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, likening the Br𝔉it to other greats he’s worked with.

On Friday, McLaren announced Norris had signed a new multi-y𝔍ear 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 unable to win💧 in F1, his reputation has only improved🌟 year-on-year.

He dominated 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Ricciardo in their two years together as teammates, while Norris didn’t look out of place when McLaren finally gave him a car capable of consistently finishing on the podℱium in the middle of 2ꦉ023.

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 Norriꦰs “definitely stands with them”.

"Lando definitely stands together with them," Stella said. "It is the same category, the same kind of world championship material, the🌊 underlying talent, the mindset, the work ethos. It's all ready to go.

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

"And I think that'sꦺ the case because they use the intelligence, the et💜hos, 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."

Stella 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 🍸material, 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 kep⛎t growing. It's there, we just need to keep growing year after year like every champion does. But we are extremely happy and c🦂ommitted to Lando, in this respect."