Lando Norris has charged to victory on his IndyCar iRac❀ing Challenge Espꦛorts series debut.

The McLaren Formula 1 driver was invited to participate i✅n the IndyCar Esports series for the Circuit of the Americas round, competing for sister team Arrow McLaren SP, and pulled off a surprise by winning despite spinning at the final corner midway t💧hrough the race.

Norris ๊recovered from the spin to hunt down Will Power, who spun twice on an out-lap to drop him out of cont𒀰ention, with the British driver passing ex-F1 star Marcus Ericsson and Scott McLaughlin to slot into second place.

With team-mate Pato O’Ward taking the lead, Norri👍s used his alternative pit strategy to keep clear of him before he overtook Felix Rosenqvist for the net lead after t🌜he Swedish driver also spun off.

Norris defended his position in the closing stages against O’Ward to claim victory on his IndyCar Esports debut aꦑs he led home a Mc༺Laren SP 1-2.

Rosenqvist🃏 recovered to take third place in front of McLaughlin and ex-Formula 2 driver Santino Ferrucci in fifth place with Will Power taking sixth and Rinus VeeKay in seventh.

Ericsson also pro🍸duced a fightback to take eighth place ahead of Spaniard Alex Palou as Josef Newgarden rounded out the top 10.

“I🍌 felt confident, but every practice session I did I lost that confidence slightly by everyone else getting quicker and quicker,” Norris said after his victory. “The thing I enjoyed the most was the competitiveness, and how we’ve had to work as a team.”

Norris has been a regular Esports star during the delﷺays to the 2020 F1 season, competing in F1’s own Virtual Grand Prix series plus multiple otheᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚr online simulation competitions.