McLaren boss Andrea Stella believes 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris has all the qualities needed to become F1 world champion, l🔯ikening the Brit to other greats he’s worked with.

On Friday, McLaren announced Norris had signed a new multi🧜-year deal with the team.

It now means McLaren have Norris locked in alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri until the end of 2026.

While Norris has still been unab💖le to win in F1, his reputation has only improved year-on-y𒆙ear.

He dominated 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Ricciardo in their two yearsꦍ together as teammates, while Norris didn’t look out of place when McLaren fiꦍnally gave him a car capable of consistently finishing on the podium in the middle of 2023.

Stella, who has worked alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michael Schumacher, Kimi Raikkonen and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso in the past, thinks Norris “definitel💜y stands with them”.

"Lando definitely stands together w෴ith them," Stella said. "It is the same category, the same kind of world championship material, the underlying talent, the minds✅et, the work ethos. It's all ready to go.

"But at the sa🐟me time, when you think about champions, there is a characteristic of champion in that they only get better. Real champions, they seem to just improve year by year.

"And I think that's the case because they use the in𓂃🉐telligence, the ethos, and they get the best people around them. They do whatever it takes to get better and better because the sport gets only more and more competitive."

St꧂ella knew that Norris had the hallmarks of a champion when he first drove for the team back in 2018.

"Definitely we have all the raw ma🔯terial, which we saw already when Lando was doing﷽ the free practice one [sessions] with us," he said. "It was very evident in 2018.

"And then it kept g📖rowing. It's there, we just need to keep growing year after year like every champion does. Bu⛄t we are extremely happy and committed to Lando, in this respect."