Will Lando Norris be the driver to end Max Verstappen’s F1 reign? McLaren aiming to be title contenders by 2025

McLaren CEO Zak Brown believes his team will be in a position to fight for F1 world titles by 2025. 
(L to R): Max Verstappen (NLD) Red
(L to R): Max Verstappen (NLD) Red

McLaren slipped behind midfield rivals Alpine as they finished fifth in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2022 constructors’ champio🦂nship but the team’s lo♍ng-term ambition is to return to fighting at the very front of the grid. 

But with a brand new wind tunnel set to be completed by mid-2023, Brown is confident McLaren c🐻an make the required step to become championship challengers in “two-to-three years”. 

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168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s maiden F1 title win in 2008ꦉ remains McLaren’s last championship success. 

“I think we're two to three years away," Brown told. “I'd love this year t💎o look like '21, mixing it up with the top three. But we still don't have all of ꦯour technology infrastructure in place.

"By '24, we will have had it in place but not for the entire development of the '24 car. So '24 I'd like to think would be a good step forward, where I think we could be mixing it u🐼p on a more regular basis.

"Then in '25 we have everythinಞg we need - drivers, people, resources, wind tunnel, simulator. There's no reason why, on paper, we shouldn't be in a position to be challenging at the front on a regular basis by '25. That's certainly our ambition.”

Brown’s prediction will be welcomed by168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lando Norris, who has committed his future to McL♌aren on a deal ru🐻nning until the end of 2025. 

But Norris may have to dethrone Red Bull’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, who has won the last two drivers’ crowns, i🍨n order to achieve his goal.

Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL36 and Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB18. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 21,
Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren MCL36 and Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB18. Formula 1…

Despite the setbacks of a belo🍒w-par 2022 and losing former team principal Andreas Seidl to Sauber earlier than planned, Brown insists there a🐽re reasons for McLaren to be positive heading into the new campaign. 

"In a positive year there's learnings and there's failures along the wa🏅y,” he explained. “I think we're a better racing team today than we were a year ago. That's positi🐻ve. 

“I look at the way we started '2🤪2 with our brake issue in Bahrain… It was iffy if we were even going to race in Bahrain. So the positive of that was I ꦏwas impressed at how the team reacted, how quickly they fixed the problem.

"When I took over as CEO in 2016 that was coming off ofܫ the worst year in the history of McLaren, ninth, our fans were disappointed in us, morale in the factory was low, 🐻we had very little sponsorship. 

“Five years later, we've won a race, almost won another, we've had a poಌle, we've had nine podiums, we've been third, fourth, fifth, we've been༒ mixing it up at the front."

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