Doubts have been raised about why 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris chose to commit himself to McLaren long-term.

Norris signed a new multi-year deal with his existing team ahead of the 2024 F1 season.

But, since then, Lewis♋ Hamilton confirmed his 2025 move to Ferrari and 𓆏Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is now staggeringly being linked to Mercedes.

Norris is out of the r♕unning for a hectic silly season because of his decision to commit to McLaren.

Naomi Schiff told Sky Sports that she was surprised Norris chose to commi🎃t with two years remaining on his previous deal: “Absolutely. There was no need for him to sign that contract now.

“He still had a couple𓆉 of years at McL𒁃aren signed for, already.

“There is a new set of regulations coming out in 2026. I understand, last yeꦦar, that they totally turned the situation around and Max “Verstappen was the only driver to out-score Lando in the second part of the season.

“So, yes, there is excitement in the team.

“Who knows what that car will be like in 2026?

“Lando is a driver who is incredibly ambitious. He🌜 ꦺwants really big things for himself.

“You want to leave youꦗrself in a posiꦓtion to do that. To sign so early…

“He knows the details. He has made his decision. I can’t comment more on �💙�that.

“But I would have waited.”

ꦛDamon Hill wondered if Norris and McLaren agreed their new contract while knowing about the deal that Hamilton and Ferrari were thrasℱhing out.

Hill asked: “They must h🃏ave got wind of what was going on…

“Once you look around at the sharp end, itꦜ looks very difficult.

“Sticking with a team on the up was h๊is logic. That was the way he explained it: ‘They are going plꦯaces, I am comfortable in this team, I believe in this team…’

“Sticking to it, in the absence of any obvious option, yes🐭.

If there was something that ever unexpectedly came up🐟, then these guys go into negotiations.

“You can’൲t hold someone to a team i🅷f they don’t want to be there.

“But I don’t expect that to happen.

“I think he fits weꦺll with McLaren. They can keep offering him a f🍎uture.

“They are progressing every closer t🅠o the front end. Then, he will sta෴y there.”

McLaren enjoyed an uplift in form in the sec🍰ond half of lꦑast year, propelling Norris and Oscar Piastri onto the podium.

Norris then finished in P6 at th﷽e season-opening F1 Bahrain Grand Prix at the weekend, a result which failed to live up the hype around McLaren as Red Bull’s closest competitors.