prove to be his only race victory of the season. He scored consistent points and podium finishes to hold the lead of the championship until the sixth round at theRed Bull Ring, whenGeorge Russell passed him in the standings. Norris retired from both races at the eleventh round atSochi Autodrom, ruling him out of championship contention and dropping him to third place in the standings behindAlex Albon, although he recovered to second place after the final round inAbu Dhabi.[31]
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In February 2017, Norris joined theMcLaren Driver Development Programme.[32] Following the announcement,Zak Brown said that Norris was "a fabulous prospect" who deserved the award.[33] Later that year, Norris tested for McLaren in a scheduled mid-season test. He set the second fastest lap in the second day of testing at theHungaroring.[34] In late 2017, Norris became the official McLaren test and reserve driver for the 2018 season.[35] Norris participated in his first official practice session at theBelgian Grand Prix, recording 26 laps.[36] Norris drove in six further practice sessions during the year.
Norris was contracted to drive forMcLaren for the2019 Formula One World Championship, partneringCarlos Sainz Jr.[37] He qualified eighth on his debut at theAustralian Grand Prix and finished the race in twelfth place. He scored his first Formula One points by finishing sixth at the following race, theBahrain Grand Prix.[38] TheChinese Grand Prix was the first of Norris' retirements that season, after damage from a first lap collision withDaniil Kvyat caused him to retire later in the race.[39] Further retirements came at theSpanish Grand Prix after a collision withLance Stroll and at theCanadian Grand Prix when a brake fire caused his suspension to fail.[40]
Norris was on course to finish seventh at theFrench Grand Prix but suffered hydraulic problems late in the race and was eventually classified ninth. This was followed by a sixth-place finish at theAustrian Grand Prix, matching his best result. He was forced to start from the back at theGerman Grand Prix due to penalties for exceeding the allowed number of engine components for the season. He later retired from the race after a power failure.[41] At theBelgian Grand Prix, he made his way from eleventh up to fifth in the early stages of the race. He maintained this position and was set to record his best career finish but suffered a power failure on his final lap and was classified eleventh.[42]
Three consecutive points finishes followed at theItalian,Singapore andRussian Grands Prix. At theJapanese Grand Prix, Norris was running in fifth place beforeAlex Albon collided with him during an overtake attempt. Norris dropped back after collecting floor damage and eventually finished eleventh. At the next race, theMexican Grand Prix, he had a wheel fitted incorrectly after pitting from seventh place. He spent almost two minutes in the pits as his mechanics resolved the problem but he was eventually withdrawn from the race.[43] He ended the season with three consecutive points finishes.[9]
Norris finished his debut Formula One season eleventh in the drivers' championship with 49 points. Teammate Sainz scored 96 points, however Norris out-qualified Sainz at eleven of the twenty-one races. During his debut year, Norris signed a multi-year contract to stay with McLaren for the2020 season until2022.[44]
At the season-openingAustrian Grand Prix, Norris qualified in fourth place but was elevated to third after a grid penalty forLewis Hamilton, the highest grid position of his career at the time and the highest for McLaren since the2016 Austrian Grand Prix.[45] In the closing stages of the race, third-placed Hamilton was issued a five-second penalty for causing a collision with Alex Albon. Norris set the fastest lap of the race on the final lap to finish 4.802 seconds behind Hamilton, allowing Norris to claim the first podium finish of his career.[46][47] This made Norris thethird youngest podium-finisher in Formula One history.[48] At theStyrian Grand Prix, Norris qualified sixth but was given a three-place grid penalty for overtaking underyellow flags during practice. He passed three cars in the final two laps of the race to finish fifth, in what he described as "one of the best races of [his] career".[49]
Six consecutive points finishes came between theBritish andTuscan Grands Prix.[50] Norris collected damage on the opening lap of theRussian Grand Prix and finished the race fifteenth. At theEifel Grand Prix, he retired from sixth place with power unit failure. During thePortuguese Grand Prix, a collision withLance Stroll and a puncture resulted in a thirteenth-place finish.[51] Following this, Norris faced criticism over his remarks that Stroll "doesn't seem to learn"[52][53] and his perceived downplaying of Lewis Hamilton's achievement ofmost Grand Prix wins, describing it as meaning "nothing to him".[54][55] Subsequently, Norris apologised for his comments about Stroll and also offered a personal apology to Hamilton, stating that his comments were "careless" and that he "[hadn't] shown the respect I should have to certain people".[56][57][58]
At the wetTurkish Grand Prix Norris had what he called "[the] worst start of everyone's career ever".[59] He started from fourteenth place after a five-place grid penalty for failing to respect yellow flags in qualifying, but recovered to finish eighth and recorded the fastest lap of the race.[59] Norris finished fourth at theBahrain Grand Prix and fifth at the season-finaleAbu Dhabi Grand Prix,[60][61] which alongside the points scored by teammate Sainz, assisted McLaren in claiming third place in the constructors' championship overRacing Point.[62] Norris ended the season ninth in the drivers' championship with 97 points, eight points behind Sainz.
