Lando Norris

Lando Norris (born 13 November 1999) is a British-Belgian racing driver. Currently competing in Formula One, for McLaren, he races under the British flag. He won the MSA Formula championship in 2015, and the Toyota Racing Series, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup in 2016. He also received the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award that year. He subsequently won the 2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship. He was a member of the McLaren Young Driver Programme.

Lando Norris

Norris in 2020
Born	(1999-11-13) 13 November 1999 Bristol, England
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	British
2020 team	McLaren-Renault[1]
Car number	4
Entries	27 (27 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Career points	88
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	1
First entry	2019 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry	2020 Spanish Grand Prix
2019 position	11th (49 pts)
Website	Official website
Previous series
2017–18 2016–17 2016 2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 2015 2015 2014	FIA Formula 2 Championship FIA F3 European Championship Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Toyota Racing Series MSA Formula BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy Italian Formula 4 Championship ADAC Formula 4 Ginetta Junior Championship
Championship titles
2017 2016 2016 2016 2015	FIA F3 European Championship Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Toyota Racing Series MSA Formula
Awards
2017 2016 2016	Autosport National Driver of the Year McLaren Autosport BRDC Award Autosport British Club Driver of the Year

Personal life

Born in Bristol, his father Adam Norris is a retired pensions manager,[2] one of Bristol's richest people and 501st richest in the country.[3] His mother Cisca (nee Wauman) is from the Flanders region of Belgium,[4] He is the second oldest alongside three siblings, with two younger sisters Flo and Cisca, and an older brother Oliver who was also involved in karting on a competitive level.[5][6] Norris holds both British and Belgian citizenship,[7] and speaks some Flemish Dutch.[8][9]

Norris was privately educated at Millfield School in Street, Somerset, leaving school before taking his GCSEs. During that time he studied physics and mathematics with a full-time personal tutor. His family later also moved to Glastonbury to allow him to become a day boarder, and hence pursue his racing career,[10] citing Valentino Rossi as being an inspiration[11] Norris resides in Woking, in close proximity to McLaren's headquarters.[12]

Racing career

Early career

After initially developing an interest in motorcycle racing, Norris's attention switched from two wheels to four after his father took him and his brother to watch a round of the Super 1 National Kart Championships at his local kart track.[13] He started his racing career at the age of seven when he claimed pole position at his first national event. In 2013, Norris won in the World Karting Championships held in Bahrain, the WSK Euro Series and the CIK-FIA European and CIK-FIA Supercup titles. The following year he won the CIK-FIA KF World Championship, with Ricky Flynn Motorsport, thereby making him the youngest karting world championship winner.

Lando Norris racing for Mücke Motorsport in Formula 4 in 2015

In 2014, Norris made his debut in the Ginetta Junior Championship, a support series to the BTCC where he finished third overall, winning the Rookie Cup in his first year out of karts. For 2015, Norris signed with Carlin Motorsport to drive in the newly established MSA Formula series. Norris would win the series with eight wins, ten pole positions and 14 podiums. He also made occasional appearances in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship and the Italian Formula 4 Championship with Mücke Motorsport where he enjoyed even more successes, picking up six podiums from eight starts in the former and a single podium in the latter.

Norris driving for Carlin Motorsport during the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship

For 2016, it was announced that Norris would be driving for M2 Competition in the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand. Norris achieved six wins throughout the season, including the New Zealand Grand Prix and won the championship on his first attempt. Norris took part in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and Formula Renault 2.0 NEC series driving for Josef Kaufmann Racing in which he finished first in both series. As well as embarking on a campaign in the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship with Carlin, where he finished 8th on a part-time schedule. He also took part in the final round of the European Formula 3 Championship and the Macau Grand Prix with Carlin, finishing eleventh in the latter.

Norris raced full-time with Carlin in the 2017 European Formula 3 Championship.[14] He clinched the title in the first of three races at the Hockenheimring finale, and finishing 53 points ahead of runner-up Joel Eriksson.

He also raced for Carlin in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship and came close to winning the title but ended up finishing runner-up to fellow Brit George Russell.

Formula One

Norris driving for McLaren during free practice at the 2018 Japanese Grand Prix

In early 2017, Norris was signed as a junior driver with McLaren.[15] 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 the Hungaroring.[16] In late 2017, Norris became the official McLaren test and reserve driver for the 2018 season.[17] Norris participated in his first official practice session at the Belgian Grand Prix. He ran 26 laps in the session, and finished the session in 18th position out of 20 cars, also outperforming the best lap time of the other McLaren car, driven by full-time McLaren driver Stoffel Vandoorne.

McLaren (2019–present)

2019

Norris at the 2019 Chinese Grand Prix

Norris was contracted to drive for McLaren for the 2019 Formula One World Championship, partnering Carlos Sainz Jr.[18] He qualified 8th on his debut race in Australia, finishing the race in 12th place. At the next race in Bahrain he produced a strong drive to finish 6th, scoring his first Formula One points. The Chinese Grand Prix was the first of Norris' retirements that season, after damage from a first lap collision caused him to retire later in the race. His next retirement came two races later in Spain after a collision with Lance Stroll. After an 8th-place finish at the next race in Azerbaijan, Norris suffered another retirement in Canada after his car suffered a suspension failure causing a brake fire.

Norris was on course to finish 7th in France before hydraulic problems late in the race caused him to fall to 10th, eventually being classified 9th after a penalty for Daniel Ricciardo. This was followed by a 6th-place finish in Austria. In Germany, Norris was forced to start from the back of the grid due to an engine penalty, and retired from the race after a power failure. He produced another points finish in Hungary, starting 7th and finishing 9th. At the Belgian Grand Prix, he made his way from 11th up to 5th in the early stages of the race. He looked on course for the best finish of his career thus far, maintaining his 5th place until he suffered a power failure on his final lap, eventually being classified outside the points in 11th.

