139 Facts About Lando Norris

Lando Norris is a British racing driver, who competes in Formula One for McLaren.

Lando Norris won his first title at the 2015 MSA Formula Championship with Carlin.

Lando Norris then won the Toyota Racing Series, Formula Renault Eurocup and Formula Renault NEC in 2016, receiving the Autosport BRDC Award that year.

Lando Norris won the FIA Formula 3 European Championship in 2017, and finished runner-up to George Russell in the FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2018, both with Carlin.

Lando Norris achieved his maiden podium finish and fastest lap at the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix in 2020, before achieving his maiden pole position at the Russian Grand Prix in 2021, amongst several further podiums.

In 2024, Lando Norris took his maiden career win at the Miami Grand Prix, repeating this feat in the Netherlands, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi as he finished runner-up to Max Verstappen in the World Drivers' Championship.

Lando Norris is contracted to remain at McLaren until at least the end of the 2027 season.

Lando Norris was born on 13 November 1999 in Bristol, England.

Lando Norris's father Adam Norris is a retired pensions manager, and is one of Bristol's wealthiest people as well as the 501st-richest person in the country.

Lando Norris has three siblings - two younger sisters, and an older brother Oliver, who was involved in karting on a competitive level until 2014.

Lando Norris holds both British and Belgian citizenship, and speaks a small amount of Flemish Dutch.

Lando Norris left school without taking his GCSEs, but studied physics and mathematics with a full-time personal tutor.

Between August 2021 and September 2022, Lando Norris dated Portuguese model Luisa Oliveira.

Lando Norris started his racing career at the age of seven when he claimed pole position at his first national event.

In 2013, Lando Norris competed in KF-Junior class, winning the CIK-FIA European Championship and the CIK-FIA International Super Cup, as well as the WSK Euro Series.

In 2014, Lando Norris made his car racing debut in the Ginetta Junior Championship, a support series to the British Touring Car Championship.

Lando Norris finished third in the championship, winning four races and claiming the Rookie Cup.

For 2015, Lando Norris signed with Carlin Motorsport to drive in the newly established MSA Formula Championship.

Lando Norris took eight wins, ten pole positions, and fourteen total podiums to win the championship ahead of Ricky Collard and Colton Herta.

Lando Norris made occasional appearances in the ADAC and Italian Formula 4 championships with Mucke Motorsport where he claimed six podiums from eight starts in the former.

In January 2016, Lando Norris travelled to New Zealand to compete in the Toyota Racing Series with the M2 Competition team.

Lando Norris achieved six race wins, including the New Zealand Grand Prix, and won the championship ahead of Jehan Daruvala.

Lando Norris then returned to Europe to race in the Formula Renault 2.0 category with Josef Kaufmann Racing, competing in both the Eurocup and Northern European Cup.

Lando Norris won both series, taking eleven race wins in total and recording ten consecutive pole positions in the latter.

Lando Norris placed ninth in qualifying in Macau but was eliminated from the qualification race after crashing on the first lap.

Lando Norris raced full-time with Carlin in the 2017 European Formula 3 Championship, and faced competition from Joel Eriksson, Maximilian Gunther and Callum Ilott for the championship title.

Lando Norris finished on the podium in twenty of the thirty races, including nine wins, and recorded eight pole positions.

Lando Norris clinched the title with two races remaining, marking his fifth racing championship title in four years.

Lando Norris was classified second in qualifying but dropped to seventh in the qualification race.

Lando Norris benefited from an accident between the leaders on the final lap to finish the Grand Prix second behind Dan Ticktum.

The weekend following the Macau Grand Prix, Lando Norris made his FIA Formula 2 debut with Campos Racing, replacing Ralph Boschung for the final round of the 2017 season at the Yas Marina Circuit.

Lando Norris competed full-time in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship, racing alongside Sergio Sette Camara at Carlin.

Lando Norris won the opening race at the Bahrain International Circuit from pole position this would prove to be his only race victory of the season.

Lando Norris scored consistent points and podium finishes to hold the lead of the championship until the sixth round at the Red Bull Ring, when George Russell passed him in the standings.

Lando Norris retired from both races at the eleventh round at Sochi Autodrom, ruling him out of championship contention and dropping him to third place in the standings behind Alex Albon, although he recovered to second place after the final round in Abu Dhabi.

In February 2017, Lando Norris joined the McLaren Driver Development Programme.

Later that year, Lando Norris tested for McLaren in a scheduled mid-season test.

Lando Norris set the second fastest lap in the second day of testing at the Hungaroring.

In late 2017, Lando Norris became the official McLaren test and reserve driver for the 2018 season.

Lando Norris participated in his first official practice session at the Belgian Grand Prix, recording 26 laps.

Lando Norris drove in six further practice sessions during the year.

Lando Norris was contracted to drive for McLaren for the 2019 Formula One World Championship, partnering Carlos Sainz Jr.

Lando Norris scored his first Formula One points by finishing sixth at the following race, the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Lando Norris was on course to finish seventh at the French Grand Prix but suffered hydraulic problems late in the race and was eventually classified ninth.

