Lando Norris is set to write down his title within the historical past books by clinching McLaren’s two hundredth Method 1 Grand Prix victory in Hungary this weekend.
On Sunday, 9 June 1968, at Spa-Francorchamps, Bruce McLaren stood on the highest step of the rostrum for the primary time for his eponymous workforce. Since then, a rollcall that sounds extra like an inventory of F1 legends than merely McLaren drivers have added an extra 198 successes.
Denny Hulme adopted the workforce founder, profitable on six events, with Emerson Fittipaldi (5), James Hunt (9), Ayrton Senna (35), Alain Prost (30), Mika Hakkinen (20), and Lewis Hamilton (21) among the many standout performers for the Woking-based squad.
Like workforce mate and championship rival Oscar Piastri, Norris’ private tally for the workforce stands at eight, however the battle to succeed in 9 has an added tinge of significance.
“I wish to be, yeah,” stated Norris when requested about his want to be the driving force to clinch the milestone end result. “In fact, you all the time need to be no matter quantity you will be, however 200 is an enormous achievement for the workforce.”
Explaining his pleasure at representing the workforce, he added: “Once you take a look at the historical past of who has been in McLaren, the drivers, the championships which were gained, all of this stuff, then it’s all the time been an honour for me to be part of McLaren.
“I’m fortunate to have been a part of McLaren since I joined Method 1. It’s particular. I feel it’s one thing I’ll look again on in a few years and be very pleased with. It’s an incredible workforce.
“We’ve improved lots over time, and it’s good that we will begin these cool stats once more and we will make some historical past, and add to what McLaren was as soon as reaching a few years in the past.
“It’s particular, however after all, the quantity 200 is much more particular, and that’s one thing I wish to be.”