Three consecutive points finishes followed. In Japan, Norris was running in 5th place at the beginning of the race before Alexander Albon collided with him during an overtake attempt. His pace suffered for the rest of the race due to the resulting floor damage and he eventually finished in 11th place. At the next race in Mexico, while making his pit stop from 7th place, a wheel was fitted incorrectly and after almost exiting the pits, Norris stopped and was pushed back into his pit box by his mechanics for them to fit the wheel correctly. He spent almost two minutes in the pits and eventually withdrew later in the race after being far behind the other drivers. He ended the season with three consecutive points finishes.

Norris finished his debut season in Formula One in 11th place in the championship with 49 points. This was considerably behind teammate Sainz, but Norris out-qualified Sainz 11-10 over the course of the season. During his debut year, Norris signed a multi-year contract to stay with McLaren for the 2020 season until 2022.[19]

2020

At the opening race in Austria Norris qualified in 4th place but was elevated to 3rd after a grid penalty for Lewis Hamilton, the highest grid position of his career and the highest for McLaren since the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix.[20] In the race Hamilton was issued a five second penalty after a collision with Alexander Albon, requiring Norris to finish within five seconds of Hamilton in order to be classified on the podium.[21] He crossed the line in 4th place but was promoted to 3rd after setting the fastest lap to finish 4.802 seconds behind Hamilton. This marked Norris' first podium in Formula One and his first fastest lap, which came on the final lap of the race.[22] This marks Norris as the third youngest driver to stand on the podium in Formula One history.[23]

At the Styrian Grand Prix, Norris qualified sixth but was awarded a three place grid penalty after an incident in free practice. He overtook three cars (Daniel Ricciardo, Lance Stroll, and Sergio Pérez) in the final two laps of the race to finish fifth, and maintain third in the drivers' championship standings.

2021

Norris is due to remain at McLaren for 2021 with Daniel Ricciardo as his teammate as Sainz moves to Ferrari.[24]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2014	Ginetta Junior Championship	HHC Motorsport	20	4	8	2	11	432	3rd
2015	MSA Formula Championship	Carlin	30	8	10	9	15	413	1st
	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	Mücke Motorsport	8	1	0	3	6	131	8th
	Italian Formula 4 Championship		9	0	0	3	1	51	11th
	BRDC Formula 4 Autumn Trophy	HHC Motorsport	4	2	1	1	4	128	5th
2016	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Josef Kaufmann Racing	15	5	6	4	12	253	1st
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		15	6	10	4	11	316	1st
	Toyota Racing Series	M2 Competition	15	6	8	5	11	924	1st
	BRDC British Formula 3 Championship	Carlin	11	4	4	3	8	247	8th
	FIA Formula 3 European Championship		3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
2017	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Carlin	30	9	8	8	20	441	1st
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Campos Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	25th
	Formula One	McLaren Honda	Test driver
2018	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Carlin	24	1	1	1	9	219	2nd
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship	United Autosports	1	0	0	0	0	18	58th
	Formula One	McLaren F1 Team	Test driver
2019	Formula One	McLaren F1 Team	21	0	0	0	0	49	11th
2020	Formula One	McLaren F1 Team	6			1	1	39*	7th*

† As Norris was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics 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.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics 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

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	WDC	Points
2018	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren MCL33	Renault R.E.18 1.6 V6 t	AUS	BHR	CHN	AZE	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	AUT	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL TD	ITA TD	SIN	RUS TD	JPN TD	USA TD	MEX TD	BRA TD	ABU	–	–
2019	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren MCL34	Renault E-Tech 19 1.6 V6 t	AUS 12	BHR 6	CHN 18^†	AZE 8	ESP Ret	MON 11	CAN Ret	FRA 9	AUT 6	GBR 11	GER Ret	HUN 9	BEL 11^†	ITA 10	SIN 7	RUS 8	JPN 11	MEX Ret	USA 7	BRA 8	ABU 8	11th	49
2020	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren MCL35	Renault E-Tech 20 1.6 V6 t	AUT 3	STY 5	HUN 13	GBR 5	70A 9	ESP 10	BEL	ITA	TUS	RUS	EIF	POR	EMI									7th*	39*

^† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
* Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Daytona results

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

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External links

• Official website
• Lando Norris career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Inaugural	MSA Formula Championship Champion 2015	Succeeded by Max Fewtrell (F4 British Championship)
Preceded by Lance Stroll	Toyota Racing Series Champion 2016	Succeeded by Thomas Randle
Preceded by Lance Stroll	New Zealand Grand Prix Winner 2016	Succeeded by Jehan Daruvala
Preceded by Jack Aitken	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Champion 2016	Succeeded by Sacha Fenestraz
Preceded by Louis Delétraz	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Champion 2016	Succeeded by Michael Benyahia
Preceded by Lance Stroll	FIA Formula 3 European Championship Champion 2017	Succeeded by Mick Schumacher
Preceded by Joel Eriksson	FIA Formula 3 European Championship Rookie Champion 2017	Succeeded by Robert Shwartzman
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Will Palmer	McLaren Autosport BRDC Award 2016	Succeeded by Dan Ticktum
Preceded by Will Palmer	Autosport Awards British Club Driver of the Year 2016	Succeeded by Enaam Ahmed
Preceded by Gordon Shedden	Autosport Awards National Driver of the Year 2017	Succeeded by Dan Ticktum
Preceded by Lewis Hamilton	Autosport Awards British Competition Driver of the Year 2019	Succeeded by Incumbent