Will McLaren’s F1 2023 revival convince Lando Norris to stick around?

Zak Brown believes McLaren’s recent improved form will convince Lando Norris to “stick around” at the British F1 team. 
Will McLaren’s F1 revival convince Norris to stick around?

Norris’ long-term future has been the subject of muc𒁃h speculation for months amid reported interest from Red Bull and a torrid start to the 2023 season by McLaren✤. 

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The 23-year-old Briton, who is contracted to McLaren unti𒀰l the end of 2025, is considered one of F1’s most exciting prospects. 

Since introducing the first two stages of a major upgrade package at the recent Austrian and British Grand Prix, McLaren have enjoyed a remarkable uptick in form, with Norris finishing second behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s dominant Red Bull in the last ♍two races.  

And McLaren CEO Brown is confid♚ent the team’s s𒀰tunning transformation will persuade Norris not to seek an early exit from his contract. 

(L to R): Zak Brown (USA) McLaren Executive Director with Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren on the grid. Formula 1 World
(L to R): Zak Brown (USA) McLaren Executive Director with Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren on the…

"I think the way you keep him ♑is🌳 you give him a good race car,” Brown told Sky F1. 

"And as long as w🎀e can give him a ღgood race car, he loves the environment, he loves the team, he's been on this journey.

"Obviously we were all a bit frustrated at the start o🃏f ﷽the year, but now two seconds on the trot, he's qualified fifth, second and third.

"So I think as long as we keep doing that, then he'll s๊ti🥃ck around.”

After claiming his second consecutive pꦛodium🥂 in Hungary, Norris expressed his delight at McLaren’s recent gains. 

Lando Norris (GBR), McLaren F1 Team Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary, Race
Lando Norris (GBR), McLaren F1 Team Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, Hungarian Grand Prix,…

“At the minute, I think we’re very happy with the progress we’ve mཧade to go from where we were four or fiv𝓀e races ago, struggling to get out of Q1 sometimes to fighting for poles and fighting for podiums,” he said. 

“We’ll take it for now, and o🅘ur time will come later on in the year.”

He added: “Everyone back in the factory did an amazing job. I think we knew it in th𝐆e beginn🐭ing we were going to struggle and we looked pretty poor.

“We got a lot of abuse for🗹 McLaren in saying they weren’t doing🍸 a good enough job, but I’m happy we’ve finally proved some people wrong.”

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