Lando Norris has set his sights on a first Formula 1 grand prix victory this season after signing a lucrative new four-year deal with McLaren.
The 22-year-old is due to start his fourth year in F1 at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix hoping to build on his sixth place in the drivers’ championships and his team’s fourth place in the constructors’ battle.
Speaking at the launch of McLaren’s car for 2022, Norris said: “I would love to win. It’s an aim, it’s a target for some point… to win races. If that’s this year, wonderful if not I’ll just hope it’s the next year.
“You just need to wait and see what opportunities we have this year. I would love to get it out of the way and know what that feeling is like to win a race. Hopefully it’s not too far away.”
The team took the wraps off the new MCL36 at its Woking headquarters, the third team to launch its challenger for this season after Red Bull and Aston Martin.
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“We want to get alongside Mercedes and Red Bull,” he said. “We know how high a level Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari are working out.
“They have many things better than us that we won’t have for a couple of years - the wind tunnel and simulator. Some of these areas we cannot be as good as them. So if that means third or fourth place, we have to be happy with that. If it’s better, then wonderful. We want to fight them this year and that’s still our aim.”
