Lando Norris will probably be in motion per week earlier than the Las Vegas Grand Prix, becoming a member of McLaren’s lineup at Velocity Invitational at Sonoma Raceway on November 10-12.
Norris will be part of Arrow McLaren IndyCar drivers Pato O’Ward, Alexander Rossi, and Tony Kanaan, in addition to Mclaren Racing CEO Zak Brown on the occasion, which is now in its fourth 12 months.
“Velocity Invitational gives a singular alternative for automotive fanatics to witness firsthand the efficiency, innovation and excellence that defines McLaren Racing,” stated Brown. “It’s a celebration of our wealthy heritage and an invite to expertise the intersection of velocity and historical past up shut.
“We’re excited to be a part of it this 12 months, celebrating our 60 years as a racing group.”
In addition to the announcement of Norris’ addition to McLaren’s Velocity roster, the total lineup of automobiles that it’s taking to the occasion has additionally been revealed. Numerous the model’s best hits will probably be working on-track, in what’s the largest assortment of heritage automobiles McLaren has ever run at Velocity.
The MP4-23 that Lewis Hamilton drove to his first System 1 championship win will probably be one of many automobiles in motion. Motorsport Photographs
Among the many assortment is the groups two newest F1 championship winners – MP4-23A-05 that Lewis Hamilton drove on the 2008 Brazilian grand prix to clinch his maiden title, and MP4/14A-04 that Mika Hakkinen drove to victory within the 1999 Japanese grand prix en path to his second consecutive triumph.
MP4/6-10 pushed by Ayrton Senna in 1990 and MP4/2A-01 pushed by Niki Lauda in 1984 to their respective third and last championship victories are additionally within the lineup, together with M23-5 that Emerson Fittipaldi pedalled to McLaren’s first drivers’ and constructors’ titles.
M7C-1, first raced by Bruce McLaren in 1969; M26-2, which gained the 1977 British and United States Grands Prix within the fingers of James Hunt; the ex-Alain Prost MP4/2B-3 from 1985; and M8D-3, raced within the 1970 CanAM championship by Dan Gurney (who gained at Mosport and St. Jovite within the automobile) and Peter Gethin (who drove it to victory at Elkhart Lake), may even be in attendance.
