BritishWhere the season stands
After round 18, Lando Norris is 6th in the 2026 Drivers' Championship with 211 points. The total is made up of 178 points in races and 33 in sprint races. Norris drove for McLaren at round 1 and rounds 3 to 18, and started 17 of the 18 Grands Prix held, being classified as a finisher in 14. McLaren is 3rd in the Constructors' Championship with 353 points after round 18.
How the results fell
Norris won the Hungarian Grand Prix at round 11 and the Dutch Grand Prix at round 12, starting 1st and finishing 1st in the Hungarian race for 25 points and in the Dutch race for 25 points. The Spanish Grand Prix at round 14 brought a 3rd after a start from 1st. Norris qualified on pole position 3 times, at the Hungarian, Dutch and Spanish Grands Prix. The 5 podium finishes also include 2nd at the Miami Grand Prix and 3rd at the Barcelona Grand Prix. At Miami in round 4, Norris started 4th and scored 18 points. The Miami Grand Prix sprint produced a sprint win.
Norris retired from the Canadian, Monaco and Azerbaijan Grands Prix, and did not start the Chinese Grand Prix. At the Canadian Grand Prix in round 5, the start was from 3rd. Points were scored in 14 of the 17 races started. The biggest gain came at the Belgian Grand Prix, from 13th on the grid to 7th, a gain of 6 places. The average starting position was 5.2 and the average finishing position was 4.3 across 14 classified finishes.
Norris finished 9th at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia in round 16 for 2 points. Norris started 5th and finished 4th at the Singapore Grand Prix in round 17 for 12 points. At the United States Grand Prix in round 18, Norris started 8th and finished 5th for 10 points.
Against the team-mate
Norris finished ahead of team-mate Oscar Piastri in 8 of the 12 races in which both were classified. On the grid, Norris started ahead of Piastri in 10 of the 16 races in which both had a grid position. Piastri is 7th in the Drivers' Championship with 142 points after round 18.
The career record
The career record stands at 170 Grands Prix started, 13 wins, 49 podium finishes and 19 pole positions. Norris has also set 20 fastest laps and won 1 World Championship title, having made a Formula 1 debut season of 2019.
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