Lando Norris (born 13 November 1999) is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula 1 for McLaren. He won the MSA Formula championship in 2015, and the Toyota Racing Series, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup in 2016. He also received the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award that year. He subsequently won the 2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship. He is a member of the McLaren young driver programme, and will drive for McLaren for the 2019 Formula One World Championship. After initially developing an interest in motorcycle racing, Norris' attention switched from two wheels to four after his father took him and his brother to watch a round of the Super 1 National Kart Championships at his local kart track. He started his racing career at the age of seven when he claimed pole position at his first national event. In 2013, Norris won in the World Karting Championships held in Bahrain, the WSK Euro Series and the CIK-FIA European and CIK-FIA Supercup titles. The following year he won the CIK-FIA KF World Championship, thereby making him the youngest karting world championship winner. On 3 September 2018, Norris was announced to drive for McLaren for the 2019 Formula One World Championship, partnering Carlos Sainz Jr.