McLaren enjoyed a remarkable resurgence before the F1 2023 summer break, finishing second on merit twice.

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Red Bull are big admirers of Norris, plus he has a good relationship with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.

In an interview with , Bro🐼wn explained why McLaren is the team to be at - not Red Bull - ahead of the new rules in 2026.

“We've got our team in place. It's stable,” he said. “We have additional talent coming to be additive to what we currently have. W🐠e have all the financial resources we need.

“It's just going to take a little bit of time so as long as we can show this progress... '26 is going to be a huge reset for t🐻his sport and there's not going to be any excus❀es for us. We have everything we need from resources, people, two great drivers, all the technology, infrastructure.

“As long as [Norris] continues t🌌o see our pace and development then I think he'll have all the co🌳nfidence in the world that this team's won 20 world championships and have everything they need, look at the momentum.

“You look down the grid, there's as many unknowns about '26. Red Bull with a new engine, how's that going to be? They'✱ve never done that before. There's all sorts of variables going on there and I think our story is as good as anyone's.”

Brown believes McLaren need to continue to prove to Norris they have what it takes to win races and championsh𝓀ips to retain him beyond 2025.

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"That being said, we haven't won one with [Norris] yet. He loves McLaren, it's been his family, so there's no doubt in my mind is his number one choice is to win a world championship with McLaren. I think the best thing we do to retain him is to demonst�♒�rate to him we're a team capable of doing that.

"It's not a case of wooing him or not wooing him, it's about giving him a ca🐭r where he can look himself in the mirror and say 'I think I can win a world championship with this team'."