Lando Norris revealed he chose to extend his deal to drive for McLaren despite approaches from rival teams.
The 22-year-old, who has driven for McLaren since making his grand prix debut in 2019, enjoyed a strong campaign last year. He finished on the podium four times and claimed his first pole position in Sochi, coming close to winning the race.
McLaren confirmed today Norris has signed a new deal which will keep him at the Woking squad until the end of 2025. It comes less than 12 months after his last contract extension, which was announced prior to last year’s Monaco Grand Prix.
Since then Norris’s increasingly impressive performances prompted interest from rival teams. “There was little chats here and there,” he admitted, “but that’s all, nothing went far.”
Norris wouldn’t elaborate on which teams came knocking, but multiple top teams had vacancies to fill for 2022. However he insisted his priority was remaining at McLaren, and treated any approaches from rivals as…