McLaren driver was in awe of Hamilton and Alonso as a young child and now youngsters look up to the 23-year-old
There is an air of cautious optimism at McLaren going into the British Grand Prix this weekend. Certainly for the team’s home-grown driver Lando Norris the event is special and one he admits has always meant the most to him ever since he was a child haunting the gates in the hope of glimpsing a driver. That he himself is now the inspiration for another generation is something the 23-year-old still finds somewhat hard to really take on board.
“When I was a kid I dreamed of winning my home race,” he says. “Even now when you see Lewis [Hamilton] win there it looks like the coolest thing on Earth. Seeing that crowd … Winning in front of those fans is by far the thing I want to do the most.”