AUGUST 29, 2026

Norris commits to McLaren through 2030

World Champion Lando Norris has extended his McLaren contract until at least the end of 2030, with an option that could keep him at Woking for longer.

McLaren has put the future of its World Champion beyond argument by signing Lando Norris until at least the end of 2030, with a multi-year option which can carry the arrangement beyond that.

It is a substantial commitment on both sides and turns one of Formula 1's longest current relationships into something approaching an institution. Norris joined McLaren's junior programme in 2017 as a test and simulator driver, moved into a race seat in 2019 and has never raced for anyone else in Formula 1.

The 26-year-old has now started 163 Grands Prix for McLaren, more than any other driver in the team's history. He has accumulated 18 pole positions, 48 podiums and 13 victories, helped win two Constructors' Championships and, last December, became McLaren's first Drivers' World Champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2008.

Norris announced the deal to McLaren staff at the Technology Centre during the team's annual family and friends open day. The setting was carefully chosen, but it also fitted the point Norris wanted to make.

McLaren is my home, and I'm very pleased to be signing a new contract to keep me with the team until at least 2030.

When I started this journey nine years ago, I was clear about the goals I wanted to achieve: to get McLaren back to the front and to win Championships.

We've achieved that goal, but we want more; we want to keep on winning, and we know as a team that we're capable of achieving it.

I can't wait to get back in the car in Monza, and I'm very excited about what the future holds for us, both over the rest of this season, and in the coming years.

Team principal Andrea Stella described Norris as:

An exceptional driver, someone who combines outstanding natural speed with maturity, consistency and a strong commitment to McLaren.

Stella added that the new agreement provides continuity and gives McLaren confidence in a driver partnership which it regards as both one of the strongest and one of the most united in Formula 1.

McLaren will also give Norris one of the MCL39s from his 2025 title-winning campaign. It is a rather more durable souvenir than a trophy and a useful reminder of the season in which the team won its second consecutive Constructors' title and Norris completed the rebuilding job he had signed up for eight years earlier.

Chief executive Zak Brown said Norris's development from junior driver to World Champion demonstrated McLaren's commitment to finding and supporting talent. He credited Norris, Stella, Oscar Piastri and the wider team with taking McLaren from the back of the grid into what he called a new era of success.

The new agreement continues a deliberate effort to remove uncertainty around McLaren's senior structure. Piastri extended his contract in March last year, while Brown and Stella have both agreed long-term deals during the past two years.

The Norris contract is understood to be a genuine long-term commitment rather than a series of annual escape clauses. That will not stop the paddock inventing possible driver moves, because it never does, but it should direct the speculation elsewhere.

McLaren spent a long time asking Norris to believe that its plans would work. The championships changed that conversation. This deal says both sides now expect the winning to continue.