Norris signs new McLaren contract until 2030

Lando Norris has signed a new McLaren contract that runs until at least the end of 2030, describing the decision as "quite an casual yes for me". The British driver, whose new agreement was announced on Saturday, told BBC Sport he "didn't adjacent person a look" at other teams before committing his future to the outfit he joined upon his Formula 1 debut in 2019. Norris added, "There was immoderate involvement from elsewhere," Norris said successful an interrogation with BBC Sport, "but I don't privation to spell anywhere. I don't privation to beryllium with different team. I don't privation to walk clip with different people." He continued, "That's wherefore it truly was astir apt 1 of the easiest decisions I've made since being successful Formula 1." Norris noted he felt no pressure to announce the move early because his existing deal still had more than a year left, yet the idea "became a taxable of speech implicit the past 4 months oregon so, but precise loosely successful the background" and he agreed without hesitation. He cited his loyalty to McLaren, rooted in relationships with team figures such as Zak Brown and Andrea Stella, and their shared history since his 2019 debut. After a period of struggle for competitiveness, the team's performance improved sharply after Stella's promotion at the end of 2022, leading to consecutive constructors' championships in 2024 and 2025—ending a drought dating back to 1998—and Norris securing the drivers' title in the previous year. The 26‑year‑old remarked, "The information I stuck it done with them and past we went connected to evidently person occurrence surely makes maine consciousness similar I don't privation to... they didn't springiness up connected maine and I didn't springiness up connected them." He added, "That conscionly creates a precise beardown