Norris remained at McLaren for the2021 season, partneringDaniel Ricciardo as Sainz left the team forFerrari.[63] Norris qualified seventh for the season-openingBahrain Grand Prix and finished the race fourth.[64][65][66] At the following race, theEmilia Romagna Grand Prix, a qualifying time that would have placed him third on the grid was deleted for exceeding track limits, and he started the race seventh. Norris had run in second place before being passed by Lewis Hamilton with three laps remaining. He finished third to claim his second Formula One podium finish.[67] At theMonaco Grand Prix, Norris started fifth and benefited fromCharles Leclerc's failure to start the race andValtteri Bottas' retirement to claim another podium finish. Norris was issued a grid penalty and started ninth at theAzerbaijan Grand Prix for failing to enter the pits during a red flag period in qualifying, a sanction he criticised as "unfair".[68] He recovered places in the race to finish fifth, assisted by crashes and mistakes from drivers ahead.
Norris equalled his then-highest grid position at theStyrian Grand Prix in Austria, starting third after Bottas was issued with a grid penalty.[69] He finished fifth for the third consecutive race.[70] He bettered this qualifying position at the following weekend'sAustrian Grand Prix, starting in second place after setting a time 0.048 seconds behindpole-sitterMax Verstappen.[71] Norris received a penalty during the race after being judged to have forcedSergio Pérez off the track. He finished the race third to claim his third podium of the season.[72] He set the sixth fastest time in Friday qualifying at theBritish Grand Prix, before finishing fifth in the new-formatsprint qualifying and fourth in the Grand Prix. This result moved him up to third place in the drivers' championship.[73] He qualified sixth for theHungarian Grand Prix. He improved to third place by the first corner but was hit from behind by Bottas, causing him to collide with Verstappen. Norris retired from the race two laps later due to heavy damage. At theItalian Grand Prix, Norris finished fourth in sprint qualifying, which became third on the grid for the race as Bottas incurred an engine penalty. Norris finished the race second behind teammate Ricciardo, scoring his fourth podium of the season and securing McLaren's first one-two finish since the2010 Canadian Grand Prix.[74]
Norris took his first Formula One pole position in changing weather conditions in qualifying at theRussian Grand Prix. He lost the lead to Carlos Sainz on the first lap before regaining it on lap 13. Norris continued to lead the race with Lewis Hamilton close behind until rain began to fall in the closing laps. Norris decided to stay out on dry-weather tyres while Hamilton pitted for intermediate tyres. The rain soon worsened, allowing Hamilton to overtake and forcing Norris to pit for intermediates. Norris finished seventh, recording the fastest lap of the race. Norris scored points in each of the remaining seven races of the season, but did not finish higher than seventh. He qualified third at the season-endingAbu Dhabi Grand Prix and was the first of the five cars controversially permitted to unlap themselves on the penultimate lap of the race. He criticised the decision to resume the race on the final lap and described it as being done "for the TV".[75] The result of the final race dropped Norris to sixth in the World Drivers' Championship, 4.5 points behind former teammate Sainz. Nevertheless, Norris achieved his career best result in the standings and scored 160 points to teammate Ricciardo's 115.
In February 2022 Norris signed a contract extension with McLaren that will see him be with team until at least 2025.[76] He completed all three days of pre-season testing in Bahrain after teammate Ricciardo tested positive forCOVID-19 and was unable to attend.[77]
Both McLaren drivers qualified and finished outside the top ten at the season-openingBahrain Grand Prix. Norris then scored points at theSaudi Arabian andAustralian Grands Prix before achieving the team's only podium finish of the season with third place at theEmilia Romagna Grand Prix.[78] At the newMiami Grand Prix, the safety car was deployed when Norris was involved in a crash withPierre Gasly'sAlphaTauri.[79] Despite suffering withtonsillitis, Norris came sixth in theMonaco Grand Prix and secured the fastest lap.[80] He qualified fifteenth at theAustrian Grand Prix but recovered in the sprint and the race to finish seventh. He then qualified fourth for theHungarian Grand Prix but was unable to keep Lewis Hamilton and the twoRed Bulls behind and finished seventh.