Lando Norris was forced to start from the back at the German Grand Prix due to penalties for exceeding the allowed number of engine components for the season.

Lando Norris later retired from the race after a power failure.

Lando Norris 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.

At the Japanese Grand Prix, Lando Norris was running in fifth place before Alex Albon collided with him during an overtake attempt.

Lando Norris dropped back after collecting floor damage and eventually finished eleventh.

Lando Norris spent almost two minutes in the pits as his mechanics resolved the problem but he was eventually withdrawn from the race.

Lando Norris ended the season with three consecutive points finishes.

Lando Norris finished his debut Formula One season eleventh in the drivers' championship with 49 points.

Lando Norris set the fastest lap of the race on the final lap to finish 4.802 seconds behind Hamilton, allowing Lando Norris to claim the first podium finish of his career.

Lando Norris 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".

Lando Norris collected damage on the opening lap of the Russian Grand Prix and finished the race fifteenth.

Subsequently, Lando Norris apologised for his comments about Stroll and 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".

At the wet Turkish Grand Prix Lando Norris had what he called "[the] worst start of everyone's career ever".

Lando Norris 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.

Lando Norris finished fourth at the Bahrain Grand Prix and fifth at the season-finale Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which alongside the points scored by teammate Sainz, assisted McLaren in claiming third place in the constructors' championship over Racing Point.

Lando Norris ended the season ninth in the drivers' championship with 97 points, eight points behind Sainz.

Lando Norris remained at McLaren for the 2021 season, partnering Daniel Ricciardo as Sainz left the team for Ferrari.

Lando Norris had run in second place before being passed by Lewis Hamilton with three laps remaining.

Lando Norris finished third to claim his second Formula One podium finish.

At the Monaco Grand Prix, Lando Norris started fifth and benefited from Charles Leclerc's failure to start the race and Valtteri Bottas' retirement to claim another podium finish.

Lando Norris recovered places in the race to finish fifth, assisted by crashes and mistakes from drivers ahead.

Lando Norris equalled his then-highest grid position at the Styrian Grand Prix in Austria, starting third after Bottas was issued with a grid penalty.

Lando Norris bettered this qualifying position at the following weekend's Austrian Grand Prix, starting in second place after setting a time 0.048 seconds behind pole-sitter Max Verstappen.

Lando Norris received a penalty during the race after being judged to have forced Sergio Perez off the track.

Lando Norris finished the race third to claim his third podium of the season.

Lando Norris set the sixth fastest time in Friday qualifying at the British Grand Prix, before finishing fifth in the new-format sprint qualifying and fourth in the Grand Prix.

Lando Norris improved to third place by the first corner but was hit from behind by Bottas, causing him to collide with Verstappen.

Lando Norris retired from the race two laps later due to heavy damage.

At the Italian Grand Prix, Lando Norris finished fourth in sprint qualifying, which became third on the grid for the race as Bottas incurred an engine penalty.

Lando Norris finished the race second behind teammate Ricciardo, scoring his fourth podium of the season and securing McLaren's first one-two finish since the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix.

Lando Norris took his first Formula One pole position in changing weather conditions in qualifying at the Russian Grand Prix.

Lando Norris lost the lead to Carlos Sainz on the first lap before regaining it on lap 13.

Lando Norris continued to lead the race with Lewis Hamilton close behind until rain began to fall in the closing laps.

Lando Norris decided to stay out on dry-weather tyres while Hamilton pitted for intermediate tyres.

Lando Norris finished seventh, recording the fastest lap of the race.

Lando Norris scored points in each of the remaining seven races of the season, but did not finish higher than seventh.

Lando Norris criticised the decision to resume the race on the final lap and described it as being done "for the TV".

Nevertheless, Lando Norris achieved his career best result in the standings and scored 160 points to teammate Ricciardo's 115.

In February 2022 Lando Norris signed a contract extension with McLaren that will see him be with team until at least 2025.

Lando Norris completed all three days of pre-season testing in Bahrain after teammate Ricciardo tested positive for COVID-19 and was unable to attend.

Lando Norris then scored points at the Saudi Arabian and Australian Grands Prix before achieving the team's only podium finish of the season with third place at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

At the new Miami Grand Prix, the safety car was deployed when Lando Norris was involved in a crash with Pierre Gasly's AlphaTauri.

Lando Norris started seventeenth at the Belgian Grand Prix with a power unit components penalty and failed to score points, finishing twelfth.

Lando Norris started third at the Italian Grand Prix but again lost out to the Red Bulls and finished seventh.

Lando Norris scored points in the Sao Paulo Grand Prix sprint, but a gearbox failure eliminated him from the points positions in the race.

Lando Norris ended the season with sixth place and the fastest lap at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Lando Norris finished seventh in the Drivers' Championship and scored 122 points to Ricciardo's 37.

Lando Norris remained with McLaren for 2023, partnered by rookie Oscar Piastri who replaced Ricciardo.

Lando Norris made six pit stops to manage the problem and finished seventeenth and last of the finishing drivers.

Lando Norris was eliminated in the first qualifying session for the first time since 2019 at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after hitting the wall.

Lando Norris received damage from debris on the opening lap and again finished seventeenth.

