Doubts have been raised about why 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris chose to commit himself to McLaren long-term.

Norris signed a new multi-year deal with his existing team ahead of the 2024 F1 season.

But, since then, Lewis Hamilton confirmed his 2🧸025 move to Ferrari and R﷽ed Bull’s Max Verstappen is now staggeringly being linked to Mercedes.

Norris is out of the running for a hectic silly season because of his de💧cision to commit to McLaren.

Naomi Schiff told Sky Sports that she was surprised Norris♛ chose to commit with two years remaining on his previous deal: “Absolutely. There was no need for him to sign that contract now.

“He still had a couple of years at McLaren 🌄sig🌟ned for, already.

“There is a new set of regula🥀tions coming out in 2026. I understand, last year, that they totally turned the situation around and Max “Verstappen was the only driver to out-score Lando in the second part of the season.

“So, yes, there is excitement in the team.

“Who knows what that car will be like in 2026?

“Lando is a driver who is incredib൩ly ambitious. ༒He wants really big things for himself.

“You want to leave yourself in a position to do that. To sign so earlꦰy…

“He knows the details.ไ He has made his decision. I can’t comment more on that.

“But I would have waited.”

Damꦰon Hill wondered if🍷 Norris and McLaren agreed their new contract while knowing about the deal that Hamilton and Ferrari were thrashing out.

Hill as🌱ked: “They mu𒐪st have got wind of what was going on…

“Once you look around at the s👍haꦕrp end, it looks very difficult.

“Sticking with a team on the up was his logic. That was the way he explained it: ‘They are going places, I am comfortable💖 in this team, I believe in t🧸his team…’

“Sticking to it,🐠 in the absence of any obvious option, yes.

If there wa💃s something that ever unexpectedly came up, then these guys go into negotiations.

“You can’t hold someone to a team ♒if they don’t want to be there.

“But I don’t expect that to happen.

“I think he fits well with M🧸cLaren. They 𝔍can keep offering him a future.

“They are progressing every closer 🌃to the front end. Then, he will stay there.”

McLaren enjoyed an uplift in form in the second half of last year, propelling Norris and Oscar Piastri onto the podium♕𒆙.

Norris then finished in P6 at the season-opening F1 Bahrain Grand Prix at the weekend, a result which failed to live up the hype around McLaren as Red Bu🧔ll’s closest competitors.