Lando Norris Offered Chance to Drive for 'Different Team' After F1 victory
Newly crowned Formula 1 world champion Lando Norris has been offered to drive for a different team ahead of 2026.
Norris, 26, enjoyed a stellar 2025 campaign after winning his maiden F1 world title, beating Max Verstappen by just two points.
Meanwhile, the Brit's McLaren teammate, Oscar Piastri, ended the season in third place.
Last week, Norris was officially crowned after receiving his trophy during the FIA Awards.
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Norris will now enjoy a break away from F1 before the new season starts with testing in February.
Speaking recently, former Haas F1 team principal Guenther Steiner has offered Norris the chance to test a MotoGP bike after he led a consortium to buy the Red Bull KTM Tech3 MotoGP team.
As per MotorSport, Steiner said: "He is welcome to ride our bike next year. It has the same colour [as the McLaren], papaya… OK, it’s orange, but they are very similar.
"He can come and ride it; we will find a way to arrange it. It would be something nice for him, although I don’t know if Zak Brown would be happy to see him ride a MotoGP bike."
Speaking previously, Norris revealed his love for motorbikes and stated that his hero is MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi.
The Brit said: "You know what, I would love to do motorbike stuff. That's actually where I started. So I did horse riding - I hated that. Quad biking - my dad sold it, he said it got stolen, he just sold it because it was too dangerous for me. Then I went to motocross.
"So I love dirt motorsport - motorbikes, motocross, quad bikes, I loved all of that before I ever watched Formula 1, before I ever saw road racing, or anything."
Norris added: "For me, buggies and desert stuff, I was like 'this is the coolest stuff in the world.' So that's actually what I wanted to do before everything. Motorbikes was where a lot of my love started, my hero was Valentino Rossi."
The 2026 F1 season will begin in March with the Australian Grand Prix, which will be held around Albert Park in Melbourne.
Topics: Lando Norris, McLaren, Formula 1
Marcus Chan