{"id":73007,"date":"2021-05-19T11:09:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T11:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=73007"},"modified":"2021-05-19T13:04:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T13:04:13","slug":"norris-signs-multiyear-mclaren-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=73007","title":{"rendered":"Norris signs multiyear McLaren extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lando Norris signed a multiyear contract extension with <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/mclaren\" title=\"McLaren \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">McLaren <\/a>on Wednesday that will keep the 21-year-old driver with the Formula One team for the immediate future.<\/p>\n<p>The British driver earned the second podium finish of his career at this season&#x27;s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and is fourth in the drivers\u2019 standings ahead of this weekend&#x27;s Monaco GP.<\/p>\n<p>McLaren\u2019s announcement cements its driver lineup with Norris and 31-year-old Australian Daniel Ricciardo, who joined at the start of the 2021 season on a multiyear deal.<\/p>\n<p>The British team&#x27;s statement didn&#x27;t specify the length of the extension, noting only that it includes \u201c2022 and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"e0817d11-f18c-422f-b600-097e34198fa6\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/e0817d11-f18c-422f-b600-097e34198fa6\" alt=\"Lando Norris has re-signed with McLaren.\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy commitment to McLaren is clear: my goal is to win races and become Formula 1 world champion and I want to do that with this team,&quot; Norris said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince joining in 2017 our progression has been consistent and we have clear ambitions together for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Norris was promoted to a full-time race seat for the 2019 season.<\/p>\n<p>McLaren Racing chief executive Zak Brown said Norris is \u201cone of the brightest talents\u201d on the F1 grid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been instrumental in our return of form here at McLaren,&quot; Brown said, &quot;and we\u2019re proud of the growth he\u2019s shown since he first started with us back in 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Lando Norris signed a multiyear contract extension with McLaren on Wednesday that will keep the 21-year-old driver with the Formula One team for the immediate <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=73007\" title=\"Norris signs multiyear McLaren extension\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73007"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73009,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73007\/revisions\/73009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}