A firecracker in his junior career, with a penchant for pole positions and wheel-to-wheel tussles, Norris didnât let them down.Paired with the highly-rated â and far more experienced â Carlos Sainz, his rookie season was impressive, edging the Spaniard in their head-to-head qualifying battle, scoring points on 11 occasions, and only narrowly missing out on a top-10 championship placing.Lando Norris, McLaren MCL33 at Formula One Testing, Day One, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Tuesday 27 November 2018. He has scored two sixth-place finishes – in Bahrain and at the McLaren’s chief executive, Zak Brown, wanted to ensure there would be stability in the team’s lineup. Lando Norris has had his contract with McLaren extended to continue racing for the team for a further three years.McLaren have shown their confidence that Norris will be central to their efforts to return to the front of the grid by announcing they will retain him before his home race, the British Grand Prix. The British driver, F1's Rookie of the Year in 2019, is known as a hardcore sim racer. I wasn’t saying I want the deal done by Silverstone. Well beyond our expectations but goes to show you should never give up! McLaren driver Lando Norris will be using a special Formula 1 helmet for the 2020 British Grand Prix this weekend, designed by six-year-old Eva Muttram. THE BIRTH OF #LANDOBOT // F1 Bahrain VirtualGP - Duration: 9:56. Sixth. He will not be participating in the British GP this weekend. The image was tweeted by her father Aidy MuttramThe 2020 F1 season has been different for a variety of reasons and has so far been exceptional for McLaren and Norris, compared to previous years. Thanks for the new ride @McLarenAuto ðð¼Formula 1 is living in #RACE1000, meanwhile Iâm living in #RACE5000 ðMiss the braking point? SIXTH!
Special few days that Iâll not forget #AusGPOver in Bahrain training for the brand new Formula 1 season. © Mark Sutton/Sutton ImagesFernando Alonso, McLaren and Lando Norris, McLaren in the press conference at Formula One World Championship, Rd21, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Preparations, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Thursday 22 November 2018. For 2017, Lando contested the European Formula 3 championship, eventually winning the title in October - all while dovetailing his racing activities with a fully fledged role as a test and simulator driver for the McLaren Honda Formula 1 team.
McLaren driver Lando Norris will be using a special Formula 1 helmet for the 2020 British Grand Prix this weekend, designed by six-year-old Eva Muttram. First points for me but the team deserves it all, everyone out here and everyone back at the factory have put in a tonne of hard work. Iâm just smiling and so happy right now. The new helmet design is a big departure from the otherwise graphic-induced lid that the racer uses.The helmet uses McLaren's colours with the Norris' name written on the sideSpeaking about the special helmet design on a Twitch stream, Lando Norris said, "This is the winner. The team have also extended the contract of his teammate, Carlos Sainz.Norris, who is still only 19, was first signed by McLaren as a junior driver in 2017. Lando Norris has scored two sixth-place finishes in his debut F1 season and shown both maturity, tenacity and finesse behind the wheel for McLaren.