The Australian Grand Prix saw McLaren score their first points of the season; Piastri finished eighth and Lando Norris improved from thirteenth at the start to sixth at the finish.

Lando Norris was demoted from a points finish at the Canadian Grand Prix with a penalty for "unsportsmanlike behaviour" after slowing excessively whilst entering the pit lane to create a gap to Piastri ahead.

Lando Norris passed Max Verstappen at the first corner and led the race for four laps before Verstappen regained the place.

Lando Norris started second at the Dutch Grand Prix but criticised his team's decision not to change tyres during a rain shower; he went on to finish seventh.

Sainz, who had Lando Norris strategically hold up both Mercedes, praised Lando 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.

Lando Norris led much of the United States Grand Prix having qualified second and passed Charles Leclerc at the start, but was ultimately overtaken by Verstappen and Hamilton.

Lando Norris failed to set a competitive qualifying time at the Mexico City Grand Prix, starting seventeenth, but recovered to finish the race fifth.

Lando Norris finished second in the main race, having started sixth and gained four places at the start.

Lando Norris was taken to hospital for precautionary checks and was discharged the same day.

Lando Norris scored 205 points in total to Piastri's 97 and placed sixth in the Drivers' Championship, matching his result from 2021.

Lando Norris finished only one point behind fourth place, as Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc tied on 206 points.

Ahead of the 2024 season, Lando Norris signed a new multi-year contract with McLaren.

Lando Norris finished sixth at the first race, the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Lando Norris took the season's first sprint pole at the Chinese Grand Prix, but dropped positions on the opening lap of the sprint and finished sixth.

Lando Norris scored podiums at Imola, where he was catching Verstappen but did not manage to pass him to win, Canada, where he briefly led the race but lost out to Verstappen through strategy, and Spain, where he took pole position but lost out at the start.

Lando Norris failed to score a podium at Monaco, finishing fourth behind teammate Oscar Piastri, and in Austria, where he sparred with Verstappen before making race-ending contact with him.

Lando Norris achieved further podiums at the British Grand Prix, finishing in third following botched strategy, and Hungary, where he took pole position but lost out at turn one, giving his teammate Oscar Piastri the lead; after strategy prioritised him first, McLaren invoked team orders on Lando Norris, ordering him to slow down to give Piastri the lead and eventual race win.

Lando Norris finished in sixth at the Belgian Grand Prix, behind Verstappen, but was promoted to fifth following the disqualification of another driver.

Lando Norris kept the lead, which he extended to 22 seconds by the chequered flag, to take his second victory; McLaren's first at the Circuit Zandvoort since Niki 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.

Lando Norris then took pole position for the Italian race, marking the first consecutive pole positions of his career and becoming the first McLaren driver to achieve this feat since Lewis Hamilton in 2012.

Lando Norris started the race ahead of Piastri, marking McLaren's first front-row lockout at Monza since 2012.

However, Lando Norris lost out to his teammate, who overtook him at turn four, and would end up finishing in third behind Piastri and race winner Charles Leclerc, though he still achieved the fastest lap on lap 53.

Lando Norris suffered his and McLaren's first Q1 elimination since the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix during qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Lando 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.

Lando Norris, who was approaching sector three, was forced to lift due to this, forcing him to abandon the lap.

Lando 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 since 2014.

Lando Norris took his fifth pole position of the season at the Singapore Grand Prix and set a new qualifying lap time record at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

Lando 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.

Lando Norris would stay in seventh, moving up to sixth after Piastri let him through.

Ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, Lando 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.

Lando Norris admitted that he had not prepared for a potential Drivers' Championship title bid at the beginning of the 2024 season.

Keith Collantine of RaceFans opined that in the first 21 rounds of the calendar, Lando Norris had lost 92 points purely through driving errors.

At the Qatar Grand Prix sprint, Lando 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 Sao Paulo sprint.

Lando Norris 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.

McLaren entered 2025 as title favourites, with Lando Norris stating he had learned "a lot of lessons" in his bid to become World Drivers' Champion.

Lando Norris took pole for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, defending the lead from teammate Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen in wet conditions to claim victory and the championship lead.

Lando Norris joined United Autosports for the 2018 24 Hours of Daytona in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, alongside Fernando Alonso and Philip Hanson.

Lando Norris entered two rounds of the 2020 IndyCar iRacing Challenge for Arrow McLaren, winning the fifth round at the Circuit of the Americas.

Lando Norris competed in the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual with Redline in the LMP2 class alongside Verstappen, as well as esports drivers Atze Kerkhof and Greger Huttu.

Lando Norris raised over US$12,000 for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, in support of the World Health Organization, during an online live streaming event on Twitch in March 2020.

Lando Norris founded Team Quadrant in 2020, an esports team which focuses on content creation and apparel.

Lando Norris referred supporters to the Mind charity, who Norris has worked extensively with in partnership with McLaren.

In September 2021, Lando Norris launched an eponymous kart racing brand known as LN Racing Kart.

The manufacturing is supported by the OTK Kart Group, while operations are carried out by Ricky Flynn Motorsport, who Lando Norris won the Karting World Championship with in 2014.