Norris started seventeenth at theBelgian Grand Prix with a power unit components penalty and failed to score points, finishing twelfth. He started third at theItalian Grand Prix but again lost out to the Red Bulls and finished seventh. His best result since Emilia Romagna came at theSingapore Grand Prix where he and Ricciardo finished fourth and fifth respectively, briefly promoting McLaren to fourth place aboveAlpine in the Constructors' Championship. He scored points in theSão Paulo Grand Prix sprint, but a gearbox failure eliminated him from the points positions in the race. He ended the season with sixth place and the fastest lap at theAbu Dhabi Grand Prix. He finished seventh in the Drivers' Championship and scored 122 points to Ricciardo's 37.[citation needed]
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Norris remained with McLaren for 2023, partnered by rookieOscar Piastri who replaced Ricciardo.[81] At thefirst race at Bahrain, both McLaren cars experienced reliability issues.[82] Norris made six pit stops to manage the problem and finished seventeenth and last of the finishing drivers.[83] He was eliminated in the first qualifying session (Q1) for the first time since 2019 at theSaudi Arabian Grand Prix after hitting the wall.[84] He received damage from debris on the opening lap and again finished seventeenth.[85] TheAustralian Grand Prix saw McLaren score their first points of the season; Piastri finished eighth and Norris improved from thirteenth at the start to sixth at the finish. Another Q1 knockout at theMiami Grand Prix and contact withNyck de Vries at the start resulted in another finish outside the points. He qualified third at theSpanish Grand Prix but first-lap contact with Lewis Hamilton dropped him to the back. He was demoted from a points finish at theCanadian Grand Prix with a penalty for "unsportsmanlike behaviour" after slowing excessively whilst entering the pit lane to create a gap to Piastri ahead.[citation needed]
McLaren brought upgrades to Norris'sMCL60 for theAustrian Grand Prix;[86] team principalAndrea Stella commented that "pretty much the entire car" had been redesigned.[87] Norris qualified fourth for the race, third for the sprint and finished fourth in the race. More success came at theBritish Grand Prix where Norris and Piastri qualified second and third respectively,[88] a result Norris described as "insane".[89] He passed Max Verstappen at the first corner and led the race for four laps before Verstappen regained the place. In the later stages of the race, Norris held off Lewis Hamilton to finish second,[90] making him the first McLaren driver to finish on the podium atSilverstone Circuit since Hamilton in2010.[91] He then qualified third and defended from Sergio Pérez to finish second at theHungarian Grand Prix, the first consecutive podiums of his Formula One career. He accidentally broke Verstappen's first place trophy – a handmadeHerend worth around$45,000 – during the podium celebrations; the trophy was later replaced.[92][93][94] He started second at theDutch Grand Prix but criticised his team's decision not to change tyres during a rain shower; he went on to finish seventh.[95]
Four consecutive podiums began with theSingapore Grand Prix, where he held off theMercedes duo of Hamilton and George Russell and finished less than a second behind race winner Carlos Sainz Jr., his former McLaren teammate. Sainz, who had Norris strategically hold up both Mercedes, praised Norris for allowing him to take the victory; his teammate Charles Leclerc had been passed by Hamilton and Russell, who had boxed for fresher mediums, and was thus unable to hold them up.[96] He qualified third, behind teammate Piastri, at theJapanese Grand Prix, but passed him in the race to finish second. He led much of theUnited States Grand Prix having qualified second and passed Charles Leclerc at the start, but was ultimately overtaken by Verstappen and Hamilton. Hamilton's post-race disqualification promoted Norris to second place.[citation needed] Norris failed to set a competitive qualifying time at theMexico City Grand Prix, starting seventeenth, but recovered to finish the race fifth. At theSão Paulo Grand Prix, he claimed sprint race pole position but was overtaken by Verstappen at the first corner and finished second. He also finished second in the main race, having started sixth and gained four places at the start. His only retirement of the season came at the penultimate round, theLas Vegas Grand Prix. He qualified sixteenth and crashed heavily on the third lap. He was taken to hospital for precautionary checks and was discharged the same day.[97]
Norris scored 205 points in total to Piastri's 97 and placed sixth in the Drivers' Championship, matching his result from 2021. He finished only one point behind fourth place, asFernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc tied on 206 points.
