Nationality British Starts 3 Poles 0 | Debut season 2016 Wins 0 Fastest laps 0 | |
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Born 13 November 1999 (age 17)
Bristol, United Kingdom ( 1999-11-13 ) Current teams Carlin Motorsport, Josef Kaufmann Racing Similar Ricky Collard, Callum Ilott, Lance Stroll, Mick Schumacher, Charles Leclerc Profiles | ||
Lando norris vs max defourny eurocup fr2 0 red bull ring 16
Lando Norris (born 13 November 1999) is a British racing driver. He is the current MSA Formula and Toyota Racing Series champion. Most recently he won the McLaren BRDC award, a prestigious award allowing him to become part of the McLaren young driver set up.
Contents
- Lando norris vs max defourny eurocup fr2 0 red bull ring 16
- Teenage racing driver lando norris interview after amazing 2016 season
- Racing career
- Career summary
- Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results
- References
Teenage racing driver lando norris interview after amazing 2016 season
Racing career
Born in Bristol, Norris started his racing career at the age of seven when he claimed pole position at his first national event . He is still to this date the youngest driver to achieve pole position at a national meeting. 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 partook in the final round of the European Formula 3 Championship and the Macau Grand Prix with Carlin, finishing eleventh in the latter.
In December 2016, Norris was confirmed to be racing full time with Carlin in the 2017 European Formula 3 Championship. In February 2017, Norris was signed as a junior driver with McLaren.
Career summary
† As Norris was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† As Norris was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
