Norris and McLaren F1 A Journey of Growth

Norris and McLaren F1: A Journey of Growth

13/05/2024

Lando Norris declares growth with McLaren F1 essential, aiming to craft a remarkable success story together.

Lando Norris and McLaren F1 continue to grow together, striving for the pinnacle of Formula 1, with the papaya team emerging as a credible and consistent threat to the reigning world champions Red Bull following a restructuring led by team director Andrea Stella.

Since the developments introduced in Austria last year, McLaren has made significant strides, culminating in a victory this year in Miami, the first in the modern era of ground effect F1 cars.

Performance gains have been relentless—just like Norris’s own progress.

“We are on the same level,” says Norris, who has been with McLaren since 2019.

“We have made the journey together, from where the team was five or six years ago to now, we have progressed together. I didn’t join a good team that was winning and then performed poorly. We work together, we are in all of this together.”

“Again, I want to succeed with McLaren. I’ve had the opportunity to move to other teams, and perhaps to teams (Red Bull) where I could be winning races now. I want to win many races, but I’m not desperate to the point of jumping into another cockpit, going somewhere else.”

“I don’t need to do that. I don’t want to do it. I want to enjoy the team where I am, the people I work with and I want to create that beautiful story with McLaren.”

“Over the next five or ten years, where can I achieve the most results? I think that’s with McLaren. Just like when Max joined Red Bull, they weren’t winning everything at the time – but they achieved everything five, six, seven years later. That’s what I believe I can do with McLaren.”

“Especially before 2026, I believe I am in the ideal position and I couldn’t be happier with the team where I am.”

Norris and McLaren F1 A Journey of Growth

Norris and McLaren F1: A Journey of Growth. Norris and McLaren F1: A Journey of Growth

Full 2025 F1 testing results

Carlos Sainz
1
CARLOS
SAINZ
Leader
Lewis Hamilton
2
LEWIS
HAMILTON
+0.031s
Charles Leclerc
3
CHARLES
LECLERC
+0.083s
George Russell
4
GEORGE
RUSSELL
+0.197s
Max Verstappen
5
MAX
VERSTAPPEN
+0.218s
Alex Albon
6
ALEX
ALBON
+0.302s
Kimi Antonelli
7
KIMI
ANTONELLI
+0.436s
Oscar Piastri
8
OSCAR
PIASTRI
+0.592s
Pierre Gasly
9
PIERRE
GASLY
+0.692s
Lance Stroll
10
LANCE
STROLL
+0.881s
Liam Lawson
11
LIAM
LAWSON
+0.904s
Jack Doohan
12
JACK
DOOHAN
+1.020s
Yuki Tsunoda
13
YUKI
TSUNODA
+1.149s
Isack Hadjar
14
ISACK
HADJAR
+1.327s
Fernando Alonso
15
FERNANDO
ALONSO
+1.352s
Esteban Ocon
16
ESTEBAN
OCON
+1.380s
Lando Norris
17
LANDO
NORRIS
+1.534s
Gabriel Bortoleto
18
GABRIEL
BORTOLETO
+1.709s
Nico Hulkenberg
19
NICO
HULKENBERG
+2.109s
Oliver Bearman
20
OLIVER
BEARMAN
+3.013s

Testing Total Distance Covered by Team

1
Mercedes
458
2
Haas
457
3
Racing Bulls
454
4
Alpine
405
5
Williams
395
6
Ferrari
382
7
McLaren
381
8
Sauber
354
9
Aston Martin
306
10
Red Bull
304
Race Center
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Australian GP
13 Mar - 16 Mar
FP1
14 MAR 01:30
FP2
14 MAR 05:00
FP3
15 MAR 01:30
QU
15 MAR 05:00
RACE
16 MAR 04:00
F1 CALENDAR 2025
Race
Date
Australian Flag
Australian
Albert Park
16 Mar
Chinese Flag
Chinese
Shanghai International
23 Mar
Japanese Flag
Japanese
Suzuka Circuit
6 Apr
Bahrain Flag
Bahrain
Sakhir desert
13 Apr
Saudi Arabia Flag
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah Street
20 Apr
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