Ahead of the2024 season, Norris signed a new multi-year contract with McLaren.[98] He finished sixth at the first race, theBahrain Grand Prix.[99] and took his first podium of the season at theAustralian Grand Prix, starting and finishing third.[100] He took the season's first sprint pole at theChinese Grand Prix,[101] but dropped positions on the opening lap of the sprint and finished sixth.[102] For the main race, he qualified fourth, overtook Fernando Alonso and gained on Sergio Pérez in the pits to finish second,[103] his fifteenth Formula One podium. At theMiami Grand Prix, he retired from the sprint after a first-corner collision with Alonso.[104] He qualified fifth for the main race and led the race after the drivers ahead had made pit stops. A subsequent safety car allowed Norris to pit and retain his lead, which he held ahead of Verstappen at the restart to claim his maiden Grand Prix victory after 110 races and his 16th podium finish,[105] tying the record forthe most podiums before taking a first win, a record he now shares withPatrick Depailler,Mika Häkkinen,Eddie Irvine andJean Alesi.[106]
After Miami, Norris achieved five podiums before the summer break. He scored podiums atImola, where he was catching Verstappen but did not manage to pass him to win,[107]Canada, where he briefly led the race but lost out to Verstappen through strategy,[108] andSpain, where he took pole position but lost out at the start.[109] Despite coming short of several opportunities, Norris stated he believed himself to be a championship rival to Verstappen after the uproar of hisMCL38's overall performance.[110] Norris failed to score a podium atMonaco, finishing fourth behind teammateOscar Piastri,[111] and inAustria, where he sparred with Verstappen before making race-ending contact with him.[112] Norris achieved further podiums at theBritish Grand Prix, finishing in third following botched strategy,[113] andHungary, where he took pole position but lost out at turn one, giving his teammate Oscar Piastri the lead; after strategy prioritised him first, McLaren invokedteam orders on Norris, ordering him to slow down to give Piastri the lead and eventual race win.[114] Norris finished in sixth at theBelgian Grand Prix, behind Verstappen, but was promoted to fifth following the disqualification of another driver.[115]
Following the summer break, Norris achieved pole position at theDutch Grand Prix. During the race, he lost out to second-placed Verstappen at the start, but he eventually reclaimed first place through DRS. He kept the lead, which he extended to 22 seconds by the chequered flag, to take his second victory; McLaren's first at theCircuit Zandvoort sinceNiki Lauda's victory in 1985, and the first non-Red Bull or Max Verstappen victory at the venue since its return to the Formula One calendar in 2021.[116] Norris then took pole position for theItalian race,[117] marking the first consecutive pole positions of his career and becoming the first McLaren driver to achieve this feat since Lewis Hamilton in 2012. He started the race ahead of Piastri, marking McLaren's first front-row lockout at Monza since 2012.[118] However, Norris lost out to his teammate, who overtook him at turn four, and would end up finishing in third behind Piastri and race winnerCharles Leclerc, though he still achieved the fastest lap on lap 53.[119] Norris suffered his and McLaren's first Q1 elimination since the2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix during qualifying for theAzerbaijan Grand Prix.[120] Norris aborted his lap after a brief yellow flag was shown at sector three;Esteban Ocon had brushed his car against the wall, damaging it. Norris, who was approaching sector three, was forced to lift due to this, forcing him to abandon the lap.[121] Norris recovered to fourth after passing Verstappen, and the combined results of him and teammate, race winner Piastri, allowed McLaren to take the lead of the Constructors' Championship for the first time since2014.
