With what is undoubtedly coming with a salary befitting a world champion, Lando Norris has put pen to paper to a deal tying him to the Woking-based team until 2030, with options for multiple additional years after that, taking Norris into his 30s.

Imagining Norris wearing a different-coloured race suit has always felt like a mind-bending exercise. Now, the 26-year-old’s bumper McLaren contract has definitively taken one of F1’s leading stars out of the driver market for years to come, turning Norris into a bona fide franchise driver for the team.

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