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McLaren expected STR to make swoop for Lando Norris

McLaren Chief Executive Officer Zak Brown believes Lando Norris would have been snapped up by a rival had the team not handed him a 2019 Formula 1 seat. McLaren confirmed on Monday that 18-year-old Norris will join Carlos Sainz Jr. in an all-new driver line-up for the team next season. Norris joined McLaren’s young driver programme in 2017, going on to take the Formula 3 title, and stepped up to Formula 2 this year, having also taken on the role of McLaren’s reserve driver. Toro Rosso reportedly made enquiries about Norris’ availability as a replacement for Brendon Hartley mid-2018, with that approach firmly rebuked by McLaren. “Well we knew that he would have been...
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