Norris took his fifth pole position of the season at theSingapore Grand Prix and set a new qualifying lap time record at theMarina Bay Street Circuit. A dominant display saw him claim his third win by a 20 second margin over Verstappen,[122] and lead every lap to victory.[123] At theUnited States Grand Prix, Norris qualified fourth for the sprint, and finished third. Norris took his sixth pole position for the main race but lost out while battling Verstappen, allowing both Ferraris to take the lead and eventual race win. Norris ended up battling with Verstappen for the final place of the podium, of which Norris was denied after a five-second penalty was awarded for overtaking Verstappen off-track,[124] and Norris qualified in third for theMexico City Grand Prix and finished second after capitalising on a mistake for Charles Leclerc.[125]
Despite winning theSão Paulo Grand Prix sprint from second place after Piastri was told toswap positions,[126] Norris, who started the main race on pole position, his seventh of the season, after being at risk of being knocked out in Q1, violated the procedures regarding aborted starts and then lost position to George Russell; the violation earned him a fine. Following Hülkenberg's assisted recovery, for which he was awarded a disqualification, the virtual safety car came out, and Norris opted to box. Following a red flag thanks to a crash involvingFranco Colapinto's remainingWilliams and a wall, and Sainz's error soon afterward, Norris lost more positions on the safety car restart, falling down to a lowly seventh. He would stay in seventh, moving up to sixth after Piastri let him through. Verstappen won the race from seventeenth, swinging the championship back towards him.[127] Ahead of theLas Vegas Grand Prix, Norris appeared to concede that any realistic hopes of taking the drivers' championship away from Verstappen had ended, though insisted his season had still been good.[128][129] Norris also admitted that he had not prepared for a potential Drivers' Championship title bid at the beginning of the 2024 season.[130] Keith Collantine ofRaceFans opined that in the first 21 rounds of the calendar, Norris had lost 92 points purely through driving errors.[131] Norris qualified and finished theLas Vegas Grand Prix in sixth place whilst rival Verstappen finished fifth, mathematically ending Norris' title bid with two rounds remaining.[132] At theQatar Grand Prix sprint, Norris led every lap from pole until he purposely slowed down approaching the finish line, handing the victory to Piastri as a return of favour for the São Paulo sprint.[133] Nigel Chiu ofSky Sports compared the move toMichael Schumacher's at the2002 United States Grand Prix.[134] He received a 10-second stop-and-go penalty for speeding under yellow flags whilst running second in the race, ultimately finishing in tenth whilst Charles Leclerc of Ferrari who was now Norris's main challenger for the championship runner up spot in the drivers' championship finished the Grand Prix second behind champion Verstappen. Norris owned up to his yellow flag mistake after the race apologising for costing his team points saying he "fucked up".[135] Norris's error and strong Ferrari results in Qatar helped reduce McLaren's lead in the constructors' championship to second placed Ferrari to 21 points heading into the final round of the 2024 season at theAbu Dhabi Grand Prix, and reduced Norris's advantage over Charles Leclerc for second place in the drivers' championship to just eight points heading into the same event.[136] In Abu Dhabi, Norris took pole and led from lights-to-flag in his fourth win of the season, which secured McLaren's first constructors' title since1998.[137]
McLaren entered2025 as title favourites, with Norris stating he had learned "a lot of lessons" in his bid to become World Drivers' Champion.[138] He took pole for the season-openingAustralian Grand Prix, defending the lead from teammateOscar Piastri andMax Verstappen in wet conditions to claim victory and the championship lead.[139] After finishing eighth in theChinese Grand Prix sprint, he claimed second in the main race behind Piastri.[140]
Norris joinedUnited Autosports for the2018 24 Hours of Daytona in theIMSA SportsCar Championship, alongsideFernando Alonso andPhilip Hanson.[141] They finished 13th in-class and 38th overall; following the race, Alonso hailed Norris' "impressive speed", further acclaiming his teamwork, preparation and focus.[142]
Norris competed insim racing forTeam Redline at multipleiRacing events in 2019; he debuted at theBathurst 12 Special Event—a 12-hour virtual teamendurance race—in February, alongsideMax Verstappen.[143] The pair won theSpa 24 Special Event in July.[144] Norris entered two rounds of the2020 IndyCar iRacing Challenge forArrow McLaren, winning the fifth round at theCircuit of the Americas.[145]
