Lando Norris will check McLaren’s new MCL-HY hypercar on the Algarve Worldwide Circuit forward of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
The check on the Portimao circuit is ready to happen on Monday 14 September and can enable the Woking outfit to proceed its improvement of the MCL-HY with suggestions from the 2025 Formulation 1 champion.
The McLaren MCL-HY is the machine that can compete within the FIA World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 2027. The hypercar, which is powered by a V6 twin-turbocharged mid-engine producing 697 horsepower, has been designed by McLaren with Dallara caring for the chassis.
Norris, who beforehand drove the McLaren MCL-HY at Goodwood, has hinted at a future Le Mans outing on a number of events. “You already know, I nonetheless really feel like I need to go and check out different issues,” he mentioned in a video posted to the McLaren YouTube channel in Could 2026. “Do Le Mans, now McLaren are doing Le Mans, so possibly go and try this sooner or later.
“However I do not know. I am nonetheless younger, so I’ve not considered every thing simply but. However, you already know, sooner or later hopefully I’ve youngsters they usually get into racing or one thing after which I can reside the story once more.”
He additionally confirmed his curiosity within the endurance race throughout the 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend, when he advised reporters he would “love” to tackle the problem.
Lando Norris, McLaren MCL-HY
Photograph by: Jakob Ebrey / Getty Photos
Norris’s upcoming go to to Portugal follows the Spanish Grand Prix on the new Madring circuit. Whereas the Briton began the race from pole place, he misplaced out after an ill-timed digital security automotive value him the race lead.
Mercedes driver and present championship chief Kimi Antonelli received his eighth grand prix of the season. He was joined on the rostrum by Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen and Norris completed third.
Antonelli’s victory prolonged his lead within the drivers’ championship to 81 factors over his team-mate George Russell in second place. Norris sits fourth behind Lewis Hamilton.
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