"I want to achieve my goals with McLaren," says British driver Lando Norris
Aug 03, 2023
Spa [Belgium], August 3 : After Norris was able to finish above ninth just once in the opening eight races of the 2023 season, major mid-season upgrades to the MCL60 have had a remarkable impact, enabling the British driver to take back-to-back second places in July. In a recent interview, he said that he wants to achieve his goals with McLaren.
In February 2022 Norris signed a long-term contract extension to remain with McLaren until the end of 2025, but the team's failure to provide him with a competitive car following the agreement of the deal has led to much speculation over the 23-year-old's future.
According to Sky Sports, Lando Norris said, "I want to achieve my success and I want to achieve my goals with McLaren. That's been my target since I've come here since I've entered Formula 1 with this team."
He added, "I guess I'm a loyal guy from that point of view, that I've joined the team, they gave me a chance in Formula 1 and I want to deliver and achieve success for them."
Norris, "And I think it's a cooler story at the same time, to go from where we were a few years ago, a team that was really struggling, to fighting back and being that first team to really come back from a long way and fight for championships and wins. I think it would be just a cool story to look back on in 10, 20 years."
Before McLaren's recent surge into podium contention, Norris had been talked about as a potential future team-mate at Red Bull for Max Verstappen, who has won eight successive races to leave himself all but assured of a third successive driver's title.
Norris added: "But in the back of my mind, there's that impatient game of, 'do I stick it out for another few years, or is it time to look at something different?'
While concluding he said, "But the more we achieve things like we have done over the past few weeks, the more I'm very confident with the decision I made to stay until 2025, and the more confident I am that we can achieve our goals together in the future."