Norris competed in the2020 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual with Redline in theLMP2 class alongside Verstappen, as well as esports drivers Atze Kerkhof and Greger Huttu.[146] After qualifying in fifth, the team were met with a series of technical problems, forcing their retirement overnight. Ared flag was called, allowing the team to rejoin 18 laps down and finish 25th in-class.[147]
Norris raised overUS$12,000 for theCOVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, in support of theWorld Health Organization, during an onlinelive streaming event onTwitch in March 2020.[148] He also foundedTeam Quadrant in 2020, anesports team which also focuses on content creation and apparel.[149][150]
Talking toITV'sThis Morning in 2021, Norris confirmed that he had struggled with hismental health in the wake of his Formula One debut, stating that "coming into Formula One at 19, there's [sic] a lot of eyes on you. So, dealing with all these kinds of things, took its toll on me".[151] He referred supporters to theMind charity, who Norris has worked extensively with in partnership with McLaren.[152][153]
In September 2021, Norris launched an eponymouskart racing brand known asLN Racing Kart. The manufacturing is supported by the OTK Kart Group, while operations are carried out by Ricky Flynn Motorsport, who Norris won theKarting World Championship with in 2014.[154][155]
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Super 1 National Championship — Comer Cadet | 35th | |
| 2009 | Formula Kart Stars MSA — Cadet | 21st | |
| Super 1 National Championship — Comer Cadet | 14th | ||
| 2010 | Kartmasters British Grand Prix — Comer Cadet | 27th | |
| Formula Kart Stars MSA — Cadet | 10th | ||
| Super 1 National Championship — Comer Cadet | 3rd | ||
| 2011 | Trent Valley Kart Club — Minimax | 27th | |
| Kartmasters British Grand Prix — Comer Cadet | 25th | ||
| Super 1 National Championship — Comer Cadet | 5th | ||
| MSA British Championship — Cadet | 6th | ||
| 2012 | Kartmasters British Grand Prix — Rotax Mini Max | RL Racing Department | 4th |
| Super 1 National Championship — Rotax Mini Max | 2nd | ||
| Formula Kart Stars — Mini Max | 1st | ||
| Formula Kart Stars — Junior Max | 18th | ||
| Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Junior | RL Racing | 19th | |
| WSK Final Cup —KF3 | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 20th | |
| Copa de Campeones —KF3 | 3rd | ||
| 2013 | South Garda Winter Cup —KF3 | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 5th |
| Trofeo Andrea Margutti —KFJ | 5th | ||
| WSK Euro Series —KFJ | 1st | ||
| WSK Super Master Series —KFJ | 2nd | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship —KFJ | 1st | ||
| CIK-FIA International Super Cup —KFJ | 1st | ||
| Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Junior | 7th | ||
| Italian CSAI Championship —KF3 | 13th | ||
| WSK Final Cup —KFJ | 7th | ||
| Trofeo delle Industrie —KF3 | 5th | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship —KFJ | 4th | ||
| 2014 | South Garda Winter Cup —KF2 | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 34th |
| WSK Champions Cup —KF | 20th | ||
| WSK Super Master Series —KF | 12th | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship —KF | 3rd | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship —KF | 1st | ||
| Sources:[164][165] | |||
† As Norris was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
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| 2014 | HHC Motorsport | Ginetta G40 | BHI 1 6 | BHI 2 10 | DON 1 2 | DON 2 2 | THR 1 Ret | THR 2 10 | OUL 1 DSQ | OUL 2 7 | CRO 1 2 | CRO 2 1 | SNE 1 2 | SNE 2 1 | KNO 1 1 | KNO 2 2 | ROC 1 7 | ROC 2 2 | SIL 1 5 | SIL 2 2 | BHGP 1 9 | BHGP 2 1 | 3rd | 432 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Carlin | BHI 1 1 | BHI 2 9 | BHI 3 1 | DON 1 4 | DON 2 6 | DON 3 10 | THR 1 10 | THR 2 1 | THR 3 3 | OUL 1 2 | OUL 2 8 | OUL 3 1 | CRO 1 Ret | CRO 2 12 | CRO 3 2 | SNE 1 2 | SNE 2 8 | SNE 3 2 | KNO 1 1 | KNO 2 Ret | KNO 3 7 | ROC 1 1 | ROC 2 8 | ROC 3 2 | SIL 1 1 | SIL 2 7 | SIL 3 10 | BHGP 1 1 | BHGP 2 7 | BHGP 3 2 | 1st | 413 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Mücke Motorsport | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | OSC 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | SPA 1 4 | SPA 2 2 | SPA 3 1 | LAU 1 | LAU 2 | LAU 3 | NÜR 1 3 | NÜR 2 5 | NÜR 3 2 | SAC 1 | SAC 2 | SAC 3 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | OSC 3 | HOC 1 3 | HOC 2 2 | HOC 3 DNS | 8th | 131 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
