2025 Formulation 1 champion Lando Norris won’t participate in any celebration occasions close to McLaren’s headquarters in Woking.
Norris’s 2025 championship marked the primary time a McLaren driver had clinched the drivers’ title since Mika Hakkinen in 1998. Whereas the Finnish driver celebrated the second by driving an F1 automobile across the streets of Woking, McLaren has confirmed that with the preparations for the 2026 season, there won’t be time for Norris to do the identical.
In accordance with the BBC, Woking Borough Council chief Ann-Marie Barker shared her hope that Norris might have a good time with the native residents in a letter to McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown.
“I do hope that we are able to have a good time this historic achievement regionally,” she wrote. “February’s city‑centre celebration of your 2024 Constructors’ Championship was an amazing success, with actions absolutely booked and distinctive group engagement.
“We might be delighted to assist your future plans so our group can as soon as once more share within the pleasure of your success.”
However a McLaren spokesperson later admitted, “I am afraid we can’t be internet hosting any celebrations in Woking this time, sadly, because the staff are tremendous busy making ready for the season forward.”
Lando Norris, McLaren
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2025 noticed McLaren declare each the drivers’ and constructors’ titles. Norris fought onerous all season together with his team-mate Oscar Piastri for his first drivers’ title and a late surge from Purple Bull’s Max Verstappen posed a severe risk. The battle went all the way down to the season finale in Abu Dhabi and whereas Verstappen received the race forward of Piastri and Norris, the latter’s third-place end was sufficient to say the title by two factors over Verstappen.
However as quickly because the celebrations completed and Christmas was over, the staff’s consideration turned to the upcoming 2026 season, which is able to introduce a wave of recent laws within the sequence.
McLaren will reveal its 2026 challenger on 9 February from the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit.
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