Lando Norris

Lando Norris
	Norris in 2019
Born	13 November 1999 (age 24); Bristol, United Kingdom
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	British
Car number	4
Entries	110 (110 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	1
Podiums	16
Career points	716
Pole positions	1
Fastest laps	6
Previous series
2017–2018; 2016–2017; 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

Lando Norris (born 13 November 1999) is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One, for McLaren. 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.

Early life

Born in Bristol, his father is Adam Norris, a retired pensions manager^[1], one of Bristol's richest people and 501st in the country.^[2]

Norris was privately educated at Millfield School in Street, Somerset, leaving school before taking his GCSEs. His family later also moving to Glastonbury to allow him to become a day boarder, and hence pursue his racing career.^[3]

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.^[4] 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, thereby making him the youngest karting world championship winner.

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.

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.^[5] 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

In February 2017, Norris was signed as a junior driver with McLaren.^[6] In August 2017, the Brit tested for McLaren F1 in a scheduled mid-season test. He set the second fastest lap in the second day of testing at the Hungaroring.^[7] In November 2017, Norris became the official McLaren test and reserve driver for the 2018 F1 season.^[8] On 24 August 2018, Norris participated in Free Practice 1 at the Belgian Grand Prix for McLaren, driving car No. 47. 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.

On 3 September 2018, Norris was announced to drive for McLaren for the 2019 Formula One World Championship, partnering Carlos Sainz Jr.^[9]

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	Mücke Motorsport	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	Josef Kaufmann Racing	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	Carlin	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

† As Norris was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

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 fastest lap)

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	DC	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	–	–

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2018	United Autosports	P	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 13	SEB	LBH	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET	58th	18

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

References

^ Cooper, Marc (19 October 2016). "Bristol Rich List 2016 revealed: Who is worth the most money this year". bristolpost.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ Wilkes, Joseph (4 October 2016). "Who is Adam Norris, millionaire father of Lando Norris, McClaren's new Bristol-born Formula 1 star?". bristolpost.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
^ "Lando Norris: A Feature". sportsjournalismsgs.com. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
^ Stuart, Greg (6 December 2016). "Lando Norris' tips on how to get into karting". Red Bull. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
^ Simmons, Marcus (8 December 2016). "McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner Lando Norris to European F3". Autosport. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (22 February 2017). "McLaren F1 team signs Lando Norris to its junior programme". Autosport. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
^ "Kubica fourth fastest on return as Vettel sets testing pace". ESPN F1. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
^ "McLaren Formula 1 – Lando Norris becomes official McLaren test and reserve driver for 2018". Retrieved 6 November 2017.
^ "Lando Norris to drive for McLaren in 2019". McLaren. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

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

[1] Cooper, Marc (19 October 2016). "Bristol Rich List 2016 revealed: Who is worth the most money this year". bristolpost.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

[2] Wilkes, Joseph (4 October 2016). "Who is Adam Norris, millionaire father of Lando Norris, McClaren's new Bristol-born Formula 1 star?". bristolpost.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

[sportsgs-3] "Lando Norris: A Feature". sportsjournalismsgs.com. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018.

[4] Stuart, Greg (6 December 2016). "Lando Norris' tips on how to get into karting". Red Bull. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

[5] Simmons, Marcus (8 December 2016). "McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner Lando Norris to European F3". Autosport. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[6] Khorounzhiy, Valentin (22 February 2017). "McLaren F1 team signs Lando Norris to its junior programme". Autosport. Retrieved 22 February 2017.

[7] "Kubica fourth fastest on return as Vettel sets testing pace". ESPN F1. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

[8] "McLaren Formula 1 – Lando Norris becomes official McLaren test and reserve driver for 2018". Retrieved 6 November 2017.

[9] "Lando Norris to drive for McLaren in 2019". McLaren. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

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v t e Winners of Autosport's National Driver of the Year
Racing winner	1982: Tommy Byrne 1983: Martin Brundle 1984: Johnny Dumfries 1985: Andy Rouse 1986: Andy Wallace 1987: Johnny Herbert 1988: JJ Lehto 1989: Allan McNish 1990: Robb Gravett 1991: David Coulthard 1992: Tim Harvey 1993: Kelvin Burt 1994: Gabriele Tarquini 1995: John Cleland 1996: Frank Biela 1997: Alain Menu 1998: Rickard Rydell 1999: Laurent Aïello 2000: Antônio Pizzonia 2001: Takuma Sato 2002: Robbie Kerr 2003: Nelson Piquet Jr. 2004: James Thompson 2005: Matt Neal 2006: Mike Conway 2007: Jason Plato
Rally winner	1982: Malcolm Patrick 1983: Darryl Weidner 1984: David Llewellin 1985: Mark Lovell 1986: Ken Wood 1987: Louise Aitken-Walker 1988: Malcolm Wilson 1989–90: David Llewellin 1991–92: Colin McRae 1993: Richard Burns 1994: Malcolm Wilson 1995: Alister McRae 1996: Gwyndaf Evans 1997: Mark Higgins 1998: Martin Rowe 1999: Tapio Laukkanen 2000: Mark Higgins 2001–02: Justin Dale 2003: Martin Rowe 2004: Guy Wilks 2005–07: Mark Higgins
Combined winner	2008: Oliver Turvey 2009: Colin Turkington 2010: Jason Plato 2011: Matt Neal 2012: Gordon Shedden 2013: Andrew Jordan 2014: Colin Turkington 2015–16: Gordon Shedden 2017: Lando Norris 2018: Dan Ticktum 2019: Colin Turkington 2020: Harry King 2021: Ashley Sutton 2022: Tom Ingram

v t e Winners of Autosport's British Club Driver of the Year
1980s	1982–83 Martin Bolsover 1984 Rod Birley 1985 Chris Cramer 1986 Paul Warwick 1987 Eddie Irvine 1988 Allan McNish 1989 David Coulthard
1990s	1990 Warren Hughes 1991 Kelvin Burt 1992 Oliver Gavin 1993 Dario Franchitti 1994 James Matthews 1995 Guy Smith 1996 Peter Dumbreck 1997 Doug Bell 1998 Richard Lyons 1999 Andy Priaulx
2000s	2000 Michael Caine 2001 Mike Jordan 2002 Danny Watts 2003 Lewis Hamilton 2004 James Pickford 2005 Andrew Kirkaldy 2006 Sam Bird 2007 Duncan Tappy 2008 Adam Christodoulou 2009 Sarah Moore
2010s	2010 Tom Blomqvist 2011 Alex Lynn 2012 Scott Malvern 2013 Daniel Cammish 2014 Ben Barnicoat 2015 Will Palmer 2016 Lando Norris 2017 Enaam Ahmed