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| 2015 | Mücke Motorsport | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | VAL 3 | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 5 | MNZ 3 3 | IMO1 1 | IMO1 2 | IMO1 3 | MUG 1 12 | MUG 2 7 | MUG 3 8 | ADR 1 | ADR 2 | ADR 3 | IMO2 1 5 | IMO2 2 23 | IMO2 3 4 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | MIS 3 | 11th | 51 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | M2 Competition | RUA 1 3 | RUA 2 1 | RUA 3 9 | TER 1 2 | TER 2 2 | TER 3 1 | HMP 1 1 | HMP 2 17 | HMP 3 6 | TAU 1 1 | TAU 2 2 | TAU 3 1 | MAU 1 3 | MAU 2 4 | MAU 3 1 | 1st | 924 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | MNZ 1 3 | MNZ 2 4 | SIL 1 Ret | SIL 2 1 | HUN 1 1 | HUN 2 Ret | SPA 1 1 | SPA 2 1 | ASS 1 1 | ASS 2 2 | NÜR 1 2 | NÜR 2 1 | HOC 1 2 | HOC 2 4 | HOC 3 3 | 1st | 326 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Josef Kaufmann Racing | ALC 1 2 | ALC 2 1 | ALC 3 1 | MON 16 | MNZ 1 1 | MNZ 2 7 | MNZ 3 2 | RBR 1 1 | RBR 2 3 | LEC 1 2 | LEC 2 1 | SPA 1 3 | SPA 2 2 | EST 1 16 | EST 2 2 | 1st | 253 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Carlin | Volkswagen | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | LEC 3 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | HUN 3 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | PAU 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | NOR 3 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | IMO 3 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 16 | HOC 3 16 | NC‡ | 0‡ |
| 2017 | Carlin | Volkswagen | SIL 1 1 | SIL 2 9 | SIL 3 3 | MNZ 1 1 | MNZ 2 2 | MNZ 3 2 | PAU 1 2 | PAU 2 2 | PAU 3 Ret | HUN 1 8 | HUN 2 14 | HUN 3 3 | NOR 1 11 | NOR 2 1 | NOR 3 3 | SPA 1 1 | SPA 2 Ret | SPA 3 1 | ZAN 1 1 | ZAN 2 3 | ZAN 3 1 | NÜR 1 1 | NÜR 2 2 | NÜR 3 1 | RBR 1 4 | RBR 2 2 | RBR 3 17† | HOC 1 2 | HOC 2 11 | HOC 3 4 | 1st | 441 |
† Driver did not finish the race but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ As Norris was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
| Year | Team | Car | Qualifying | Quali Race | Main race |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Carlin | Dallara F312 | 9th | DNF | 11th |
| 2017 | Carlin | Dallara F317 | 2nd | 7th | 2nd |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Campos Racing | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | BAK FEA | BAK SPR | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | JER FEA | JER SPR | YMC FEA Ret | YMC SPR 13 | 25th | 0 | ||
| 2018 | Carlin | BHR FEA 1 | BHR SPR 4 | BAK FEA 6 | BAK SPR 4 | CAT FEA 3 | CAT SPR 3 | MON FEA 6 | MON SPR 3 | LEC FEA 16 | LEC SPR 5 | RBR FEA 2 | RBR SPR 11 | SIL FEA 10 | SIL SPR 3 | HUN FEA 2 | HUN SPR 4 | SPA FEA 4 | SPA SPR 2 | MNZ FEA 6 | MNZ SPR 5 | SOC FEA Ret | SOC SPR Ret | YMC FEA 5 | YMC SPR 2 | 2nd | 219 |
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | United Autosports | Philip Hanson Fernando Alonso | Ligier JS P217-Gibson | P | 718 | 38th | 13th |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
* Season still in progress.
Norris smiled when he reckoned it was Verstappen's fault for having left the trophy in a bad place. "Max just placed it too close to the edge," said Norris. "It fell over, I guess. Not my problem. It's his!"
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Inaugural | MSA Formula Championship Champion 2015 | Succeeded by Max Fewtrell (F4 British Championship) |
| Preceded by | Toyota Racing Series Champion 2016 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | New Zealand Grand Prix Winner 2016 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Champion 2016 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Champion 2016 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | FIA Formula 3 European Championship Champion 2017 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | FIA Formula 3 European Championship Rookie Champion 2017 | Succeeded by |
| Awards and achievements | ||
| Preceded by | McLaren Autosport BRDC Award 2016 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Autosport Awards British Club Driver of the Year 2016 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Autosport Awards National Driver of the Year 2017 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Autosport Awards British Competition Driver of the Year 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Lorenzo Bandini Trophy 2023 | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Years active | 1996–2023 | ||||||
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